Campbelltown City Quake Futsal Club is calling for expressions of interest for coaches and managers positions in relation to the Football NSW Futsal Premier League season 2009/2010.Campbelltown City Quake Futsal Club anticipates selecting teams in the following age groups and genders:

Boys: 12, 14, 16, Youth Men (19 years) and Open Men.
Girls: 12, 14, 16 years and Open Women.

We are asking for nominations for the position of a) Coach or b) Manager.

If you are interested in any of these positions, please complete your details below and fax back to: (02) 9829 7490 or email to jeannette@financial-group.biz by March 25th 2009.

Please be aware that you will be required to participate in the selection process of a number of teams. Trials will be held in July 2009 to finalize the representative squad in all age groups.

All Premier League Coaches must hold a minimum Level One Futsal Coaching Accreditation.

Please attach resume if desired.

Any enquiries can be directed to Mark Davis on 0403-220854 or Jeannette Gilligan on 0408-668032.

Mark Davis
President
C.C.Q.F.C.

Application form available by clicking here (DOC).

Source : Campbelltown City Quake Futsal Club
Published : 9/3/2009

Following on from the success of FFA’s 2nd National Coaching Conference in February, the FFA will conduct four FIFA Coaching Courses later this year.

‘Our good relationship with FIFA, and the vision of FIFA Technical Director Jean-Michel Benezet, has led to the approval of courses for top-level coaches, for Futsal, for women and for coaching instructors,’ said Kelly Cross, National Coach Education Manager, ‘which are the four major areas FIFA target.’

FFA have also enlisted the support of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), too, ensuring that accreditation gained by successful coaches on these courses is recognised by AFC.

Course Details:

FIFA Pro Diploma (Part 1)
Venue: Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra
Dates: 20 June – 3 July, 2009
Course fee: $3399.00 (inc GST)
Pre-requisite: FFA/AFC ‘A’ Licence
Applications close: 20th March, 2009

This course is AFC approved. Part 2 is planned for 2010.

FIFA Women’s Course
Venue: Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra
Dates: 18 – 30 July, 2009
Details to be finalised

FIFA Level 1 Advanced Futsal Course (AFC approved)
Venue: Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra
Dates: 29 August – 4 September, 2009
Course fee: $1147.00 (inc GST)
Pre-requisite: FFA/AFC ‘C’ Licence
This course is AFC approved.

FIFA Futuro III Coaching Instructors Course
Venue: Sydney
Dates: 6 – 19 September, 2009
Pre-requisite: FFA/AFC ‘A’ Licence
By invitation only.

How to apply
Contact the Coach Education department on coaching@footballaustralia.com.au

Source : FFA
Published : 4/3/2009

Football NSW held their Futsal Premier & Super League Awards at the Waterview Convention Centre on Friday the 6th March 2009.

Sydney Benfica FC were proud to receive the following awards;

2008/09 Futsal Super League Club Champions
2008/09 Futsal Super League Men’s Champions
2008/09 Futsal Super League Youth Premiers & Champions
2008/09 Futsal Super League 12 Boys Champions
2008/09 Futsal Super League Youth Golden Boot – Husky Akil

Congratulations to Husky on a fantastic season, which also included being crowned FFA Youth National Champions for NSW Thunder. Husky scored a combined 78 goals across Youth and Mens for Benfica. Well done !

Source : Sydney Benfica FC
Published : 8/3/2009

Sydney Benfica FC have published a ‘Year that was’ tribute on Youtube. Check it out via the links below.

Note : The 12 Boys, Youth & Mens Grand Finals for Sydney Benfica FC will be available on Futsal4all shortly.

Source : Sydney Benfica FC
Published : 8/3/2009

Friday night saw the FNSW Gala event of the year. The Annual awards were presented which saw a gathering of over 350 people from the Futsal community celebrate the year that was. Quake featured prominently receiving 6 awards as follows:

• Youth Men Premiers
• 14 boys Champions
• 16 girls Champions
• Daniel Vellonio – 14 boys Golden Boot
• Patrick Antelmi – 14 boys MVP (Most Valuable Player)
• Vic Azzopardi – Club Person of the Year – Quake

We congratulate all award winners.

