Chairman Dream of Australia in World Cup Final

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Football Federation Australia Chairman Mr Frank Lowy unveiled an historic plan that he hopes will result in Australia making the World Cup Final in 2018.

For the first tie in its history football in Australia now has a National Football Development Plan aimed at “Making Australia a World Leader in the World Game.”

After an extensive review of football development both in Australia and overseas, the FFA released the plan for a whole of sport approach to provide greater support to the grass roots community and eliminate the gaps that exist in the development of our elite men and women footballers.

The new plan was created through extensive consultation and research and draws on existing programs and systems, together with a suite of new initiatives.

The objectives of the plan are:

• Improve the overall technical standard of Australian player base

• Design and oversee delivery of the best participation experience in Australian sport

• Identify, attract and retain more and better athletes particularly in the 12-16 age group

• Convert participants to life-long fans of the Australian game

• Increase the number of accredited coaches and referees

• Ensure facilities keep pace with demand

Mr Lowy said that a consistent national plan was necessary to ensure that there were opportunities for all to play the game and that talented players were highly skilled to progress through a national pathway.

“For Australia to remain truly competitive on the World stage we must find ways to take the excellent but limited resources available across the country, and through innovation and collaboration, maximise the efficiency and effectiveness in attracting and developing the finest possible Australian players and teams of the future, “ said Mr Lowy.

“Serving the community is one of the FFA-s four strategic priorities and we have worked hard to develop this plan along with a substantial amount of work which has already been done to create relationships, technology and expertise to allow the FFA to provide significant benefits to the broad football community.”

Click here to download the National Football Development Plan