Female Teams

Knox United FC are proud to have their first Female Teams in 2024.
In the past, Women and girls have played for the club in the Mixed Juniors and Men’s All Age teams. After the amazing success of the Commonwealth Matildas at the 2023 Women’s FIFA World Cup, Knox United are proud to announce their first Women’s and Girls teams.
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As our Female Football program grows, Knox United are excited to help build and grow football in the community by being able to provide teams and the ability to play and learn football in a safe environment.Playing for Knox United offers players the chance to be a part of an ever growing and welcoming club. Providing you with many great opportunities, to grow and improve your skills in the game that we love. We welcome all players, regardless of football background. If you’re a seasonal player, someone wanting to get back into the sport or to wanting to play for the very first time.
No affiliation with the Knox Grammar School is needed to play, all are welcome.
Regardless of what team you’re in Win, Draw or Loss. We’ pride ourselves on the community aspect of our club, with supporting each on and off the filed.

 

What is Female Football?
It is teams 100% made up of female players. whether that is in a Mini-Roo team, Junior team or an All Age team.
Similarly like what Premier League is for Mens/Women’s All Age and Diamond League is for the Girls Under 12 – Under 18.

What age groups are there for Female Football?
In the Mini-Roos the age groups are from Under 6 all the way to Under 11.
In the Juniors the age groups are Girls 12, Girls 14, Girls 16 & Girls 20.
In the All Age the age groups are Women’s All Age and Women’s Over 30’s

What is Diamond League?
Diamond League is the name of Division 1 for all Junior Girls team. Similarly like what Premier League is for Mens/Women’s All Age and Diamond League is for the Girls Under 12 – Under 20. Knox United strives to have its 1st Diamond League team in the coming years.

When and Where are the games?

  • Junior and Mini-Roo games will be on Sundays between 8:20am and 1:00pm
  • Women’s All Age and Women’s Over 30 games will be on Sundays after 1:00pm

Venues can range from Brooklyn to North Sydney, depending on the other team’s home grounds in the division. Home and Away games are played throughout the competition, where ideally each team plays a home game then an away game.
Knox United’s Home grounds are Curagal Fields, The Glade, NTRA Ovals and Kent Oval.
Location of grounds can be found, NSFA’s website at Find a Ground

Who are the Coaches & Managers?
Our Junior coaches are both our Senior Players as well as professional coaches hired by the club. Coaches will be identified at the start of pre-season of who is coaching what age group.
Managers range from Senior Players of the club to Parents of the players.
If you would like to help Manage one of the Female team please get in contact with us. As we would love to get the parents more involved with the club.

Duration of play and Ball size

  • Girls 12: 50 minutes (25 minutes per half)
  • Girls 14: 60 minutes (30 minutes per half) 
  • Girls 16: 70 minutes (35 minutes per half)
  • Girls 20: 90 minutes (45 minutes per half)
  • Women AA/30: 90 minutes (45 minutes per half)
  • Under 12 & Under 13 matches use a FIFA-approved Size 4 ball. 
  • Under 14 to Over 45 matches use a FIFA-approved Size 5 ball.

What day will Training be?
Training days are allocated to each team closer to pre-season, generally they are during the week in the evening.

What uniform will i need?

  • Each player will be given a numbered playing Home Jersey at the start of the season.When the colours of our jersey clash with another team, your manager or coach will supply an Away Jersey for that round.
  • Black Knox United shorts and White Knox United socks can be purchased though the club, your coach will arrange this with the team prior to the start of the season with the Equipment Manager.
  • Other Knox United merchandise can be purchased as well including Hoodies, Tracksuit Jackets, Training Jerseys and more. Have a look at our Online Shop page for more details.

How can i register and how much are the fees?
Registration for 2024 will open up during pre-season in February; and the Club with release its registration fees, in the new year, prior to pre-season.
Have a look at out Registration Fees page for more details

 

We look forward to seeing you out on the park playing the game we all love. If you have any other questions or queries about the Club or the Teams, please send us a message though out Contact Us page.