Guided by an expert advisory council, Indigenous Football Australia (IFA) is helping unlock the potential of thousands of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, their families and communities across Australia.

IFA will broaden the benefits of John Moriarty Football to create more equitable access to the great game of football for grassroots and elite players.

Through football, IFA is creating sustainable social change and providing pathways to improved physical and mental health, wellbeing, education and community engagement for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander girls and boys, families and communities.

The IFA Council has majority Indigenous membership, and is gender equal. Each member brings unique, lived experience plus skills, aligned values and goals for Indigenous football in Australia. Each is committed to creating tangible, equitable and lasting change.

The IFA Council’s key focus is the benefits that flow from football for talent pathways and for social impact amongst Indigenous children, families and communities.

“The diversity and strengths of this Indigenous-led Council are unparalleled.” –  Yanyuwa man John Moriarty AM, IFA Council Member, JMF Co-Founder/Co-Chair, and the first Indigenous footballer to be selected for Australia.

IFA joins JMF in the annual Indigenous Football Week®. Since 2015, Indigenous Football Week® has celebrated our Indigenous football heroes already kicking goals and has paved the way to develop the new stars of the future. The week is all about the power of football to create change for good through our coaches, supporters and young players.

Indigenous Football Week brings the football community together to support inclusion, cultural recognition and diversity and skills uplift. Together we can create pathways that lead to positive change and greater equity for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.