FIFA has announced the terms of reference for a Working Group to review football’s representative Congress in Australia.

Football Federation Australia (FFA) Chairman Steven Lowy AM welcomed receipt of the terms of reference and said FFA looked forward to working with FIFA, the Asian Football Confederation and all Australian football stakeholders to expand the Congress.

“FFA supports expansion of the Congress to reflect the evolution of football in Australia and balance the interests of each part of the game. This should include significant movement towards gender equality at all levels of governance,” he said.

“FFA also welcomes the reference to governance of the Hyundai A-League because we want to work with the clubs and other stakeholders on a new ownership and operating model for the League that will benefit the whole of the game.”



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Consideration of A-League expansion comes against the backdrop of the Congress Review Working Group which is meeting again in Melbourne this weekend, to nut-out the governance structure for football that is meant to be fit-for-purpose for at least the next 15-20 years.

The Working Group, chaired by former F1 senior executive Judith Griggs, is to report to FIFA by the end of July.

As well as A-League expansion, work on the introduction of a national second division is progressing with an analysis and assumptions recently sent to members of another working group looking at a national second division. 

It is understood that an independent entity to run the A-League is favoured by most Working Group members, and the A-League clubs are keen for greater expansion than that envisaged by the current FFA Board. 

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