PFA Annual Report 2023

Our Organisation

The PFA aims to deliver world-class standards of administration within a member-based organisation by deeply engaging current and former players in the PFA's affairs and the wellbeing of the game, providing outstanding standards of service delivery and being at the cutting edge of the policy and strategy of football.

Events

2023 PFA Agents Conference

The PFA held its annual Agents Conference for Australian player agents and leading experts from the football industry in June 2023. The Conference, held in partnership with the Australian Football Agents Association (AFAA), provides an opportunity for accredited player agents to participate in a series of workshops and presentations in areas of critical importance to professional players both on and off the pitch.

The 2023 Conference covered a variety of topics impacting both agents and the management of professional players, including:

Agent regulations and reforms;
The International Transfer Market;
Training compensation;
Player welfare and development;
Athlete abuse and safeguarding;
Update on the A-Leagues Collective Bargaining Agreement;

Player Awards

PFA Players' Awards recognise, reward and celebrate Australia's most outstanding male and female players each season, based on the principle of peer recognition. The awards consider both the domestic and international features of the career path pursued by elite Australian professionals. The awards were voted on by the PFA membership and take into account the performances of PFA members during the recently concluded 2022/23 regular season.

"Voted by the players, for the players"

PFA Players' Awards

Winners of the 2023 PFA Awards were announced at a Gala Dinner held in Sydney on the eve of the 2023 Womens World Cup in July.

PFA Men's Footballer of the Year

Craig Goodwin

PFA Harry Kewell Medal

Jordan Bos

PFA Women's Footballer of the Year

Sam Kerr

PFA Young Women's Footballer of the Year

Charlotte Grant

Life Member Inductees

Liam Reddy

Ellie Brush

Claire Coelho

Scott Jamieson

Nikolai Topor-Stanley

Alex Wilkinson

Renaye Iserief

PFA Community Medal

Aivi Luik

The incredibly inspiring Aivi Luik was the recipient of The PFA's Beyond Bank Community Medal. Aivi's work through the Mark Hughes Foundation has helped to contribute to vital research into brain cancer.