Celebrate Female Football Week!
Female Football Week is a nationwide initiative to celebrate the immense growth of women’s football at all levels of the game and acknowledge and promote the important role women play in developing football.
The objective of Female Football Week is to drive female participation at all levels of the game.
It is the ideal time for clubs to celebrate existing players and to look to recruit more players and female club volunteers for the upcoming season.
Clubs will receive FFW updates, have the activity promoted on the Capital Football website and receive FFW advertising collateral. By registering you will receive extra exposure!
Mark your calendars
Female Football Week will take place from Friday 2 May to Sunday 11 May 2025
Throughout the week Capital Football and our Clubs will be actively involved in the delivery of a wide range of events.
Register Your Event!
To celebrate Female Football Week, we invite Clubs to register your events via email to Esperance Anderson at Esperance.Anderson@capitalfootball.com.au.
By registering your come and try sessions, gala days, mentoring events, player mascots, exhibition matches, etc. Capital Football can advertise your event and support your event where possible.
Please contact Esperance Anderson if you have any questions!
Club Events
Canberra Croatia FC
This season, Canberra Croatia will have two home games during the Female Football Week celebrations (2-11 May 2025).
Over the course of the two matchdays, the funds from the club canteen will go directly back to their Women’s and Girls program.
Sunday 4th May – Round 4:
- ALL Women’s and Girls teams playing West Canberra Wanderers
- ALL Women’s and Girls team to wear purple checked shirts and socks in celebration of Female Football Week 2025
Sunday 11th May – Round 5:
- ALL Women’s and Girls tea play Majura FC
- ALL Women’s and Girls tea to wear purple checked shirts, black shorts and purple socks in celebration of Female Football Week
- ALL Women’s and Girls tea to have Mums/Grandmothers/Significant Female in their life as a mascot as it is Mother’s Day.
- High Tea of cakes/sandwiches and hot drinks for mums at the beginning of Reserve Grade match
Game Times on the matchdays are:
- Under 14s @ 8:30am
- Under 15s @ 10:00am
- Under 17s @ 11:45am
- Reserve Grade @ 2pm
- First Grade @ 4:30pm
The club will also be wearing their celebration kit in their Round Nine fixtures against ANU WFC (Women’s) and BellaMonaro FC (Girls).
West Canberra Wanderers
West Canberra Wanderers will be holding a club wide event, with all members of their Women’s and Girls program to take part in a training session and BBQ, on Tuesday 6 May.
The Club will also be holding their ‘West Canberra Wanderers Trivia Night’ during the week, with further details TBC.
Contact administrator@westcanberrawanderers.org.au and deboragarcia_uk@hotmail.com for more.
2025 AWARDS
In 2025, Female Football Week (FFW) will be a nationwide initiative that looks to recognise and celebrate the contributions of women and girls in football, highlighting the important role they play across all parts of the game.
We are pleased to announce that there will be a state Member Federation winners and national winners.
Nominations are now closed.
There are five awards up for grabs in the following categories:
- FFW Player of the Year
- FFW Coach of the Year
- FFW Referee of the Year
- FFW Volunteer of the Year
- FFW Community Champion of the Year
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