Capital Football Structure
Football in Australia is governed at the highest level by Football Federation Australia (FFA).
Registered as Capital Football, the A.C.T. Football Federation is the Member Federation governing body for the A.C.T. and surrounding region, one of nine governing bodies under their auspices. The governing bodies are:
Each Member Federation governing body has responsibility for football in their region. This includes organisation of competitions, game development and events etc. Within Capital Football we have the following departments.
• Business Administration
• Media and Public Relations
• Events
• Men’s League Administration
• Women’s League Administration
• Junior League Administration
• Futsal Administration (indoor 5-a-side competition)
• Referee’s Administration
• HPP (High Performance Program)
• Coaching Department
• Game Development
Clubs that wish to compete in the various competitions within the Member Federation must be affiliated to that Member Federation. Capital Football has a number of member clubs, a list of which can be viewed here:
http://www.capitalfootball.com.au/site/affiliatedclubs.php
Brief Overview of Department Roles
Business Administration
General day-to-day running of the business including employment, wages, finances etc.
Media and Public Relations
Website management, reports, features, interviews and articles on all aspects of Capital Football and its associated clubs, players and administrators as well as printed publications including Season Guides, Match Programs, Tournament Brochures etc.
Events
Organisation and implementation of all Capital Football events including Kanga Cup, Annual Presentation Evening, Season Launch, Grand Finals etc. Capital Football also hosts major events on behalf of Football Federation Australia. These include the national Futsal championships, the national junior championships, A-League games and international fixtures from time to time.
Men’s League Administration
Organisation and administration of men’s league competitions, including fixtures, results, ladders, suspensions, payments etc. There are currently 17 men’s competitions under Capital Football’s control (Gatorade Premier League, Premier Pathway League, Premier League under-18, Premier League under16, State Leagues One to Ten and three Master’s (over-35) competitions).
Women’s League Administration
Organisation and administration of women’s league competitions, including fixtures, results, ladders, suspensions, payments etc. There are currently 10 women’s competitions under Capital Football’s control (Premier League, Premier League Reserves, Premier League under-18, State Leagues One to Four, under-18 Division One and Division Two and two Master’s (over-35) competitions).
Junior League Administration
Organisation and administration of junior league competitions, including fixtures, results, ladders, suspensions, payments etc. There are currently 57 competitions under Capital Football’s control from under-13 to under-18. The under-6 to under-9 age groups are controlled ‘in-house’ by the affiliated member clubs.
Futsal Administration (5-a-side competition)
Organisation and administration of Futsal league competitions, including fixtures, results, ladders, suspensions, payments etc. There are currently 7 (winter) competitions under Capital Football’s control (4 men’s leagues, 2 women’s leagues and 1 mixed social league), 10 (summer) competitions (Men’s Premier League, Women’s Premier League, 5 men’s leagues, 2 women’s leagues and 1 mixed social league). Capital Football is also currently the organising body for the FFA Futsal National Championships (a competition held between all the member states of the FFA who send their best players at all age-groups from under-11 boys and girls to Open Men and Women). Further details on the Futsal National Championships can be found here: http://www.futsalnationals.com.au/
Referee’s Administration
Organisation and administration of referee’s courses, payments, equipments and uniforms and referee educational resources. The appointment of match officials for all matches under the jurisdiction of Capital Football is outsourced to a ‘Referee’s Appointments Officer’.
HPP (High Performance Program)
Organisation and administration of Capital Football’s High Performance (including Representative squads) program for Football and Futsal. Outside of Capital Football there are two representative programs, namely ACTAS (Australian Capital Territory Academy of Sport) and AIS (Australian Institute of Sport).
Coaching Department
Organisation and administration of Capital Football’s Coaching resources. These include running coaches’ courses at all levels, seminars and educational courses for both football and Futsal.
Game Development
Responsible for the development of football and Futsal in the region through the implementation of Small-Sided Games, School Holiday Clinics, Schools Programs and Community Programs.
For further information on all of our departments, as well as more detailed information on what they do, you can visit our website on http://www.capitalfootball.com.au/site/
Capital Football, in partnership with FFA and the ACT Academy of Sport, also runs a successful team in the Westfield W-League (the national women’s league competition). This team, Canberra United, reached the Grand Final in the first year of the competition and were semi-finalists in season two, which concluded in December last year.
The club is run ‘in-house’ where we are responsible for appointing players, coaches and support staff as well as all media and marketing and generally making sure the whole thing runs as smoothly as a top flight team should do. Details on Canberra United can be found at http://www.canberraunited.com.au/
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