Morgan’s responsibilities will include the establishment of a national football calendar, a review of the national football curriculum, pathways, competitions, coach development and participation, and he will also continue in his role as head coach of Australia’s U-17 men’s national team.

FFA Head of Leagues, Greg O’Rourke, is looking forward to another exciting edition of the A-League 2020 Finals Series.

“We have witnessed some amazing football since the restart of the A-League 2019/20 season with some 27 matches played in 34 days,” said O’Rourke.

These changes follow a thorough consultation process with the Confederations and football stakeholders. This process resulted in proposals via the FIFA-Confederations COVID-19 Working Group that maintain the previously agreed principle that a tailor-made and flexible approach between Confederations is required, reflecting the varied circumstances of the pandemic across the world. The main changes are the following:

Men’s international match calendar

• to replace the window from 31 August to 8 September 2020 with a window from 24 January to 1 February 2022 for all Confederations except UEFA. This means that there is no mandatory release of players for Member Associations from these Confederations in September 2020;
• to include the new period of January 2022 for the CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), with the exact dates to be determined at a later stage; and
• to include the new dates of the CONCACAFGold Cup 2021 (preliminary rounds from 2 to 6 July 2021 and final tournament from 10 July to 1 August 2021) with a mandatory release starting on 28 June 2021.

Women’s international match calendar

• to replace the dates for the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament, originally scheduled from 22 July to 7 August 2020, with new dates of 21 July to 6 August 2021;
• to finalise the dates of the originally scheduled Type I window in June-July 2021 as 7 to 15 June 2021;
• to cancel the existing window of 14 to 22 September 2020 for all Confederations except UEFA;
• to include alongside the existing Type I window from 13 to 21 September 2021, an alternative option of a Type III window from 13 to 25 September 2021 for all Confederations except UEFA;
• to finalise the dates of the existing Type II window in June-July 2021 as 7 to 16 June 2021 for all Confederations except UEFA;
• to remove the current blocked period for the Women’s AFCON from 23 November to 20 December 2020; and
• to include UEFA in the blocked period from 4 July to 7 August 2022.

The FIFA-Confederations COVID-19 Working Group will continue to monitor the situation in each Confederation and if required make additional proposals to the FIFA Council.

The latest version of both the Men’s and Women’s International Match Calendars are now available on FIFA.com.

The 26-year-old, who has played seven times for the Samurai Blue, has signed a three-year contract with the option of an additional year at the Antwerp club ahead of their return to the top flight of Belgian football after gaining promotion at the end of last season.

As we celebrate the continent's premier national team competition, the-AFC.com continues the AFC Asian Cup Bracket Challenge with ASEAN meeting West Asia as Thailand's Sutee Suksomkit faces United Arab Emirates talisman Ali Mabkhout while Stephan Schrock of the Philippines meets Oman's Muhsen Al Ghassani.

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