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Australia is unique among major sporting markets in having four football codes competing for market share. The irony is that the two international games, football (soccer) and rugby union, are getting trounced by the two parochial codes, rugby league and Australian Football, which are both fast and furious, and both built on deep tribal roots.
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.
Harry Beitzel's 1967 Australian Football World Tour team was unofficially nicknamed the Galahs from their flashy uniform. Though this side was a precursor of subsequent Australian international rules football teams, the nickname has not been retained. Australian Tennis magazine invited readers to suggest a nickname for the Davis Cup team in ...
The Brisbane Broncos have the largest fan base of any NRL club [35] and they have been voted the most popular rugby league team in Australia for several years. [36] A Broncos supporters' group called "The Thoroughbreds", made up of prominent businessmen, made an unsuccessful bid to purchase News Ltd's controlling share of the club in 2007.
Why it's called Football, not Soccer - Craig Foster, Sydney Morning Herald, 8 August 2010. Mainstream Aussie press finally adopting the term football as soccer seen as thing of the past - Simon Hill, Fox Sports, 1 October 2012. The drive for 'football' to be king in Australia - Joe Gorman, The Guardian 28 May 2013. (The Guardian has since ...
noun 1. a form of football in which there are eleven players in a team, the ball is spherical, and the use of the hands and arms is prohibited except to the goalkeeper; association football. –verb (t) 2. Australian Rules to kick (a football) along the ground, as opposed to in the air: he soccered the ball 30 metres down the field. [(as)soc(iation football) + -er2] Usage: While it is still ...
Australian rules football is the most attended sport with the 2024 AFL season attracting an attendance of more than 8.2 million. [3] However rugby league is the most watched on television with a cumulative audience of over 174 million in 2023. [4] Cricket and Australian rules football are Australia's national sports.
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).