Australia will commence the April FIFA Women's International Window against Scotland on Friday, 7 April at Cherry Red Records Stadium (London) – the home of AFC Wimbledon.  The CommBank Matildas will host the Scots in a second London 'home' encounter in six months with the match kicking off at 1.15 pm (local) / 10.15 pm (AEST).  Four days later Australia will complete the European-based window with a blockbuster clash against EURO 2022 champions England at Brentford Community Stadium on Tuesday, 11 April.

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Football Australia Media 1678076105,1678076438 Australia's U-20 Women's National Team will face Guam and hosts Kyrgyz Republic in Group C of the Round 1 Qualifiers with the group winner progressing to Round 2 in June 2023.  Players and staff departed Australia for the Kyrgyz Republic on 3 March 2023, with the CommBank Young Matildas beginning training ahead of their opening match. The match can be streamed live and free in Australia below.  2024 AFC U-20 WOMEN'S ASIAN CUP |

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Football Australia Media 1678245871,1678247173 'It's so incredible to be celebrating International Women's Week when we're only months away from the opening of what will be the biggest FIFA Women's World Cup ever,' Bareman said. 'It's a huge platform to highlight the progress that has been made in women's football and sports. 'I love the fact that we can leverage this event to drive further the progress that we're making towards a better future for women and girls in our game.

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The Young Matildas have it all to play for in their final group game after going down to Brazil 2-0 at the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. Torrential rain in Costa Rica wreaked havoc. With puddles forming on the surface and the ball holding up due to the deluge, the match was delayed for over an hour due to the conditions with play pausing in the 28th minute. Prior to the rain delay, Brazil managed to find the opener through some neat build-up play.  A cut into the box was pulled back for Priscila.

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It was a tough result and tough match for the Young Matildas as they went down 2-0 to Brazil in their second group stage match of the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. However, the Australian side is taking the result against the current and 11-time South American U-20 champions in their stride and apply their learnings to their final group game in Costa Rica. For head coach Leah Blayney, there were positives to take from the soggy pitch in Alajuela, as well as key areas of improvement. 'We're super competitive so we always want to win every match,' Blayney said in a post-match flash interview.

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Football Australia 1660545756,1660545756 Australian schools have shown there is huge excitement and interest in football amongst students, with football being the overall number one chosen sport in the Sporting Schools program for Term 2 across the country. On a national scale, this is the first time football has been the most requested sport within the Sporting Schools program. Over 5300 schools received funding for Sporting Schools in term 2 with over half a million total participants involved in the programs that are delivered before, during and after school.

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The Young Matildas' run at the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup has come to an end following a 3-0 defeat at the hands of Spain in Costa Rica. The current European champions at this age level were clinical in front of goal with Julia Gabarro's hat trick enough to send Spain to the knockouts and Australia back home. Young Matildas' head coach Leah Blayney made three changes to the starting line up which started both the games against Costa Rica and Brazil, with Abbey Lemon, Jessika Nash, and Charlie Rule earning starts.

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Football Australia Media 1664754919,1664754919 The Subway Joeys kick-off its AFC U-17 Asian Cup 2023™ Qualifiers campaign in Shepparton, Victoria on Wednesday, 5 October. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the AFC U-17 Asian Cup 2023™ Qualifiers will be the first international activity for the Joeys' program since 2019. In Australia's Group, Australia U-17 will first meet Northern Mariana Islands on Wednesday, 5 October (7.30pm AEDT), before facing Cambodia on Friday, 7 October (7.30pm AEDT), and conclude their campaign against China on Sunday, 9 October (3.

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Football Australia Media 1664318490,1664318490 The final day of the National Para Football Championships kicked off on Tuesday on the Gold Coast, after four days of competition Football NSW Sky has been crowned 2022 National Para Football Championships winners. Read the full wrap of the final day of action! The whole day of the competition was streamed live and free on our MyFootball YouTube Channel, watch the replays now!  Plate Final: Queensland vs. South Australia Queensland took on South Australia in the first match of the day with the winner being awarded the Plate Final.

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Football Australia is delighted to unveil the final ambassador to join the Legacy '23 lineup, welcoming popular ABC News Breakfast Sports Presenter and former professional athlete, Tony Armstrong. A proud Gamilaroi man, Tony Armstrong was born in Paddington, Sydney before moving to the country NSW. He has been inspired throughout his childhood by amazing role models from within this diverse community, including his mother, whose encouragement and unwavering support was pivotal in him achieving his goals both on and off the sporting field.

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For the first time in FIFA Women's World Cup™ history, competing countries will use dedicated Team Base Camps in next year's tournament in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. FIFA has today confirmed the short-listed Team Base Camp options that will be available for selection by participating teams (Participating Member Associations: PMAs) for the FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023™. A Team Base Camp (TBC) is the 'home away from home' for a PMA during the competition period and includes accommodation and training site pairing for the entire delegation.

