Victorian State Futsal Representative Squads | Player Trial Registration Process
2024 National Futsal Championships, Gold Coast, Queensland
5-9 January 2024
Info updated for players and parents/guardians as of 19 October 2023
Football Victoria (FV) is the official governing body of Football and Futsal in Victoria.
Football Victoria will be officially nominating Victorian State Representative Squads in all age groups offered at the 2024 National Futsal Championships (NFC), to be held on the Gold Coast from 5-9 January 2024.
The National Futsal Championships is the largest of Football Australia’s national tournaments, with close to 1,000 participants from over 100 teams being involved from states and territories across Australia. Historically representative teams from Solomon Islands and New Zealand have also participated.
Trial registrations can be completed here
| Team | Age Eligibility (Determined by a player’s age as at 31 December 2023. |
| 12 Boys | For Players born on or after 1 January 2011 |
| 13 Boys & 13 Girls | For Players born on or after 1 January 2010 |
| 14 Boys | For Players born on or after 1 January 2009 |
| 15 Boys & 15 Girls | For Players born on or after 1 January 2008 |
| 16 Boys | For Players born on or after 1 January 2007 |
| 17 Girls | For Players born on or after 1 January 2006 |
| 19 Men & 19 Women | For Players born on or after 1 January 2004 |
| Athletes with Disability (AWD) | No Age Qualification. |
Age eligibility is determined by a player’s age as at 31 December 2023.
FAQS
The Program Schedule
Football Victoria (FV) is now pleased to advise the schedule for trials that will take place from Saturday 14 October 2023.
| Sat 14 October 2022 | Trial Session 1 @ Pro Futsal, Mt Evelyn |
| Sat 21 October 2022 | Trial Session 2 @ Pro Futsal, Mt Evelyn |
Trials Schedule - Saturday October 21 @ Pro Futsal, Mt Evelyn
12 Boys – 3pm until 4:30pm
13 Boys – 10:30am until 12pm
13 Girls – 12pm until 1:30pm
14 Boys – 1:30pm until 3pm
15 Boys – 1:30pm until 3pm
15 Girls – 12pm until 1:30pm
16 Boys – 9am until 10:30am
17 Girls – 1:30pm until 3pm
19 Boys/Youth Men – 12pm until 1:30pm
19 Girls/Youth Women – 1:30pm until 3pm
Athletes with Disability (AWD) – 3pm until 4:30pm
Trials and Training Schedule
Players who are registered to a current Football Victoria affiliated Futsal Club or Futsal Centre (registered as a Futsal player in the Football Australia PlayFootball registration system) and/or who participated at the Football Victoria State Futsal Championships will also be prioritised for identification and selection in the lead up to the trial process.
Once the trial sessions are completed, a training Squad, of approximately 15 players, will train for a number of weeks in the lead up to the 2024 National Futsal Championships before being cut down to a final squad of maximum 10 players per junior age group (up to Under 15 Boys/Girls) and maximum 12 players per age group (Under 16 Boys and above). The final squad will represent Victoria at the 2024 National Futsal Championships.
Training squad invitations will be sent via email to successful triallists soon after the second trial session. Training will take place on Saturday's starting November 4.
Fees
Indicative costs per player to Football Victoria would be in the range of $900-$1,300 to cover all other costs such as team entry fees, uniforms, equipment, venue hire, coaching and medical staff payments, insurance and other costs associated with running the program.
Football Victoria (FV) is delighted to announce that Victoria will host the National Futsal Championships (NFC) in January 2023.
The championships began in 1980 and since then have united Australia’s finest talent for five days of fast paced, goal-laden quality Futsal, providing competitors, officials and spectators with memories to last a lifetime.
The NFC is the largest of Football Australia’s national tournaments, with close to 1,000 participants from over 100 teams being involved from states and territories across Australia and historically representative teams from Solomon Islands and New Zealand have also participated.
The announcement is a major boost for Futsal in Victoria, following FV’s reassurance earlier this year to unite and develop the sport.
Victoria was granted hosting rights by Football Australia following a comprehensive nomination process, which also saw Queensland win the opportunity to host the upcoming NFC in January 2022.
By granting the hosting rights in two different cities over the next two years, it allows the NFC to be promoted and showcased as a truly national tournament.
