The 2021–22 season was the 53rd season of national competitive association football in Australia and 139th overall.

National teams

Men's senior

Friendly

The following is a list of friendlies played by the men's senior national team in 2021–22.

FIFA World Cup qualification

=AFC third round Group B

=AFC Fourth-round play-off

=Inter-Confederation play-offs

Men's under 23

Friendlies

The following is a list of friendlies played by the men's under 23 national team in 2021–22.

Olympic Games

AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification

AFC U-23 Asian Cup

Women's senior

Friendlies

The following is a list of friendlies played by the women's national team in 2021–22.

Olympic Games

AFC Women's Asian Cup

Women's under-20

Australia was to host one of the groups in the first round of qualification for the

2022 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup The 2022 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup was originally to be held as the 11th edition of the AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup (including previous editions of the AFC U-19 Women's Championship), the biennial international youth football championship organi ...

, between 14 and 22 August 2021 in

Shepparton Shepparton () ( Yortayorta: ''Kanny-goopna'') is a city located on the floodplain of the Goulburn River in northern Victoria, Australia, approximately north-northeast of Melbourne. As of the 2021 census, the estimated population of Shepparton, ...

, Victoria. However, in July 2021, the Asian Football Confederation confirmed that the competition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Friendlies

The following is a list of friendlies played by the Women's U-20 team in 2021–22.

Women's under-17

Australia was to host one of the groups in the first round of qualification for the

2022 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup The 2022 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup was originally to be held as the 9th edition of the AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup (including previous editions of the AFC U-17 Women's Championship and AFC U-16 Women's Championship), the biennial international yo ...

, between 18 and 26 September 2021 in

Cessnock, New South Wales Cessnock is a city in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia, about by road west of Newcastle, New South Wales, Newcastle. It is the administrative centre of the City of Cessnock Local government in Australia, LGA and was named after a ...

. However, in July 2021, the Asian Football Confederation confirmed that the competition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

AFC competitions

AFC Champions League

Qualifiers: * Melbourne City as 2020–21 A-League regular season premiers * Melbourne Victory as

2021 FFA Cup The 2021 FFA Cup was the eighth season of the FFA Cup, the main national Association football, soccer single-elimination tournament, knockout cup competition in Australia. Thirty-two teams contested the competition proper from the round of 32, i ...

winners *

Sydney FC Sydney Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Sydney, New South Wales. It competes in the country's premier men's competition, A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL). The club was fo ...

as 2020–21 A-League regular season runners-up Melbourne Victory were eliminated in the play-off round.

Group stage

=Group G

=Group H

Men's football

A-League Men

National Premier Leagues

The Final Series was not held.

Cup competitions

FFA Cup

A-Leagues All Stars Game

Women's football

A-League Women

Deaths

* 3 January 2022:

Ulysses Kokkinos Ulysses Kokkinos (1948 – 3 January 2022) was an ethnic Greek Turkish-born Australian soccer player and manager, known primarily for his career in Victorian soccer, in particular with South Melbourne Hellas. He also played in Greece with Panat ...

, 74, former South Melbourne Hellas, Fitzroy United, Hakoah Eastern Suburbs, Melbourne Juventus, West Adelaide Hellas, Western Suburbs, and

Floreat Athena Floreat Athena Football Club is an association football (soccer) club based in Perth, Western Australia. The club competes in the National Premier Leagues Western Australia. The club's founders were of Greek heritage. Floreat Athena has been c ...

forward. * 23 February 2022: Jim Milisavljevic, 70, former Footscray JUST and Carlton Serbia goalkeeper. * 14 March 2022:

Colin Kitching Colin Kitching (11 November 1933 – 12 March 2022) was an Australian soccer player. Kitching played club football in Queensland, firstly in Ipswich at Bundamba, Blackstone United, and St Helens United before moving to Brisbane when he joined ...

, 88, former Bundamba,

Blackstone United Blackstone may refer to: People * Charles Blackstone (born 1977), fiction writer * Elliott Blackstone (1924–2006), former police sergeant and LGBT advocate * Gay Blackstone (born 1952), widow of Harry Blackstone, Jr. * Harriet Blackstone (1 ...

