Football NSW is the governing body for association football (soccer) and Futsal in the Australian state of New South Wales, with the exception of the northern regions of NSW (the governing body for which is Northern New South Wales Football).
Football NSW is a member of the national governing body, the Football Federation Australia. Football NSW's premier Football competition is the New South Wales Premier League. The premier Futsal competition is the Refund Futsal Premier League.
In 2008 there will be a shake-up of the whole New South Wales Men's, Women's and Youth competitions. There will be a restructuring of the youth teams so they're aligned with their Senior Clubs. There will be also a restructuring of the Men's Senior competitions including new teams added to the NSW Premier League and a new Promotion/Relegation system.
Prior to 1 April 2007 Football NSW was known as Soccer NSW.[1]
Headquarters
The headquarters of Football NSW are located at Valentine Sport Park[2].Valentine Sports Park is a multipurpose sporting complex which caters for various groups, as well as individuals. The complex consists of twin, triple and quad rooms accommodating up to 180 people, 5 playing fields, lecture rooms, indoor sports hall, 20 metre outdoor pool, sports medicine centre and a dining room open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. It also contains the offices of the Football NSW staff.
Board & Staff
Board
- President: Jim Forrest
- Vice-President: Sam Krslovic (see note below)
- Director: Howard Bradley
- Director: George Jackson
- Director: Ross Kelly
- Director: Rob Laws
- Director: Linda Ward
- Director: Frank Wilson
Staff
- Chief Executive Officer: Michael Quarmby
- Personal Assistant to CEO: Jenni Allen
- General Manager: Ian Holmes
- Personal Assistant to General Manager: Lindal Whitton
- Risk Manager & State MPO: Michelle Hanley
- Project Manager: Tim Gledhill
Finance
- Financial Manager: Joe Denina
- Human Resources Manager: Alissa Hunter
- Information & Systems Officer: Ritesh Kumar
- Accounts Receivable: Joy Costello
- Accounts Payable: Babita Sagar
Administration
- Administration Coordinator: Sue McNally
- Receptionist: Yashmin Ali
- Administration Assistant: Karen Boyle
Commercial Services
- Executive Manager, Commercial Services: Tony Peters
- Sponsorship & Events Manager: Elizabeth Queixalos
- Sponsorship & Events Coordinator: Adam Cosgrove
- Sponsorship and Events Assistant: Samantha Johnson
- Media Manager: Mark Stavroulakis
- Media Assistant: Bruce Da Silva
- Valentine Sports Park Manager: Duncan Sharpe
- Valentine Sports Park Assistant: Stacey Saggus
- Soccer Wearhouse Manager: Nathan Russell
- Soccer Wearhouse Assistant: Roy Ashpole
- Soccer Wearhouse Assistant: Norman Hanley
High Performance
- High Performance Manager: Paul Bentvelzen
- High Performance Coaching Manager: Tony Judge
- Technical Director: Norm Boardman
- Coaching Administrator - Coach Education: Tricia O'Keeffe
- Schools Development Coordinator: James Rankine
- Female Participation Coordinator: Hayley Todd
- Sydney Western Area Manager: Ben Wright
- High Performance Administrator: Jason Quarmby
Competitions
- Client Services Manager, Competitions: George Pashalis
- Competitions Secretary: Phil McColl
- Competitions Coordinator: Troy McColl
- Assistant Comp. Secretary (Youth & Div. 1): Luke Cevolani
- Competition Secretary (Community Football): Larry Grant
- Assistant Competition Secretary: Kim Burge
- Competitions Secretary (Womens): Debbie Abboud
- Competitions Assistant: Kerra Hitchcock
Referees
- Referees Manager: Craig McCallum#
- Referees Appointments Coordinator: Steve Wye#
- Contracts Terminated after blowing the whistle on Referee Appointment interference.
Futsal
- Manager Futsal: Tim Genzo
- Futsal Administrator: Rokelle MacNaughton
- Futsal Assistant: Matthew Morrison
- Futsal Assistant: Damian Briggs
Vice President stands aside
On Thursday 1 August Vice President Sam Krslovic stood aside following allegations included in the referee's match report that he verbally abused and manhandled referee Matthew Gillet following a match beteen Sydney United and Manly United in which three red cards were shown. President Jim Forrest said that FNSW's independent disciplinary tribunal will investigate the incident.[1]
Football
The majoriy of Football NSW's time goes into the Football competitions they oversee and run. There are 7 different youth representative leagues and 7 different Men's & Women's non-amateur leagues they directly run. They also oversee the countless club and amateur competitions run by the associations around the state. For a detailed rundown of the various leagues and systems run in New South Wales see Football (soccer) in New South Wales.
Futsal
Football NSW is also the governing body for Futsal is New South Wales. There is two representative leagues named the "Futsal Premier League" (Known as Refund Futsal Premier League for sponsorship reasons) and the "Futsal Super League". Originally there was only one representative league with 16 teams. In the 06/07 season the competition was cut into 2 separate divisions of 8 teams each. In the 07/08 season the top 8 clubs in the club championship (aggregate points of all teams) from that season were put in the First Division while the last 8 were put in the second division.
The Futsal leagues cater for the following age groups:
Boys
- 12's
- 14's
- 16's
- Youth(19's)
- Men (Open)
Girls
This is a breakup of the teams in the Futsal leagues as of the end of the 07/08 season:
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Futsal Super League |
- Campbelltown City Quake
- Hawkesbury Commodores
- Inner West Allstars
- Liverpool Fusion
- Mascot Vipers
- Sydney City Eagles
- Sydney Magic
- Western Raiders
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- APIA Leichardt
- Dural Warriors
- Enfield Rovers
- Greater Western Sydney
- Maccabi Futsal
- Northern Beaches Futsal
- Northern Tigers
- Parramatta FC
- South Coast FC
- Sydney Benfica FC
- West City Crusaders
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External links
References
- ^ [August 3 2008 Mathew Hall: 'Referees Under Attack'.] The Sun Herald, Sydney, Sunday August 3 2008. Retrieved August 3 2008.
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