Source : Campbelltown City Quake
By : Carlos Martinez
Published : 8/3/2009

The Waterview Convention Centre at Bicentennial Park in Homebush Bay was the venue for the Futsal Premier and Super League Presentation Dinner.

The awards night culminated with the Player of the Year Awards for both the Futsal Super League and the Futsal Premier League competitions.

Over the 300 guests were well entertained by comedian and master of ceremonies Joel Ozborn. Special guest on the night was SBS television’s Les Murray who stated that Futsal was an old favourite of his and of his great friend, the late Johnny Warren.

“Futsal has basically replaced street football which is what many children grow up with around the world,” Murray stated.

The prestigious Men’s Player of the Year Award for the Premier League went to Yavuz Ekinci of the Mascot Vipers.

Ekinci, aged 30, also managed to capture the Golden Boot Award in his competition. Afterwards he stated that he needed to thank his club and teammates.

“My teammates at Mascot Vipers, who have an average age of 34, are really special because of all the support they have given me throughout the season,” he said.

In the Super League, the Men’s Player of the Award went to 21 year old Tobias Seeto. However, he was unable to collect his award in person because he is playing professional Futsal in Spain with the Players Castillon club.

Seeto, capped six times for the national Futsalroos, is only one of two Australian Futsal players who are playing professionally in Europe. His mother accepted the award on his behalf.

In the women’s categories it was Natalie Spirovski of Sydney Magic PCYC who snared the Player of the Year Award in the Premier League division, while Belinda Seers of Sydney University took out the equivalent in the Super League.

In the Youth Men’s categories it was Daniel Fogerty of Inner West Allstars who claimed the top honour in the Premier League, while Rhys Giovenali of Dural Warriors claimed the equivalent award in the Super League division. Fogerty also managed to take out the Golden Boot Award.

The Golden Boot winners for the women’s categories belonged to Laura Elliot of West City Crusaders in the Premier League category, while in the Super League the leading goalscorer and award winner was Fatima Agar of Parramatta Blueberries.

The men’s Super League Golden Boot Award went to Rogerio Texeira of the Botany Bay Pirates, but he was unable to claim the prize personally which was accepted on his behalf by a very proud club president. Hussein Akil of Sydney Benfica FC was the winner of the Super League Men’s Youth Golden Boot.

The Goalkeeper of the Year categories were shared by a variety of clubs. In the Premier League, the men’s award went to Peter Akers of the Western Raiders, while the equivalent prize for the Super League belonged to Elliott Jurd of the Northern Tigers.

In the women’s divisions, the best shot-stopper prizes went to Melissa Khoury of West City Crusaders FC in the Premier League and Ingrid Haralovic of Enfield Rovers in the Super League.

In the Youth Men’s categories the best goalkeepers were judged to be Roberto Maiorana of Sydney Magic PCYC in the Premier League and Cameron Nacson of Sydney University in the Super League.

The coaches of the year prizes went to Zvi Ben David of Mascot Vipers for the Premier League and Cathie Sweeney of Breakers FC for the Super League.

Referee of the Year was Gavin Lee who proudly accepted his award from Football NSW director George Jackson. The Young Referee of the Year Award, named after the late Mario Mazzeo, went to Nick Backo.

Part of the many earlier awards was the Club Championship prize. Michael Quarmby of Football NSW did the honours and the recipients were Sydney Magic PCYC in the Premier League and Sydney Benfica FC in the Super League who will now earn promotion to the Premier League.

