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2014–15 in Australian soccer

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Season
  
2014–15

A-League Championship
  
Melbourne Victory

W-League Championship
  
Canberra United

A-League Premiership
  
Melbourne Victory

W-League Premiership
  
Perth Glory

National Premier Leagues
  
North Eastern MetroStars

The 2014–15 season is the tenth season of the current professional domestic soccer competition in Australia.

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The A-League regular season began on 10 October 2014 and ended on 26 April 2015. The A-League finals series will start with the Elimination Finals on 1 May 2015 and will end with the Grand Final on 17 May 2015. It is to be the A-League's tenth season. The season also included the inaugural FFA Cup which took place between 29 July 2014 and 16 December 2014.

The W-League regular season began on 13 September 2014 and ended on 7 December 2014. The W-League finals series started with the Semi-finals on 13 December 2014 and ended with the Grand Final on 21 December 2014. It was the W-League's seventh season. The whole season was preponed to avoid clashing with the 2015 AFC Asian Cup.

A-League

The 2014–15 A-League regular season began on 10 October 2014 and ended on 26 April 2015.

W-League

The 2014–15 W-League regular season began on 13 September 2014 and ended on 7 December 2014.

National Premier Leagues

The 2014 National Premier Leagues regular season in the states' leagues ran from 21 February 2014 until 14 September 2014 and the states' finals series ran from 23 August 2014 until 14 September 2014.

The National Finals Series began on 20 September 2014 and ended with the Grand Final on 4 October 2014. The winner of the Grand Final was North Eastern MetroStars who qualified for the 2015 FFA Cup round of 32.

National Youth League

The National Youth League season 2014–15 ran from 14 October 2014 to 1 March 2015.

FFA Cup

The 2014 FFA Cup began on 29 July and ended on 16 December. This was the inaugural staging of the competition.

FIFA Club World Cup

Western Sydney Wanderers qualified for the 2014 FIFA Club World Cup as winners of the 2014 AFC Champions League.

AFC Champions League

According to the FFA and the previous tournament's allocations, Brisbane Roar and Western Sydney Wanderers will enter in the group stage, whilst Central Coast Mariners will enter the qualifying play-off.

Men's senior

Australia played five friendlies ahead of the AFC Asian Cup. They recorded their 5th consecutive loss against Belgium at Stade Maurice Dufrasne in Liège but snapped the losing streak with their second win in the Ange Postecoglou era against Saudi Arabia at Craven Cottage in London. The Socceroos didn't succeed in their friendlies in the Persian Gulf, as they were held to a goalless draw against the United Arab Emirates on a hot and humid evening at Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi and 4 days later lost to Qatar at Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium in Doha in their 500th international match. In their last friendly before the AFC Asian Cup, Australia lost to Japan at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, despite dominating the hosts in the first half.

Two months after being crowned champions of Asia, Australia played a pair of friendlies in Europe. In the first match they were close to upsetting world champions Germany at Fritz-Walter-Stadion in Kaiserslautern, but finished the match as a draw. In the following week they drew against Macedonia at Philip II Arena in Skopje, despite easily being the better side.

Friendlies

The following is a list of friendlies played by the men's senior national team in 2014–15.

AFC Asian Cup

The 2015 AFC Asian Cup was played in Australia in January 2015. Australia were crowned champions for the first time after beating South Korea in extra time in the final.

Friendlies

The following is a list of friendlies played by the men's under 23 national team in 2014–15.

Friendlies

The following is a list of friendlies played by the men's under 20 national team in 2014–15.

Friendlies

The following is a list of friendlies (to be) played by the men's under 17 national team in 2014–15.

Friendlies

The following is a list of friendlies played by the women's senior national team in 2014–15.

FIFA Women's World Cup

Australia qualified for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup by finishing in the top four of the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup.

References

2014–15 in Australian soccer Wikipedia