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Football Australia is the governing body of soccer, futsal, and beach soccer within Australia, [1] headquartered in Sydney.Although the first governing body of the sport was founded in 1911, Football Australia in its current form was only established in 1961 as the Australian Soccer Federation.
The 1957 Australian soccer governance split was a pivotal moment in the history of the sport, leading to the establishment of the Australian Soccer Federation (ASF) and the decline of the Australian Soccer Association (ASA). The split arose from ongoing disputes over leadership, international recognition, and the growing influence of migrant ...
The Australia men's national soccer team represents Australia in international men's soccer. Officially nicknamed the Socceroos, [6] the team is controlled by the governing body for soccer in Australia, Football Australia, which is affiliated with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the regional ASEAN Football Federation (AFF).
Australian Football International (AFI), is a world development body for the sport of Australian rules football.The organisation has developed a version of the sport known as Footy 9s that it claims will support global expansion of Australian rules football, and lead to it becoming an Olympic sport.
In Australia, soccer, also known as association football, is the most played outdoor team sport, [3] [4] and ranked in the top ten for television audience as of 2015. [5] The national governing body of the sport is Football Australia (FA) which comprises nine state and territory member federations, which oversee the sport within their respective region.
The league system in Australia since 1977 has involved one top divisional league controlled by Football Australia and many leagues run within each state below. [1] The National Soccer League stood from 1977 to 2004 as the top nationwide tier above the current state-based league systems, in 2005, the A-League (now A-League Men ) was established ...
The 2025 Australia Cup will be the twelfth season of the Australia Cup, the main national soccer knockout cup competition in Australia. This edition was the fourth under the new name of the "Australia Cup" following the renaming of Football Federation Australia to Football Australia. [1] Thirty-two teams contested the competition proper.
The decision to retain a New Zealand-based team in the top league has proved problematic in recent years due to Football Federation Australia's decision to move from the Oceania Football Confederation to the Asian Football Confederation in 2006. As a result, a New Zealand-based team can be crowned Premiers and/or Champions of Australia but is ...