Football Federation Australia (FFA) is the governing body for the sport of football (soccer) in Australia. Before 1 January 2005, it was known as the Australian Soccer Association (ASA), which succeeded Soccer Australia in this role in 2003. Ben Buckley is currently the CEO of the FFA and Frank Lowy is the chairman.
Among other duties, the FFA oversees Australia's national football teams (including the Socceroos (men), the Matildas (women), the Olyroos and other various youth teams); national coaching programmes; coordination with the various state and territory governing bodies; and the national club competition. Until 2004 the national competition was the National Soccer League; the FFA launched a new national league in 2005, the A-League.
On Tuesday the 6th of July the FFA announced that they would sue Melbourne newspaper The Age for defamation of their bid for a 2022 Australian World Cup.
Visit the site of the FFA by following the link: www.footballaustralia.com.au
