What is Football Australia?
Football Australia is the national association for football in Australia. It states that it exists to “Lead, Promote, Unite, Develop and Regulate Football”.[4] Its formal entity is Football Australia Limited.[4] Its home page points readers to “the official website of Football Australia” for “the latest on the governance of football in Australia”.[5] FIFA lists it as “Football Australia”, in the AFC, with Anter Isaac as president.[1]
What does Football Australia govern or do?
Football Australia manages the national teams — men’s and women’s, at several age levels, including para football — and the Australia Cup, a national knockout competition.[4] The professional leagues sit outside it: in 2020 it divested them to a separate entity, Australian Professional Leagues, with which it says it continues in “close collaboration”.[4] Its state and territory member federations hold 55 of the 100 votes in its Congress.[4] Its governance pages publish its statutes and regulations and its financial reports, and its board is chaired by Anter Isaac, with Rachel Wiseman as deputy chair and Stuart Corbishley as company secretary.[4]
When was Football Australia founded and where is it based?
Football Australia dates the national governing body to the Commonwealth Football Association, established on 21 December 1911.[2] Its history records a sequence of successor bodies: the Australian Soccer Football Association, the Australian Soccer Federation from 1961, Soccer Australia from 1995, the Australian Soccer Association from 2003, Football Federation Australia from 1 January 2005, and the present name, Football Australia, from 2020.[2] The current company, Football Australia Limited, was established in 2004.[4]
How is Football Australia recognised?
FIFA. FIFA’s association directory lists Football Australia as Australia’s member association, in the AFC.[1] Football Australia’s history records FIFA membership for the Australian Soccer Football Association in June 1956, and the admission of its successor, the Australian Soccer Federation, to FIFA in 1963.[2]
AFC. The body records that Australia officially joined the Asian Football Confederation on 1 January 2006.[2] Its governance page states: “The membership of FIFA consists of Football Australia and 210 other national associations.”[4]
What does Football Australia organise?
The Australia Cup is the national knockout tournament Football Australia runs.[4] It also manages the national teams, the Socceroos and the Matildas, each of which has its own website linked from the federation’s home page.[5] The A-Leagues are operated by Australian Professional Leagues since the 2020 separation; Football Australia describes the relationship as continuing collaboration.[4]
Who are its members?
Football Australia lists nine member federations: Capital Football, Football SA, Football Northern Territory, Football NSW, Football Victoria, Football Queensland, Football Tasmania, Football West and Northern NSW Football.[3] Its Congress has 100 votes: the nine state body members hold 55, the A-League clubs 28, the players’ representative 7, and the ten members of the Women’s Football Council one each.[4]
References
- FIFA — Member associations: Football Australia. Accessed 2026-10-05.
- Football Australia — History. Accessed 2026-10-05.
- Football Australia — Member federations. Accessed 2026-10-05.
- Football Australia — Football Australia governance. Accessed 2026-10-05.
- Football Australia — home page (links to the Socceroos, Matildas and Australia Cup sites). Accessed 2026-10-05.