Professional Footballers Australia

PFA
Professional Footballers Australia
Founded	April, 1993
Headquarters	Melbourne, Victoria
Location	Australia;
Members	655 (2020)
Key people	Alex Wilkinson, President; , Chief Executive; Kathryn Gill, Deputy Chief Executive; Beau Busch, Head of Player Relations;
Affiliations	ACTU, FIFPro
Website	pfa.net.au

The Professional Footballers Australia (PFA) is an Australian trade union affiliated with the Australian Council of Trade Unions that represents professional male, female and elite junior soccer players.

History[]

The PFA is a relatively recent Australian trade union. Before the PFA, eight previous attempts had been made to form a footballer's association in Australia. The PFA was formed in April 1993 as the Australian Soccer Players’ Association.^[2]^[3]

In 1994 the PFA won a standardised contract for footballers, and through the Australian Industrial Relations Commission won the abolition of a transfer system much hated by Australian footballers.

Since the mid-1990s, the PFA has been active in advancing soccer player's pay and conditions, and has also been active in protecting soccer player's from unfair dismissal.

Member of FIFPro.

Awards[]

They hold an annual award ceremony created to formally recognise the most outstanding Australian footballers.^[4]

References[]

^ "Player Representation". Professional Footballers Australia. Professional Footballers Australia. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
^ "WELCOME TO PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALLERS AUSTRALIA" (PDF). www.pfa.net.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
^ "Professional Footballers Australia (PFA)". www.playerrelations.com.au. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
^ "PFA AWARDS". PFA. 7 January 2015. Archived from the original on 28 May 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2017.