Football Australia

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Australian public-service broadcaster the Australian Broadcasting Corporation is closing in on a rights deal for top-tier domestic club football competition the A-League, according to multiple reports
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Australian football entered a new stage in its development earlier this year with the announcement that the A-League and W-League would be spun off from Football Federation Australia. The FFA's chief commercial and marketing officer Luke Bould talks Adam Nelson through the implications of the move and how the body is set up to weather the change.
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Football Federation Australia has today (Thursday) announced that chief executive David Gallop will make an early departure amid ongoing reform efforts at the organisation
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Football Federation Australia has reached an agreement in principle on a venture that will see the men’s A-League and women’s W-League become independent organisations, ushering in a “new era” for the…
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Football Federation Australia (FFA) has today (Thursday) confirmed it is in talks with the Indonesia Football Association (PSSI) with a view to submitting a joint bid for the 2034 Fifa World Cup
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Australia and Qatar are set to compete at next year’s edition of the Copa América national team football tournament following invites from the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol).
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Owners of clubs in Australia’s A-League have warned the league faces a A$120m (€76m/$85m) shortfall in funding as it prepares to break away from Football Federation Australia and establish its own aut…
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Australia’s A-League football competition will expand to 12 teams over the next two seasons, after Football Federation Australia awarded licences to bids from Western Melbourne Group and Macarthur South W…
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Business

The process to add two new teams to the A-League, the top division of Australian club football, could be delayed until the 2020-21 season as Football Federation Australia continues to weigh the merits…
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Governance

Football Federation Australia is set for constitutional reform, ending the long-running civil war within Australian football after reaching an eleventh-hour agreement ahead of the forthcoming extraordinary …
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Business

Ten groups have progressed to the next stage of Football Federation Australia’s (FFA) selection process for two expansion franchise slots in the country’s top-tier A-League.

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Football Federation Australia has today (Friday) confirmed that it has received interest from 15 groups seeking to be given a licence to play in the top-tier A-League.

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Melbourne will continue to host the Australian leg of the International Champions Cup (ICC) pre-season football tournament after agreeing a three-year contract extension.

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Football Federation Australia (FFA) has revealed it will bid to host the 2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup as part of a long-term strategic plan to boost the future of football in the country.

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Tournament chief executive Michael Brown believes Australia’s successful hosting of the Asian Cup national team football tournament demonstrates the country is equipped to stage the Fifa World Cup.

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Asian Football Confederation (AFC) president Sheikh Salman Bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa has stated that there is a desire among Gulf nations to review Australia’s membership of the regional governing body.

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Cronulla Sharks chief executive Lyall Gorman wants the NRL rugby league team to launch a franchise in the A-League football competition.

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Football Federation Australia (FFA) chairman Frank Lowy has declared the surplus from the expected sale of Western Sydney Wanderers will be split between the nine other A-League football clubs.