Capital Football National Premier League Champions, O’Connor Knights, will face the might of A-League giants Macarthur FC at Canberra’s iconic GIO Stadium on Tuesday 30 July. The Knights have secured the national capital’s premium venue for the highly-anticipated Cup clash with the 2022 Cup Winners and will become the first NPL side to meet A-League…
PREVIEW: NPL WOMEN – DUELS AT THE TOP
Sunday will be another feast of football in the WNPL. For starters, two teams at the bottom of the table fight to stay clear of the wooden spoon. The main course will see archrivals Olympic and Croatia meet at O’Connor, and as a dessert, a highly anticipated duel between Belconnen United and Gungahlin could decide…
EOI: Head Coaches for the National Futsal Championship 2025
Capital Football are seeking EOI’s for Head Coaches for the National Futsal Championship 2025. The tournament will be held from Wednesday 8 January – Sunday 12 January 2025, at the Melbourne Sports Centres, in Parkville, Victoria. Capital Football are currently looking for Head Coaches for the following age groups: Male: U12 U13 U14 U15 U16…
THE WEEKLY WRAP NPL WOMEN: ROUND 15
Missed the Women’s National Premier League Round 15? Here’s your wrap-up! IN A NUTSHELL Big goals in the last minutes of games and added drama to the NPLW! Belconnen struck twice very late to squeeze past a tough West Canberra Wanderers when it looked like dropped points might affect their title charge, whilst Olympic…
THE WEEKLY WRAP NPL MEN: ROUND 15
Missed the Men’s National Premier League Round 15? Here’s your wrap-up! IN A NUTSHELL It’s as you were at the top after wins for both leaders Gungahlin United, who left it late, very late, very, very late to defeat Tuggeranong via a 95th minute Lukman Ahmed-Shaibu winner. Off a rebound off a penalty save,…
PREVIEW: NPL MEN – WEEKEND OF SEASON DEFINING CLASHES
In potentially one of the biggest weekends of Men’s National Premier League action in recent years, every clash in the league could play a part in who finishes top of the pile, who plays finals football, and who gets relegated to the Capital Premier League. The threat of relegation looms large at O’Connor Enclosed as…
REVIEW: NPL WOMEN – LATE DRAMA FAVOURS BELCONNEN
The two goals they scored in the dying moments at Melrose, and a late Gungahlin equalizer to slow down league leaders Canberra Olympic, made the Blue Devils the winner of this weekend on the table. Canberra Croatia meanwhile signed their largest success of the season on Sunday, and their captain Brittany Palombi caught up in…
NATIONAL YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP 2024 – BOYS
There were mixed results for both the U15 and U16 boys at the recent National Youth Championships with some sterling efforts put in, perhaps exemplified by a terrific 1-1 draw obtained by the under-15 team against a highly-fancied NSW Metro White team on Day Three. That the draw came off the back of a chastening…
REVIEW: NPL MEN – PANTHERS REDISCOVER FORM
A return to form for Monaro Panthers who, on the back of two goals in the space of sixty seconds in the first-half, romped to a convincing 4-0 win at the Riverside Stadium, heaping yet more misery on Canberra Olympic who seem incapable of shrugging off the threat of being sucked into a relegation battle.…
FOOTBALL PEOPLE – FRANK CACHIA: 200 AND COUNTING
In Round thirteen of this year’s National Premier League season, Frank Cachia, Head Coach of the Canberra Olympic women’s team, celebrated an incredible milestone, his 200th game as a National Premier League coach. Cachia is a well-known figure in the football community and is arguably one of the most successful senior coaches that the ACT…