Winners list from NSW Futsal Forum (posted by iknow) :

Premier League

12 Boys
MVP Paul Katsedis (Sydney City Eagles)
GB Paul katsedis (Sydney City Eagles)
GK John Dimitrakis (Sydney Magic)

14 Boys
MVP Patrick Antelmi (Campbelltown City Quake) / Andres Vais (Sydney Magic)
GB Daniel Vellonio (Campbelltown City Quake)
GK Benji Maruca (Western Raiders)

13 Girls
MVP Kristi Pavlicevic (Hawkesbury Commodores)
GB Sarah Yatim (Inner West Allstars)
GK Shimran Kharmis (Western Raiders)

16 Boys
MVP Shervin Adeli (Inner West Allstars)
GB Shervin Adeli (Inner West Allstars)
GK Luis Sotos (Mascot Vipers)

16 Girls
MVP Doris Osman (West City Crusaders)
GB Natasha Lo Giudice (Sydney Magic)
GK Cassandra Nader (Mascot Vipers)

Youth Mens
MVP Daniel Fogarty (Inner West Allstars)
GB Daniel Fogarty (Inner West Allstars)
GK Roberto Maiorana (Sydney Magic)

Open Womens
MVP Natalie Spirovski (Sydney Magic)
GB Laura Elliot (West City Crusaders)
GK Melissa Khoury (West City Crusaders)

Open Mens
MVP Yavus Ekinci (Mascot Vipers)
GB Yavus Ekinci (Mascot Vipers)
GK Peter Akers (Western Raiders)

Coach of the Year 
Zvi Ben David (Mascot Vipers) 

Club Champions
Sydney Magic

Super League

Thanks to Fence sitter for listing the Super League winners.

12 Boys
MVP Chris Zuvela (Dural Warriors)
GB Chris Zuvela / Bai Antonio  (Dural Warriors / Barcelona FC)
GK Thomas Manos (Northern Tigers)

14 Boys
MVP Dean Bereveskos (Barcelona FC)
GB Dean Bereveskos (Barcelona FC)
GK Jake Webster (South Coast Taipans)

13 Girls
MVP Amy Dahdah (Enfield Rovers)
GB Amy Dahdah (Enfield Rovers)
GK Ivana Zaric (South Coast Taipans)

16 Boys
MVP Anthony Foti( APIA Tigers)
GB Alan Kovacevic (Botany Bay Pirates)
GK Nicolas Moye (Botany Bay Pirates)

16 Girls
MVP Georgia Donovan (Dural Warriors)
GB Jessica Carosi (Botany Bay Pirates)
GK Kaiya Robertson (Enfield Rovers)

Youth Men
MVP Rhys Giovenali (Dural Warriors)
GB Hussein Akil (Sydney Benfica FC)
GK Cameron Nacson (Sydney University)

Women
MVP Belinda Seers (Sydney University)
GB Fatima Agar (Parramatta Blueberries)
GK Ingrid Haralovic (Enfield Rovers)

Men
MVP Tobias Seeto (Dural Warriors)
GB Rogerio Texeira (Botany Bay Pirates)
GK Elliott Jurd (Northern Tigers)

Club Champions
Sydney Benfica FC

Source : Football NSW for main article, NSW Futsal Forum for Premier League Age Group winners list
By : Joe Russo (Football NSW article), iknow (Premier League list), Fence sitter (Super League list)
Published : 7/3/2009

The Football NSW Futsal State League Dinner was held Friday night at the Waterview Convention Centre at Olympic Park. The two annual awards for referees were presented on the evening with our top referees being recognised for their outstanding seasons.

The awards were decided by non-refereeing members of the NSWFRA Technical Sub-committee who have spent the season assessing and appointing State League officials.

Gavin Lee followed in the footsteps of FIFA Referees Scott Kidson and Lyle Hudson being presented with the award for State League Referee of the Year. After starting the season with the blockbuster Magic v Quake game in front of several hundred spectators, he capped the year being appointed to the Men’s PFL Grand Final Qualifier and as Referee on the PFL Youth Men’s Grand Final.

The award recognises another consistent year for Lee who has missed just one round in the past three seasons. In his acceptance, Lee praised the State League clubs for providing such a high standard of competition to officiate.

