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  History of Soccer in Australia. Australia was settled as a British penal colony in 1788 and it's likely that some of the thousands of convicts and soldiers brought basic football skills with them. In a jail without bars and bounded by endless bush, there was plenty of room and opportunity for a kick around. Transportation finished in 1840 in NSW but the British continued to dominate culturally for another 100 years or more. It's fair to assume that people were kicking a round ball on the Australian goldfields in the 1850s. However that was also when rugby was catching on in the northern colonies and Australian Rules was invented in the south. Association football was formalised in England in 1863, but by the time the first recorded soccer match in Australia was played in Sydney in 1880 (between the Wanderers and the Ring's School), the jig was up. Successive waves of European migrants brought on-field finesse to the traditionally roughhouse British form of soccer, but they also ingrained it as a minority sport in the Anglo Australian sporting culture. Even by the first interstate match between Victoria and NSW in 1883, the southern media compared it unfavourably to Aussie Rules.         By Ricky Onsman Quick Links:
 
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Pro - Soccer There is one fully professional league in Australia: the A-League. This consists of eight foundation clubs, representing seven major population bases around Australia plus one from New Zealand. Queensland Roar  Newcastle Jets   Central Coat Mariners , Sydney FC Melbourne Victory,  Adelaide United,  Perth Glory  New Zealand Knights

Each state and territory in Australia has its own association which runs regional, district, suburban and metropolitan leagues from the highest semi-pro level (usually called state league, premier league or similar - the naming varies from region to region) to social football competitions.
 
 
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Australian State  and Regional Associations

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National  Australian soccer    Matildas    See Overview of the game in Australia from Answers.com
Australian Capital Territory ACT Futsal Association   Capital Fotball
New South Wales Soccer NSW   has 4 branches (Reverina, Southern, Sydney and Western)    and more than 30 associations:  
   Western Branch has 5 District Associations

Northern NSW Soccer Federation has 12 Associations
Referees. NSW Referees 
Northern NSW Christian Soccer Association

 
Northern Territory Northern Territory Soccer Federation   
 
Queensland Football Queensland
 
South Australia South Australia Soccer Federation South Australian Amateur Soccer League 
 
Tasmania Soccer Tasmania  
 
Victoria Victorian Soccer Federation   Soccer Referees Victoria   Victorian Churches Soccer Association  
 
Western Australia The WA Soccer Site  
 
Other Clubs by State Australian Capital Territory     New South Wales     Northern Territory
Queensland   South Australia   Tasmania   Victoria   Western Australia


Australian Capital Territory

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Canberra City FC,
former NSL Soccer Club
Tuggeranong United Soccer Club - Canberra
University of Canberra Union Soccer Club - Canberra
 
New South Wales Football in New South Wales is governed by Soccer NSW  which is affiliated to the FFA  NSW is divided into regional Associations.
Canterbury District Association  is one of the oldest in Australia

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         See Associations link above to locate the Association website
  Balmain Rovers - Inner West Sydney
Balmain Wanderers Football Club - Inner West Sydney
Bathurst District Soccer 
play at Proctor Park Bathurst located in the Central West NSW; local links
Belmont-Tingira Soccer Club - Newcastle, Hunter Valley
Blacktown District Soccer Football Association - Western Sydney
Eschol Park Soccer Club - South West Sydney
Heffron Hawks Football Club - Eastern Sydney
Hurlstone Park Wanderers one of
the largest club in the Canterbury District Association of Sydney,  fielding junior, senior, girls, women's and over 35's teams.
Lane Cove Football Club - Northern Sydney
Mosman Soccer Club - Northern Sydney
Narwee Baptist Soccer Club - South West Sydney
Normanhurst Eagles Soccer Club - Northern Sydney
Seaforth Soccer Club - Northern Sydney
South Lismore Soccer Club - Northern NSW
St John Bosco Soccer Club - Southern Sydney
St Marys Soccer Club  - Western Sydney
Sutherland Shire Soccer Sharks - Southern Sydney
Sydney University Soccer Football Club - Inner West Sydney
West Pennant Hills-Cherrybrook Soccer Club - Northern Sydney

Northern Territory

Mindil Aces Soccer Club - Darwin

Queensland

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Soccer Far North the Home of Senior Soccer in Far North Queensland
   Cairns Soccer and Far North Queensland; clubs, contacts and results for the soccer far north comp.
Brisbane Lions Soccer Club - Brisbane
Ipswich City Soccer Club - Ipswich, South East
Kenmore District Soccer Club - Brisbane
the Mighty Cougars - Brisbane
Mitchelton Soccer Club - Mitchelton, North
Rochedale Rovers - Brisbane
Sandy Straits Soccer Club - Hervey Bay, North
Souths United Soccer Club - Brisbane
TeamOslo - Brisbane
University of Queensland Soccer Club - Brisbane
Westside Soccer Club - Brisbane

South Australia South Australia Soccer Federation  premier and state leagues and teams  
      Clubs   Competition details 
( tables, fixtures, Results)
South Australia Amateur Soccer league SAASL  covers the amateur teams Clubs
Southern Districts Junior Soccer Association of SA  Junior teams
South Australia Women's Soccer Association SAWSA 
The Ladies Clubs

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  Angle Vale Soccer and Community Club - Angle Vale; Elizabeth and Districts Junior Soccer Association EDJSA
Adelaide City Women's Soccer Club SAWSA
Adelaide Villa Soccer Club   SAASL; Sunday League; Div 1
Campbelltown City Soccer Club - Adelaide Premier League; other Premier League clubs
Messinian Association Hawks Soccer Club - Adelaide; SAASL
North East United Soccer Club - Adelaide
Old Ignatians - Adelaide; SAASL
South Adelaide Panthers Soccer Club - Adelaide; Juniors

Tasmania

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Barnstoneworth United Football Club - Hobart 
DOSA Soccer Club - Glenorchy, northen suburbs
Kingborough Lions United Soccer Club - Kingborough, southern suburbs
 
Victoria

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Berwick City Soccer Club - Berwick, regional
Clayton Soccer Club - Melbourne
Eltham North Women's Soccer Club  Premier Division, Melbourne, Victoria
Frankston Strikers Soccer Club - Melbourne
Glenroy Split Soccer Club - Melbourne
Heidelberg United Soccer Club - Melbourne
Old Melburnians Soccer Club - Melbourne
Preston Lions Soccer Club - Melbourne
St Albans Saints - Melbourne
South Melbourne Women FC 
Sunbury United Sporting Club - Melbourne
 

Western Australia

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BB United  - Perth  Division 3, Waassa; Most of the players are refugees from Bosnia
Floreat Athena Soccer Club - Perth
Golden Lily Soccer Club - Perth
Guvno Footy Club - Perth
La Fiamma Sporting Club - Geraldton, northern