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The AIS soccer program was funded by the Australian Federal Government, through the Australian Sports Commission. In 2005–2006 this funding amounted to A$ 1,115,000. [ 2 ] The format involved 20 students per year selected for an initial period of 12 months training and study, with the additional option of a second year.
Football Australia is the governing body of soccer, futsal, and beach soccer within Australia, [1] headquartered in Sydney.Although the first governing body of the sport was founded in 1911, Football Australia in its current form was only established in 1961 as the Australian Soccer Federation.
There has been an increasing number of Australian football coaches gaining employment overseas in recent years, with coaches such as Ange Postecoglou, Kevin Muscat and Harry Kewell having been appointed to manage major clubs in Europe and Asia. The first Australian football coach to take charge of a club in one of Europe's Big Five leagues was Patrick Kisnorbo at Troyes. The first Australian ...
This is a list of Australia men's national soccer team head coaches. The list was first established in 1965 with the appointment of Tiko Jelisavčić . Before this, the Australia team was selected by a committee, a process in which Australia would select coaches and trainers to prepare the side for single games.
The Australia men's national soccer team represents Australia in international men's soccer. Officially nicknamed the Socceroos, [6] the team is controlled by the governing body for soccer in Australia, Football Australia, which is affiliated with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the regional ASEAN Football Federation (AFF).
The association changed its name to Football West in early 2005. [2] [3] [4] In 2014 Football West invested more than $45,000 in subsidising coaching courses to promote coach education programs in the NPL. [5] The number of registered participants in Western Australia in the 2016 season was over 44,000. [6]
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In Australia, soccer, also known as association 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.