SYDNEY (18 July 2022) – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) have received Expressions of Interest (EoI) from Football Australia and also the FA of Indonesia (PSSI) alongside two others to host the AFC Asian Cup 2023™ final competition. The other two Member Associations are the Korea Football Association and the Qatar Football Association. Following the…
SYDNEY (15 July 2022) – Head Coach Rae Dower has finalised her CommBank Junior Matildas squad to compete at the AFF U18 Women’s Championship 2022 in Palembang, Indonesia. Australia will take 28 players to face Malaysia, Myanmar and the Philippines in Group B of the tournament commencing on 22 July 2022. The selection of the…
SYDNEY (1 July 2022) – Head Coach Melissa Andreatta has finalised Australia’s U-23 Representative Team to compete at the 2022 AFF Women’s Championships in Manilla, Philippines. Australia will take 28 players to face the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia in Group A of the tournament commencing on 4 July 2022. Andreatta expressed her anticipation…
SYDNEY (26 June 2022) – The Matildas were put to the sword by Spain, with a fresh-looking Australia humbled 7-0 in the absence of several established stars. Missing superstar captain Sam Kerr, Steph Catley, Alanna Kennedy, Caitlin Foord, Kyah Simon, Mary Fowler and Ellie Carpenter (injured), the Matildas were schooled by a Spain side gearing…
SYDNEY (16 June 2022) – After overcoming the challenges of an up and down qualification campaign, Socceroos coach Graham Arnold was full of praise for his players following their dramatic shootout victory over Peru. 1,008 days and 20 qualifying games after the journey to Qatar began, the Socceroos secured their place at this year’s World…
SYDNEY (14 June 2022) – Australia’s Socceroos, with a world ranking of No. 42, secured qualification for a fifth consecutive FIFA World Cup™ on Tuesday morning (AEST), recording a historic victory 5-4 over world-ranked No. 22, Peru, in a dramatic penalty shootout at the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium in Doha, Qatar. After a qualification campaign…