The UC Stars completed an unbeaten season with a comprehensive Grand Final victory over West Canberra Lightning, claiming a 5-1 victory in the Men’s Capital Futsal League showdown at Daramalan College. The Stars shone early and didn’t take long to get themselves ahead on the scoreboard, setting the Final alight after just three minutes. Jamie-Lee…
CFL WOMEN: LIGHTNING GO BACK-TO-BACK BUT SWIFT MAKE IT TOUGH
Defending Champions West Canberra Lightning made it back-to-back titles as they held off a fast-finishing South Canberra Swift to claim a narrow 2-1 success in an epic Women’s Grand Final at Daramalan College. The defending Champions got off to the perfect start by striking twice inside the opening three minutes of the match. It took…
CFL MEN’S U23: SECOND-HALF BURST WINS FIRE CROWN
A superb second-half performance from North Canberra Fire ensured that they would get their hands on the inaugural Men’s U23 Capital Futsal League Grand Final with a blistering 7-1 win over West Canberra Lightning at Daramalan College. A close, and even first-half, saw the Fire dominant the early stages forcing Lightning goalkeeper Jackson White-Brettell the…
Capital Football welcomes Samantha Farrow as new CEO
Capital Football are both proud and excited to announce Samantha Farrow as our new Chief Executive Officer, commencing Monday, February 12. Samantha arrives in Canberra with nearly 10 years’ experience as CEO at Surf Life Saving NT. Previously, Samantha held key talent identification positions at the Australian Sports Commission in the lead up to the…
TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE AUSTRALIA CUP KICKS OFF THIS WEEKEND
The road to the Cup Final begins tonight as the much-anticipated Australia Cup 2024 kicks off around the nation, marking the 10th Anniversary of the prestigious competition in its modern form. Each of the Football Australia’s nine state and territory Member Federations will start their Preliminary Round fixtures over the coming weeks, with teams hailing…
UC STARS TO HOST ANNUAL BELLINGHAM CUP GALA DAY
The Bellingham Cup is an annual gala day and fundraiser held in honour of Aaiden Bellingham, who passed away in 2017 as a result of a sudden cardiac episode. The event is used to kick off the 2024 season for the University of Canberra Football Club and aims to raise money and awareness for the work…
GIANTS TO MEET IN WOMEN’S FEDERATION CUP QUARTER FINALS
Women’s National Premier League giants Canberra Olympic and Canberra Croatia are set for a seismic cup knockout clash after the duo were paired together in the Women’s Federation Cup Quarter Final draw. Olympic, who won the league and Grand Final double in 2023, knocked Croatia out at the same stage last year thanks to an…
CUP HOLDERS CROATIA FACE TIGERS LITMUS TEST
Cup holders Canberra Croatia will begin the defence of their Men’s Federation Cup crown with a testing challenge against Tigers FC, a repeat of their Round 4 clash in 2023, after the draw for the Australia Cup Qualifying Rounds 2024 took place at Football House in Deakin. Croatia saw off the Tigers at the same…
CAPITAL FUTSAL LEAGUE GRAND FINALS SET TO CROWN CHAMPIONS
The Capital Futsal League reaches its conclusion this weekend with four Grand Finals to crown the victors in the Men’s First Grade, Women’s First Grade, Women’s Reserves and Men’s Under-23 competitions at Daramalan College. Following up to ten rounds of hard-fought regular season action, and semi-finals that caught the imagination of the Australian Futsal community,…
COMMBANK MATILDAS 23-PLAYER SQUAD NAMED TO CONTEST VITAL PARIS 2024™ ASIAN QUALIFIERS
CommBank Matildas Head Coach Tony Gustavsson has called up 23 players for this month’s AFC Women’s Olympic Football Tournament Paris 2024™ Asian Qualifiers Round 3 (Asian Qualifiers) including a recall for ace Canberra United striker Michelle Heyman. Australia will take on world number 47, Uzbekistan, in a two-match home-and-away series on 24 February 2024 at…