Football South Australia is pleased to announce the launch of the leavealegacy website to coincide with the commemoration of 100 years of women’s football in Australia. On this day, in 1921, the first women’s football game was played in Brisbane at the Gabba in front of 10,000 spectators.
In 2020 it was announced that Australia and New Zealand would host the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™, this being the biggest women’s world cup to be held with 32 teams participating. It was also announced that Adelaide would be a host city.
Today Football SA launches the leavealegacy.com.au website that has been developed to showcase the journey to the Women’s World Cup and the Legacy Plan that has been formulated to capitalise on this world event.
The hosting of the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023™ provides us all with the unique opportunity to drive profound change for girls and women. The tournament will be used as a platform to drive gender equity and long-term social change not only in football but across the whole sporting community. We will do this by unlocking infrastructure to ensure girls and women can participate in a safe and inclusive manner. We will grow participation across all age groups and abilities and recognise the significant contribution that women do and can make in leading the game.
Football SA Chief Executive Officer, Michael Carter, said
‘The FIFA Women's World Cup is one of the worlds biggest events and it provides football with a vehicle to grow the sport in South Australia and drive significant growth and equality across all areas of the game’.
‘The website has been established to inform and engage people in this once in a lifetime opportunity and importantly we want to hear from our stakeholders on the legacy that they want to see the World Cup leave for the sport.’
Football SA will be celebrating the 100 Years of Women’s Football with an evening of football and fun at the VALO Football Centre. This includes all Women’s National Premier League Teams wearing a commemorative playing strip based on the strip worn 100 years ago.
For more information, visit - https://www.leavealegacy.com.au/