Football West

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Football West
Formation2004
Headquarters Perth
Region served
Western Australia, Australia
CEO
 Jamie Harnwell
Parent organisation
 Football Australia
Website www.footballwest.com.au/home

Football West is the state governing body for soccer in Western Australia (WA). [1] It is affiliated with Football Australia (FA), the sport's national governing body, and through FA's affiliation to FIFA. Football West's premier competition is the National Premier Leagues (NPL) WA, which is the highest league in WA and one tier below the national A-League. [2] [3] NPL WA is a division within the National Premier Leagues. Football West is also responsible for running Western Australia's National Training Centre in conjunction with FA and the WA Government's Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries (DLGSC). Football West also runs the Football West State Cup knock-out cup. Since 2014 the two State Cup finalists also qualify for the Australia Cup.

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History

The Western Australian Soccer Association was established in July 2004 to represent the all levels of competition and the game of soccer in Perth metropolitan and regional Western Australia. The body was formed following a period of national and state review and reform, that was led by Federal and State Governments and facilitated by the Department of Sport and Recreation WA (now part of the larger DLGSC) with the objective of creating a unified State soccer body representative. The association changed its name to Football West in early 2005. [4] [5] [6]

In 2014 Football West invested more than $45,000 in subsidising coaching courses to promote coach education programs in the NPL. [7]

In May 2019, Liberal-National Coalition Prime Minister Scott Morrison pledged $16.25 million towards a State Football Centre at Maniana Reserve, Queens Park, Cannington. [8] This figure was matched by Labor's WA Premier Mark McGowan in 2020, which meant construction of the State Football Centre could go ahead. It is due to be completed around May 2023, in time for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. The centre was officially opened in October 2023 and was named the Sam Kerr Football Centre. [9]

The number of registered participants in Western Australia in the 2016 season was over 44,000. [10]

Administration

The current board members (directors) of Football West are Sherif Andrawes (chairman), Will Golsby (deputy chairman), Amy Johnson, Jason Petkovic, Elizabeth Tylich, Richard Marshall, Ivy Chen, David Buckingham and Annette Tilbrook. The current chief executive officer (CEO) is Jamie Harnwell, who took over the role in April 2022.

Objectives

The objectives of Football West are: [11]

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References

  1. ↑ Football West On Top
  2. ↑ Football West Competition. Mandurah Mail.
  3. ↑ Sporting Pulse.
  4. ↑ "Football West - About Us" . Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  5. ↑ "Football West Limited ACN 109 919 324". Australian Securities and Investments Commission. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  6. ↑ Cook, Jonathan (7 February 2005). "McMahon seeks local with passion for Glory". The West Australian. The WA Soccer Association, set-up in 2003 and rubber stamped as the game's authority last year, revealed a name change to Football West at a function on Saturday
  7. ↑ "Football West 2014 Annual Report" (PDF). Football West. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  8. ↑ "Football West welcomes PM's $16.25m pledge". Football West. 1 May 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  9. ↑ "WA's Home of Football is officially the Sam Kerr Football Centre | Football West". www.footballwest.com.au. 27 October 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  10. ↑ "Football West Annual Report 2016" (PDF). Football West. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  11. ↑ "Football West Strategic Plan 2014-2016" (PDF). Retrieved 1 December 2015.
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