Capital Football (CF) is the governing body for outdoor Football and Futsal in the ACT and the surrounding region and is a member of the national governing body, Football Australia (FA). The CEO of Capital Football is responsible for advancing the interests of football in the ACT and region. The CEO is responsible for financial,…
Capital Football Office Christmas Shutdown
The Capital Football office in Deakin will be shut down for a period of time over the Christmas & New Year break. The shutdown period will be from Thursday 19 December 2019 to Sunday 5 January 2020. During this time, the office will not be attended and Capital Football staff may not be contactable. Capital…
State Coaching Conference Wrap
The Capital Football run State Coaching Conference was held at Radford College last Saturday, giving coaches from the region the opportunity to come together and share their coaching ideas and philosophies. The conference was attended by over 50 coaches, with The Football Centre’s Ron Smith, Football Coaches Australia CEO Glenn Warry and FFA’s National Coach…
Position Vacancies at Capital Football
Head of Participation Capital Football is the governing body for football and futsal in the ACT and surrounding region. We are looking for an energetic and organised person to join our team as the Head of Participation. The Head of Participation is a senior management role at Capital Football, sitting on the Executive Committee, and…
ACT Match Officials kick off National Season
With six rounds of the Hyundai A-League (HAL) complete, the Westfield W-League (WWL) and the Foxtel Y-League (FYL) kicking off last weekend, it also marked the start of the season for our select ACT match officials. Thomas Gellatly and Damon van Putten made their officiating debut in the FYL Round 1 match between Canberra United…
Football confirmed as the largest club-based participation sport in Australia
Football’s place as the number one club-based participation sport in Australia has been confirmed, with the release of the latest AusPlay survey by Sport Australia. In the year to June 2019, 1,853,600 people played football in Australia comprising 1,084,200 adults and 769,400 children. There was an impressive 18.2% growth in the number of children aged…
Pararoos to play first match on home soil since 2000
Football Federation Australia (FFA) last week announced that the Pararoos will play their first match on Australian soil in 19 years later this month. The Pararoos are Australia’s senior men’s national football team for athletes with Cerebral Palsy, acquired brain injury or symptoms acquired from stroke, and haven’t hosted a match in Australia since the…
Ryan Grogan to lead Tigers FC
Tigers FC last week confirmed that Ryan Grogan will take over as the club’s NPL1 Men’s Head Coach for season 2020. Grogan is a former head coach of the Canberra United NYL team, having mentored the squad in their inaugural season in the Foxtel Y-League in 2017/18. He was also in charge of the Canberra…
Karly Roestbakken selected in Westfield Matildas Squad
After making her national team debut at the FIFA Women’s World Cup earlier in the year, Canberra United star Karly Roestbakken will again don the green and gold of Australia. The teenage sensation was today named in the 21-player squad for the Westfield Matildas November FIFA window, which includes two international friendly matches against Chile.…
Advanced Coaching Courses
Capital Football will be holding an advanced coaching workshop next week, with attendance at the workshop counting for 10 FFA Re-accreditation CPD points. The workshop is a goal scoring analysis course with Football Coaches Australia Ambassador Dr. Ron Smith. Ron will explore the art of scoring goals using data from Men’s and Women’s FIFA World…