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Outdoor soccer and Australian Football were the most popular football codes played by Australian children in 2009, with 13% and 8.6% participation total respectively. [135] Soccer has the highest participation rate in every state and territory except South Australia and the Northern Territory where Australian Football is the most played.
Most goals by a player in a single Australia Cup season: 8, Bobô (for Sydney FC in 2017) Most goals by a player in a single Australia Cup game: 5, Lachlan Brook (for Western Sydney Wanderers in 2023) Youngest player: Ymer Abili, 13 years and 243 days (for Oakleigh Cannons vs. Macarthur FC, Semi-finals, 2022)
Football is the most highly attended spectator sport in Australia. Government figures show that more than 2.5 million people (16.8% of the population) attended games in 1999. [5] In 2005, a cumulative 6,283,788 people attended Australian Football League (AFL) premiership matches, a record for the competition. [6]
The National Basketball League (NBL) is the premier professional men's basketball league in Australia and New Zealand. It was established in 1979. It was established in 1979. Andrew Gaze is widely considered one of the league's greatest players and features heavily in these records.
Most consecutive away wins: 8, Melbourne Victory (9 September 2006 – 30 December 2006) Most consecutive games without a win: 19 New Zealand Knights (18 September 2005 – 27 August 2006) Melbourne City (24 February 2013 – 17 January 2014) Most consecutive home games without a win: 11, New Zealand Knights (2 September 2005 – 27 August 2006)
In Australia, Soccer, also known as British 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.
Australia's lower classes would play sports on public holidays, with the upper classes playing more regularly on Saturdays. [10] Sydney was the early hub of sport in the colony. [11] Early forms of football were played there by 1829. [12] Early sport in Australia was played along class lines.
The most popular playing sport for men in Australia is Australian rules football, [1] while for women is netball. Australian rules football is the most popular sport in terms of spectatorship and television ratings. [2] [3] [4] Rugby union is the most popular sport among New Zealanders, [5] while in Papua New Guinea rugby league is the most ...