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A TIMELINE OF FOOTBALL IN AUSTRALIA
FOOTBALL IN AUSTRALIA
1880 First recorded match under the Laws of the Game in Australia – Wanderers 5 v King’s School 0, Sydney.
1883 First interstate match – New South Wales 2 v Victoria 2, Melbourne.
Australia gains affiliation with the Football Association, England.
1885 First competition series, the ‘badge’ competition, and knock–out cup won by Granville, Sydney.
1895 First ‘Aussie Abroad’ – James Jackson, from Newcastle, who joined Glasgow Rangers (Scotland).
1904 First Australian team tours overseas – New South Wales ‘combination’ tours New Zealand.
1905 First overseas touring team, New Zealand, visits Australia (New South Wales).
1911 Australian Commonwealth Football Association formed.
1922 Australian team plays its first international match – L0-1 v New Zealand, in Dunedin, New Zealand.
1925 First recorded publicity of women’s football in Australia, ‘Reds’ v ‘Blues’, Brisbane.
1932 First organised interstate carnival, Sydney – final: New South Wales 6 v South Australia 1.
1954 Joe Marston (Preston North End) becomes the first Australian to play in an English FA Cup final.
1956 Australia (Melbourne) hosts Olympic Games – Australia plays Japan (W2–0) and India (L2–4).
1961 Australia suspended from all international football by FIFA.
1963 Formation of the Australian Soccer Federation; Australia regains full affiliation with FIFA.
1965 Australia plays its first FIFA World Cup qualifying match, losing 1–6 to North Korea.
1968 Australian Amateur Association formed.
1972 Futsal introduced in Australia.
1974 Australia takes part in the FIFA World Cup – meets East Germany (L0–2), West Germany (L0–3) & Chile (D0–0).
Australian Women’s Soccer Association formed.
1977 National Soccer League (NSL) formed – Sydney City inaugural NSL Champions.
1978 Australian women’s team plays its first international match, W1–0 v Austria Select, in Taipei Cty, Taiwan.
1981 Australia hosts FIFA U-20 World Cup.
1989 Australia participates in the first FIFA Futsal World Championship.
1991 Australia reaches semi-final of the FIFA U-20 World Cup final – Australia’s first world cup semi-final appearance.
1995 Australia takes part in the FIFA Women’s World Cup for the first time.
1996 Women’s National Soccer League formed – Queensland Academy of Sport inaugural Champions.
1997 Australia participates in its first FIFA Confederations Cup – reaches the final against Brazil.
1998 Australia Paralympic team founded.
1999 Australia reaches final of the FIFA U-17 World Cup final – Australia’s first world cup final appearance.
2000 Australia (Sydney) hosts Olympic Games for the second time – men’s and women’s team participate.
2004 NSL closes down with the Grand Final of the 2003/04 season, Perth Glory 1 v Parramatta Power 0.
2005 Football Federation Australia established.
A new national competition, the Hyundai A-League, commences.
Australia defeats Uruguay on penalties to qualify for the FIFA World Cup for the first time in 32 years.
2006 Australia formally moves into the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).
Largest crowd for an Australian home senior international – 95,103 at Australia v Greece, Melbourne.
Australia reaches the Round of 16 at the FIFA World Cup in Germany, losing 0–1 to Italy.
2007 Largest crowd for an Australian club match – 55,436 at the Hyundai A-League Grand Final.
Australian clubs (Adelaide United and Sydney FC) take part in the AFC Champions League for the first time.
Australia takes part in the AFC Asian Cup for the first time.
2010 Australia wins the AFC Women's Asian Cup, defeating Korea DPR on penalties in the final.
2011 Australia reaches AFC Asian Cup final, losing 0–1 to Japan in extra time.
2015 Australia to host the AFC Asian Cup (January).
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