, St Helens United, Hellenic, and

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

forward.

Retirements

* 14 September 2021: Wayne Brown, 33, former Newcastle Jets midfielder. * 19 September 2021:

Christine Nairn Christine Marie Nairn (born September 25, 1990) is an American retired soccer player from Annapolis, Maryland. She previously played for the Houston Dash, Orlando Pride, Washington Spirit and Seattle Reign FC in the NWSL and has had regular ...

, 30, former United States and Melbourne Victory midfielder. * 24 September 2021: Lisa De Vanna, 36, former

, Adelaide Sensation, Western Waves,

Perth Glory Perth Glory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Perth, Western Australia. It competes in the country's premier men's competition, A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues. Founded in 19 ...

, Brisbane Roar, Newcastle Jets, Melbourne Victory, Melbourne City,

North Shore Mariners Northbridge Football Club is an Australian semi-professional soccer club based in the Sydney suburb of Northbridge, New South Wales. Founded in 1952, the club currently competes in the National Premier Leagues NSW, with matches played at Northbr ...

Canberra United Canberra United Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in the southern Canberra suburb of Wanniassa, Australian Capital Territory. Founded in 2008 by Capital Football, the club was an inaugural member of the W-League and t ...

, South Melbourne, and

forward. * 28 September 2021: Steven Taylor, 35, former Wellington Phoenix defender. * 30 September 2021:

Ronald Vargas Ronald Alejandro Vargas Aranguren (; born 2 December 1986) is a Venezuelan former professional footballer who played as a forward. Club career Caracas Vargas started his career in the youth teams of Caracas. He was promoted to the first team ...

, 34, former Venezuela and Newcastle Jets forward. * 15 October 2021: Simon Cox, 34, former Ireland and Western Sydney Wanderers forward. * 23 October 2021: Adam Federici, 36, former

and Macarthur FC goalkeeper. * 28 October 2021: Daniel Georgievski, 33, former

Macedonia Macedonia most commonly refers to: * North Macedonia, a country in southeastern Europe, known until 2019 as the Republic of Macedonia * Macedonia (ancient kingdom), a kingdom in Greek antiquity * Macedonia (Greece), a traditional geographic reg ...

, Melbourne Victory, Newcastle Jets, Western Sydney Wanderers, and Melbourne City defender. * 12 November 2021: Joe Ledley, 34, former Wales and Newcastle Jets midfielder. * 27 January 2022: Besart Berisha, 36, former Albania, Kosovo, Brisbane Roar, Melbourne Victory, and Western United forward. * 9 March 2022: Zac Anderson, 30, former Gold Coast United, Central Coast Mariners,

, and Olympic FC defender. * 30 April 2022:

Andy Keogh Andrew Declan Keogh (born 16 May 1986) is a former Irish professional footballer who last played as a striker for A-League club Perth Glory. Born in Dublin, Keogh played the first several years of his professional career playing for a number ...

, 35, former Republic of Ireland and

forward. * 7 May 2022: Bobô, 37, former

forward. * 20 May 2022:

Louis Fenton Louis Ferenc Puskas Fenton (born 3 April 1993) is a New Zealand professional footballer who plays for National Premier Leagues Queensland club Lions FC. Early life Fenton, whose mother is Hungarian and whose father is a postman, is named af ...

, 29, former New Zealand and Wellington Phoenix defender. * 22 May 2022:

Joseph Mills Joseph or Joe Mills may refer to: * Joseph E. Mills, American architect *Joseph Mills (footballer) (born 1989), English footballer *Joseph Trotter Mills Joseph Trotter Mills (December 18, 1812November 22, 1897) was an American attorney, jurist, ...

, 32, former

defender.

Comebacks

* 23 November 2021: Ashleigh Sykes, 28, former

international forward who retired in 2018 and signed with

. * 25 November 2021: Lisa De Vanna, 36, former

international forward who retired in September 2021 and signed with

References

External links

Football Australia official website
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