Indigenous Football

Football Queensland proudly supports Indigenous football throughout the state through collaboration with groups and clubs that facilitate community events and initiatives, and by promoting opportunities for Indigenous Queenslanders to join our game.

NAIDOC Week is celebrated across QLD every year, highlighting the contributions Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples who are involved in all areas of our game and who currently represent 4% of our total participation base, including over 3,200 players across the state who are members of Australia’s First Nations communities.

Football Queensland encourages all clubs across Queensland to acknowledge and connect with their local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities as part of Indigenous Round celebrations held annually on the last weekend of NAIDOC Week. 

NAIDOC Week celebrations are held across Australia each July to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

In 2023, NAIDOC Week is being celebrated from the 2-9 July with the theme ‘For Our Elders’. The theme focuses on acknowledging the important roles that past generations have played, and continue to play, in Indigenous and football communities.

Each year, the Queensland football community celebrates Indigenous Round as part of annual NAIDOC Week celebrations. Clubs across the state from community level to the NPL Queensland are encouraged to celebrate and engage in Indigenous Round by incorporating an Acknowledgement of Country or traditional smoking ceremony pre-match.