Canberra and Auckland are set to affix the A-League within the 2024-25 season, whereas one other staff from south-east Queensland is anticipated to be one in all two extra sides added a 12 months later.
Come the 2025-26 A-League season, the A-League males’s competitors is ready to comprise of 16 groups, whereas the ladies’s competitors can even develop.
Australian Professional Leagues chief govt officer Danny Townsend has confirmed golf equipment from Canberra and Auckland will make their debuts within the 2024-25 marketing campaign.
Townsend additionally stated a number of markets had been being thought-about for the 2 extra licences set to be awarded for he 2025-26 season and past.
And whereas he wouldn’t focus on the places of the fifteenth and sixteenth groups, one is sort of sure to be based mostly in both Brisbane or the Gold Coast.
Other growth candidates are understood to incorporate Wollongong, Adelaide, Perth and Tasmania.
“We’ve got a very clear growth strategy … and part of that is bringing more football to more communities,” Townsend stated.
“We’re focused on building really strong sustainable clubs into the future, and we definitely think Canberra and Auckland fit that bill.
“We’ve got under-served markets as the priority in this round.
“Next round … we’re certainly looking at derbies (as a reason for expansion).”
Townsend stated that Football Australia, which has the ability to knock growth plans on the pinnacle, had “to date been really support and understand why it’s an important step for the professional game”.
He additionally stated that having chosen the areas for growth golf equipment, the APL would now discover house owners – each native and worldwide – for the groups.
“Our priority here is having two new clubs come in (for the 2024-25 season) … and hit the ground running,” Townsend stated.
The growth plans come sizzling on the heels of FA receiving 32 expressions of curiosity for a nationwide second division mooted to start out subsequent 12 months.
Originally revealed as Canberra and Auckland set to affix A-League, with a second Queensland staff additionally anticipated sooner or later
Source: www.dailytelegraph.com.au