The Mario Mazzeo award is named in honour of the late NSWFRA State Coach. Mario’s interest in junior referee development has been the catalyst of many initiatives that are now in place in the association. After initially being a “Most Improved” award, the trophy is now “Young Referee of the Year” to pay tribute to Mazzeo’s tireless work in this area.

Nick Backo took out the gong for the 08/09 season with solid performances in just his second year of NSW State League futsal. Being placed on the Elite Panel’s Development group Backo went from strength to strength being appointed to both Premier and Super League throughout the season. He was referee on the top of the table clash between Dural Warriors and Sydney Benfica and was also appointed to the Men’s Final at the FFA National Championships. His year ended with a second referee appointment on the SFL Youth Men’s Grand Final.

Honour Role
State League Referee of the Year
2008/09 Gavin Lee
2007/08 Andrew Best
2006/07 Lyle Hudson
2005/06 Scott Kidson

Mario Mazzeo Award
2008/09 Nicholas Backo
2007/08 Kelly Jones
2006/07 Peter Wilson-Mosey

Source : NSW Futsal Referees Association
Published : 7/3/2009

Futsal Schools on Queensland’s Gold Coast are gearing up for a feast of Futsal in 2009 with 12 school competitions confirmed for the 2009 Vikings Coomera River Cup series. Entries have closed and the generic draw agreed upon with the first tournament starting in Week 1 of Term 2. The competition has now extended its breadth beyond the Coomera River to include ACGS and St Stephens (Brisbane), Shailer Park and St Bernadines (Logan City), Rivermount (Yatala), Assisi College and UCSC (Upper Coomera), Benowa SHS and Robina SHS (Gold Coast) and St Andrews (Tallebudgera).

All Secondary School competitions in 2009 will be held at UCSC, Reserve Road, Upper Coomera on Thursday afternoons from 3.30pm until 6.00pm while the inaugural Primary event will be held at the Vikings Centre at Acacia Ridge from 12pm until 5pm.

Specific dates are listed below:

TERM 2:
APRIL 23: 16 GIRLS
APRIL 30: OPEN GIRLS
MAY 7: 14 BOYS
MAY 14: 15 GIRLS
MAY 21: 14 GIRLS
MAY 28: OPEN BOYS
JUNE 4: 16 BOYS

TERM 3:
JULY 16: 13 BOYS
AUG 6: 13 GIRLS
AUG 13: 15 BOYS

TERM 4:
OCTOBER 26: PRIMARY- OPEN BOYS & GIRLS

For more details click on to http://www.isport.com.au/futsal/qcrc/

Source : Vikings Futsal
Published : 7/3/2009 

Melbourne Reds are looking for U9 / U11 & U13 Boys and Girls to enter teams in the new season, starting in April. We are located at Deakin University just off Burwood Highway and the games will be played on Saturdays.

Team registrations are now open and are filling fast. If you are interested in joining our junior competition, please contact us by clicking on the below link and we will get back to you with more information.

Junior League Enquiries (Email)

Alternatively you can contact us on 0414 685 729.

Junior League Flyer (PDF)

Source : Melbourne Reds FC
Published : 6/3/2009

Winners have been decided for the first region for NSW Vikings School’s titles.

The Winners are :

SENIOR BOYS – Oak Flats High School
SENIOR GIRLS – Bomaderry High School
INTERMEDIATE BOYS – Kiama High School
INTERMEDIATE GIRLS – Cedars Christian College
JUNIOR BOYS – Cedars Christian College

CONGRATULATIONS to all the above teams and to all the teams whom entered!!!

Next week Southern Sydney Titles to be held at the E.G Whitlam Centre Liverpool

ENTRIES STILL OPEN FOR NORTHERN SYDNEY ON THE 30TH AND 31ST MARCH 2009 at Sydney Academy of Sport Narrabeen. Contact us to enter today!!!

Source : Illawarra Vikings
Published : 4/3/2009