Football NSW announces squads for 2023 NAIDOC Cup
Football NSW is delighted to announce its squads for the 2023 NAIDOC Cup set to be held at Valentine Sports Park in July.
After the success of the 2022 NAIDOC Cup, the legacy competition is back in 2023 and will feature teams from Football NSW and Northern NSW Football who will go head-to-head in a bid to take home the Cup.
The 2023 NAIDOC Cup has expanded to a three-day event from Monday 3rd July to Wednesday 5th July.
The NAIDOC Cup coincides with NAIDOC Week, a national week held in July that celebrates the history, culture, and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Once again, Football NSW and Northern NSW Football will enter male and female teams in the under-14s and under-16s age groups, with squads made up of First Nations players. The tournament will also engage First Nations coaches and referees from across the state.
The NAIDOC Cup is one initiative of the Football Legacy Program, a $10 million investment from the NSW Government into the NSW football community to develop the game ahead of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup.
The event is in partnership with Football NSW’s Indigenous Advisory Group.
See full list of FNSW NAIDOC Cup players below.
Under 14 Girls
- Lacey Wynne – APIA Leichhardt FC
- Emilee Great – Campbelltown Collegians FC
- Isabelle Mitchell – Camden Tigers FC
- Haylee-Anne Mooney – UNSW Football Club
- Alice Stephenson – Macarthur Rams
- Rhianna Turk – Central Coast Mariners FC
- Tikka – Jeffery – Central Coast Mariners FC
- Alea Pickett – Umina United Soccer Club
- Amaya Sloane-Wood – Abbotsleigh
- Jessica Avery – Blacktown Spartans FC
- Khloe Coombes – South East Phoenix FC
- Te’annah Bates – Kanwal Warnervale Rovers Football Club
- Amelia Farag – Blacktown Spartans FC
- Maddison Houghton – South East Phoenix FC
- Khloe Houghton – South East Phoenix FC
Coaches: Shandi Gibbons (Wagga United FC) and Jorja Fuller (John Moriarty Foundation)
*Under 14 Girls still seeking a goalkeeper, any interested keeper can contact Annabel Meadley on annabelm@footballnsw.com.au or via phone on 02 8814 4459
Under 14 Boys
- Andy Austin – Burragorang District SC
- Oska Burton – Shoalhaven United FC
- Tyler Hawkett – Sydney FC
- Zachary Isaako – Nepean Association
- Tristan Peter Lay – Dulwich Hill FC
- Jarrah Longbottom – Wollongong Wolves
- Zachary McNeill – Wollongong Wolves
- Adam Mohana – Rockdale Ilinden FC
- Ethan Nicholson – Macarthur Association
- Caleb Schembri – St George FC
- Cooper Smith – Rockdale Ilinden FC
- Byron Timbs – Southern Branch Inc
- Felix Wain – Maroubra United
- Takoda Wipaki – Bathurst 75
- Marli Lachlan Wright – Sydney Olympic FC
- Matthew Wunsch – Rockdale City Suns
Coaches: Dwayne Pearson (Macarthur Rams) and Blake Harding (John Moriarty Foundation)
Under 16 Girls
- Derelle Avery – Central Coast Mariners
- Pauline Burton – Shoalhaven United FC
- Andie Chaseling – Central Coast Mariners
- Bridie Glover – South East Phoenix FC
- Hailee Glover – South East Phoenix FC
- Laini Glover – South East Phoenix FC
- Ruby Shaw-Peckham – Wellington Warriors
- Chiara Iurlo – APIA Leichhardt FC
- Rosie Quinn – Loftus Yarrawarrah Rovers Football Club
- Miley Shipp – UNSW Football Club
- Tyra Towney – Blacktown City FC
- Taylor Wake – Dubbo Macquarie United FC
- Tataya Curry-Jones – Blacktown Spartans FC
- Nevaeh Isaac – St George FC
- Chloe O’Keefe – Dubbo Macquarie United FC
- Pyper Pearson – Macarthur Rams
Coaches: Jessica Garrett (Northern Tigers) and Tiffany Stanley (John Moriarty Foundation)
Under 16 Boys
- Brodie Cutajar – Fraser Park FC
- Ashton Hawkett – Sydney FC
- Bawurra Reynolds – Sydney University SFC
- Tiago William Torres Lay – Dulwich Hill FC
- Hamzah Mottey – Kissing Point Football Club
- Flynn Warren – Western NSW Football
- Felix Yeo – Mt Druitt Town Rangers SC
- Brody Andrews – Camden Tigers FC
- Brayden Connors – Bradbury Ambarvale FC
- Mahmoud Hamwi – Greenacre Eagles
- Fidel Hawke – SD Raiders FC
- Anthony Melissari – Manly United FC
- Cooper Pegler – Terrigal United Football Club
- William Winfield – Cooks River Titans FC
- Lucas Turk – Central Coast United
- Donovan Wain – Maroubra United
Coaches: Greg Hartge (Central Coast Mariners) and Benjamin Baxter (Macarthur Rams)