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Chris Curulli 1664961749,1664972402 In a strong performance from Brad Maloney's front three, Nestory Irankunda scored four in a Player of the Match-winning performance, while Mitchell Glasson grabbed a quadruple and Max Hately registered a hat-trick.  The win saw the Subway Joeys sit on top of Group G with one matchday under their belt, accruing some valuable goal difference after China overcame Cambodia 9-0 in the day's earlier fixture.  Adelaide United's Irankunda, who already has three A-League Men's goals to his name, kicked off proceedings with a goal in less than two minutes.

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Australia and Sweden will continue their strong rivalry in November when the CommBank Matildas host the reigning Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Olympic silver medallists at Melbourne's AAMI Park on Saturday, 12 November 2022, as part of the Seven Consulting International Series.  November's Saturday afternoon blockbuster clash will be the first time the CommBank Matildas have played in Melbourne since March 2019 when they beat Argentina 3 – 0 in a Cup of Nations Tournament, at AAMI Park. This will also be the first time the CommBank Matildas and Sweden have met since a classic Olympic Women's Football semi-final in Yokohama, Japan.

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Football Australia Media 1666071224,1666071224 For the list of appointments from 21-23 October see below. Western United v Macarthur FC - AAMI Park Friday, 21 October 2022 - 7:45 PM (Local) (7:45 PM AEDT) Referee Kurt Ams Fourth Official Lachlan Keevers Assistant Referee 1 Daniel Ilievski Video Assistant Referee Kris Griffiths-Jones Assistant Referee 2 Peter Jaworski Assistant VAR Kearney Robinson Newcastle Jets v Wellington Phoenix - McDonald Jones Stadium Saturday, 22 October 2022 - 5:00 PM (L

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Football Australia Media 1666109659,1666109695 Trevor Morgan's side was pitted alongside Kuwait, India and Iraq. Below is a recap of every game. 4-1 win vs Kuwait Australia U-20 commenced its qualifying campaign with an impressive 4-1 victory over hosts Kuwait. Adrian Segecic opened the scoring from the penalty spot before Kuwait were reduced to 10 men with Saleh Almehtab brandished a second yellow. Gabriel Popovic slotted the ensuing spot-kick before scoring a second in the 40th minute to put the Green and Gold in a commanding 3-0 half-time lead.

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Gianluca Filosi 1665297756,1665302896 Nestory Irankunda once again proved decisive for Brad Maloney's side as he scored a brace and registered an assist for Miguel Di Pizio's emphatic sealer in Shepparton on Sunday afternoon. The visitors negotiated the majority of the second-half with 10 players when Cui Taixu's stray boot caught the face of Irankunda on 50 minutes. Australia settled the quickest of the two sides and they would open the scoring inside seven minutes through Irankunda. The speedster dribbled past three defenders before being fouled inside the box and the referee made no hesitation in pointing to the spot.

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Football Australia Media 1667252064,1667253672 The AFC U20 Women's Asian Cup Uzbekistan 2024™ & AFC U17 Women's Asian Cup Indonesia 2024™ Qualifiers draw will take place in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, November 3, 2022, from 5:00 pm AEDT.  Our CommBank Young Matildas & CommBank Junior Matildas will learn their opponents for the first round of qualifying for the AFC U20 Women's Asian Cup & AFC U17 Women's Asian Cup, respectively.  All eyes will be on Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to see the fate of both teams in their upcoming qualifying campaign.

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Football Australia Media 1667265132,1667265500 The CommBank Junior Matildas will host AFC compatriots the Korea Republic in a three-match international series at Kingscliff Soccer Club and Burleigh Heads FC.  The second match in the three-match international series kicks off tonight at 8:00 pm AEDT, with fans able to watch the CommBank Junior Matildas live and for free on the Football Australia YouTube Channel. All matches will be open to the public with free entry.  MATCH DETAILS CommBank Junior Matildas v Korea Republic U15 WNTDate: Wednesday, 2 November 2022 Location: Burleigh Heads FCKick-off: 7.

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Football Australia 1668744567,1668745171 Matildas' greats Moya Dodd and Collette Gardiner (née McCallum), former Socceroos' Head Coach Ange Postecoglou, globally revered administrator Brendan Schwab, leading Tasmanian media personality Walter Pless, plus past Socceroo and significant contributor to the Australian game off the pitch, Ted Smith, joined an esteemed list of Australian football personalities in the Football Australia Hall of Fame. All six were nominated to be inducted into the Football Australia Hall of Fame via a public process, with the nominees then considered by a panel of Australian football historians.

