State League Division 3 Champions Yarabi FC will play their maiden Australia Cup match when they meet Yoogali SC from the Capital League in the Capital Football Qualifying Rounds which commence this weekend. The team that won the Division 3 title, and the Grand Final defeating ANU FC 2-1 with an 89th minute equaliser from…
Football Australia launch Game Changer initiative
Football Australia has launched “Game Changer”, a program to support community football clubs across the country to create an effective and sustainable environment. Introduced as part of Football Australia’s Legacy ’23 Program an initiative proudly supported by the Australian Government, through the Australian Sports Commission (ASC), Game Changer aims to protect and enhance affiliated clubs, make them stronger…
CAPITAL FOOTBALL NPL RETURNS TO BARTV
Capital Football are pleased to announce that for the 2023 and 2024 seasons coverage of the National Premier League competitions will return to BarTV. The online platform will show all matches from the men’s and women’s senior first grade competitions for free, including all finals series matches in a return to the production company who…
Woden Valley Soccer Club – Lightning Tournament
The Lightning Tournament is a WVSC initiative, and one of the largest junior tournaments held in the ACT, and it is held in April each year at Mawson Playing Fields.The Lightning Football Tournament is endorsed by Capital Football with tournament proceeds supporting the Woden Valley Soccer Club. In 2023, the Lightning Tournament will be on the Saturday…
FOOTBALL AUSTRALIA LAUNCHES #LOVEOURGAME ADVERT AND CAMPAIGN AHEAD OF THE FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP 2023™
Football Australia’s #LoveOurGame campaign is a celebration of Australian women’s football and encourages participants to embrace their love for the world game and its positive impacts. Launched today, the #LoveOurGame campaign video features women, girls, and non-binary persons between the ages of 16 to 28 in different environments demonstrating how football can be played and…
CFL REVIEW: MEN – SENSATIONAL COMEBACK SEES FIRE BURN BRIGHTLY IN GRAND FINAL SUCCESS
Five unanswered second half goals saw North Canberra Fire turn over a three-goal deficit to claim the title of Men’s Capital Futsal League Grand Final winners with a sensational 5-3 victory over South Canberra Swift. Two goals from Player of the Match Luca Florez, a double from Golden Boot winner Maxx Green, and a late…
CFL REVIEW: WOMEN – LIGHTNING EDGE FIRE IN GRAND FINAL EXTRA TIME THRILLER
West Canberra Lightning claimed the very first Women’s Capital Football League Grand Final title with a nail-biting 4-1 win over North Canberra Fire in a match that was decided after extra time. Rebecca Kiting netted twice in the extra ten minutes, both times into an open net as the Fire tried to get back into…
CHARITY SHIELD SET FOR 11 MARCH
The traditional curtain-raiser to the new season is set for Saturday 11 March as the men’s and women’s National Premier League teams’ dust off the cobwebs to officially begin the 2023 football season. Deakin Stadium will be the venue for both matches, a back-to-back treat, as four teams with genuine title expectations for the forthcoming…
CFL REVIEW: MEN – SWIFT AND FIRE CLASH IN GRAND FINAL
The inaugural Men’s Capital Futsal League Grand Final will see South Canberra Swift and North Canberra Fire meet for the silverware as both claimed engrossing semi-final victories at Daramalan College. South Canberra Swift claimed a Grand Final place by winning by the odd-goal in thirteen n a rip-snorter of a semi-final, seeing off a superb…
CFL REVIEW: WOMEN – LIGHTNING TO MEET FIRE IN DECIDER
The West Canberra Lightning will meet the North Canberra Fire in the Women’s Capital Futsal League Grand Final after both came through their respective semi-final matches in raucous fashion at Daramalan College. The North Canberra Fire were first to book their ticket, defeating the UC Stars 6-4 in a thriller that saw the Fire lead…