FV’s Head of Futsal, Anthony Grima, highlighted that hosting a major national tournament will have a considerable impact on Futsal in our state.
“This is a huge win for Futsal in Victoria and one for me that should be dedicated to the many amazing individuals who are at the heart of the Futsal community here in Victoria. Hosting the NFC will leave a lasting legacy for Futsal and football in Victoria and inspire and enable more people to take up this amazing sport,” Grima said.
“In what will already be an exciting year for our state, as a host city of the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023TM, hosting the National Futsal Championships will also allow us to showcase the best that Australian Futsal has to offer and highlight the various pathway opportunities that are available. At the same time locally, we can continue to invest in the resources needed to ensure Victoria’s own Futsal community can deliver the best possible experiences for Futsal players, coaches, referees, clubs and centres across the state.”
“As the Minister announced back on 16th of May, we will also see the Home of the Matildas facility being built in Bundoora, which will include an international size Futsal pitch,” Grima said.
Kimon Taliadoros, Chief Executive Officer of Football Victoria echoed Grima’s sentiment, expressing the NFC will not only benefit Victoria’s Futsal and football community, but our state as a whole.
“Victoria is the home of sport. Our culture is built around it. It is ingrained in everything we do. The tourism and events industry makes a significant contribution to Victoria through economic growth, employment and exports,” he said.
“The COVID-19 pandemic has been devastating for the people of Victoria. By hosting the National Futsal Championships, we will further enhance the state’s ability to host events and tournaments and support the Victorian economy by bringing interstate visitors back to Melbourne to experience the wide range of products, services and experiences that this great state has to offer.”
Futsal has been on the national agenda for some time now, with Football Australia recently having released the ‘XI Principles - for the future of Australian football.’
Principle IV calls for the establishment of a national agenda for Futsal and Beach Soccer and to investigate the creation of new products to grow the game. The NFC will feed into this Principle and is expected to become a significant event on the Australian football calendar.
James Johnson, Chief Executive Officer of Football Australia was pleased with the outcome and looks forward to growing the Futsal footprint in Australia.
“As part of our clear strategic agenda, we outlined a vision to create a national program for futsal and beach soccer by working closely with our member Federations in a unified, inclusive and collaborative manner.
“With the culmination of this process, we are delighted that Football Queensland and Football Victoria will be hosting the National Futsal Championships in 2022 and 2023 respectively.
“There is a clear appetite throughout Australia for football to increase its imprint through futsal and beach soccer. Queensland and Victoria now have the opportunity to showcase this and bring it to life over the next two years, in a way never seen before, Johnson said.
Football Australia recently confirmed that the National Futsal Championships (NFC) will return to the football calendar in 2022.
Following a comprehensive nomination process, dual hosting rights have been granted to Football Queensland for the 2022 championships and Football Victoria in 2023.
By granting the hosting rights over the next two years in two different cities, it allows the National Futsal Championships to be promoted and showcased as a truly national tournament.
For 2022, Football Queensland will host the NFC on the Gold Coast from 5 – 9 January, as part of Summer Festival of Futsal, which will also include tournaments and programs for Beach soccer, Blind football and Powerchair.
James Johnson, Chief Executive Officer of Football Australia, was pleased with the outcome and looks forward to growing the futsal footprint in Australia.
As part of our clear strategic agenda, we outlined a vision to create a national program for futsal and beach soccer by working closely with our Member Federations in a unified, inclusive and collaborative manner.
“With the culmination of this process, we are delighted that Football Queensland and Football Victoria will be hosting the National Futsal Championships in 2022 and 2023 respectively.
“There is a clear appetite throughout Australia for football to increase its imprint through futsal and beach soccer. Queensland and Victoria now have the opportunity to showcase this and bring it to life over the next two years, in a way never seen before,” Johnson said.
The Football Queensland hosted tournament, will be the first time that the NFC will be held as part of a Summer Festival of Futsal, providing participants an opportunity to extend their stay to be part of Australia’s biggest club-based futsal tournament.
2022 NFC Details:
National Futsal Championships (as part of the Summer Festival of Futsal)
5–9 January 2022
Gold Coast Sports and Leisure Centre, Gold Coast, Queensland