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The FIFA Referees Committee announced the lists with the names of the selected match officials for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ back in May. Chris Beath, Ashley Beecham, Anton Shchetinin, Shaun Evans and Alireza Faghani from the Islamic Republic of Iran, who has been based in Australia since 2019, make up the 36 referees, 69 assistant referees and 24 video match officials (VMOs) have been chosen in close cooperation with the six confederations. Beath and Faghani have been selected as referees, while Beecham and Shchetinin are assistant referees with Shaun Evans named as a video match official.

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Football Australia will host a four-team invitational tournament featuring three of Oceania's highly ranked women's national teams in the 2022 Pacific Women's Four Nations Tournament in Canberra from 8 – 13 November 2022. The senior women's national teams of Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands will join the CommBank Young Matildas for a round-robin tournament that will feature the top three finishers at the 2022 Oceania Football Confederation's Women's Nations Cup. Over six days the four teams will participate in a series of double-headers on three match days at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra and Queanbeyan's Seiffert Oval.

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Football Australia Media 1659498612,1659505844 Before the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup kicks off in just over a week, we hit up CommBank Young Matildas Sally James, Naomi Chinnama, Sarah Hunter, Charli Rule, Dani Galich, Ella Tonkin and Bryleeh Henry with some quickfire questions.

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Football Australia Media 1663130929,1663131267 Due to be staged in Basra, Iraq, Football Australia originally withdrew the Young Socceroos from these Qualifiers on August 25 over security concerns and the travel advice of the Australian Government. The AFC has since decided that Group H of the AFC U-20 Asian Cup Uzbekistan 2023™ Qualifiers will no longer be hosted in Iraq, with a new host location to be confirmed. The Qualifiers were scheduled to take place from 10 – 18 September, however these dates will also change.

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The Young Matildas have got off to the perfect start in Costa Rica, defeating the host nation 3-1 in their opening FIFA U20 Women's World Cup encounter. While the scoreline suggests a relatively comfortable Australian win, Leah Blayney and her side had to work exceptionally hard against this Costa Rican side. Australia started the brighter of the two with captain Sheridan Gallagher applying pressure to the goalkeeper, forcing a turnover, and ultimately receiving the ball. Her audacious, long-range effort needed two attempts from Genesis Perez to be claimed.

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The CommBank Junior Matildas are AFF Champions. A strong 2-0 victory over Vietnam in the finals saw them extend their undefeated tournament run and raise the AFF U18 Women's Championship Trophy. "I could not be any prouder of the entire team... The playing group and wonderful support staff that make up the Junior Matildas," an elated Head Coach Rae Dower said after the match. "I feel truly blessed that I get to come to work every day and work with these exceptional young women, supported by a professional staff who are absolute gold in their respective fields, allowing the girls to thrive in this environment.

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Football Australia Media 1681339641,1681344600 The ICHP was established by Football Australia in November 2021, in collaboration with SIA to independently receive, assess, and manage complaints relating to Football Australia's National Programs, including the men's and women's National teams, the A-League Men, A-League Women, and A-League Youth. During the process, SIA received 27 submissions, with the majority of these deemed to be out of scope. Three out-of-scope submissions were referred to law enforcement, while two other submissions proceeded to the investigation phase and have now been finalised.

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The 2022 National Para Football Championships kicked off yesterday on the Gold Coast, with our CommBank Pararoos and CommBank ParaMatildas in the thick of the action.  Read the full wrap of day one action!  CommBank ParaMatildas With CommBank ParaMatildas Assistant Coach, Mel Andreatta, watching on, the first-ever all-female Capital Football side took on host Football Queensland in an exciting opening match. Six capped CommBank ParaMatildas in the side, the Capital Football squad began their tournament with a strong showing against the Queenslanders, who are making their return to the tournament after an eight-year hiatus.

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Football Australia Media 1670545449,1670545881 The workshop, designed to demonstrate how the VAR system works, was conducted by Football Australia Elite Coaches Eddie Lennie and Renae Coghill, along with GM – Elite Refereeing, Mathew Cheeseman at Football Australia's VAR Centre in Sydney from 22 – 25 November. Football Australia Head of Referees, Nathan Magill said: 'Our ongoing collaboration with the OFC demonstrates Football Australia's commitment to delivering our vision of being a global leader in referee development.

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Bringing their vision of success immediately to life, sporting leaders gathered in Sydney today and took a pledge to ‘Win Well' – a foundation of the strategy and a new national commitment to balancing ambitious sporting goals with cultures that are safe, fair and supportive.   Australia's High Performance 2032+ Sport Strategy represents the first time all peak bodies from across Australia's Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games sports have united for a national high performance sport strategy.

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