Registration is now open for the 2023 winter season. Team organising and player grading for ages Under 9 and up will then take place early February 2023 with pre season training and trial games getting underway in March before official season kick off in April 2023 with games running through to end of August. Visit our registration tab for details on how to register.

To be eligible to play in “under age” grades, a player must be under the relevant age on the 31st December of the previous year – eg to play

Under 6 in 2023 you must be 5 or younger on 31stDecember 2022,

Under 7 in 2023 you must be 6 or younger on 31stDecember 2022,

Under 8 in 2023 you must be 7 or younger on 31stDecember 2022,

Under 9 in 2023 you must be 8 or younger on 31stDecember 2022,

Under 10 in 2023 you must be 9 or younger on 31stDecember 2022,

Under 11 in 2023 you must be 10 or younger on 31stDecember 2022,

Under 12 in 2023 you must be 11 or younger on 31stDecember 2022,

Under 13 in 2023 you must be 12 or younger on 31stDecember 2022,

Under 14 in 2023 you must be 13 or younger on 31stDecember 2022,

Under 15 in 2023 you must be 14 or younger on 31stDecember 2022,

Under 16 in 2023 you must be 15 or younger on 31stDecember 2022,

Under 18 in 2023 you must be 17 or younger on 31stDecember 2022,

To be eligible to play in “over age” grades, a player must be over the relevant age on 31st December in the previous year – eg to play Over 35’s in 2023 you must be 35 on 31stDecember the 2022.

Epping Football Club fields over 60 teams each season across all age groups. For players in mini football (up to Under 8) we encourage players to form teams themselves based on existing friendships however we welcome individual players and will ensure all mini players are organized into a suitable team. Our all girls teams generally don't see players graded due to lower player numbers and teams are most often built around friends, our top All Age division 1/2 women's teams are an exception and generally will undergo some grading process. For Boys/Mixed youth aged players Under 9 to Under 18 the club grades players into teams to ensure teams consist of similar ability players and in turn play in a suitable competition against other similar ability players. The practice of grading players has been employed for many years and there is firm evidence that grading players from this age leads to greater player enjoyment and development with increased likelihood the players will continue to play football for future years. Adult teams (outside our top Premier League mens and All Age women) are organized via team managers – we currently field a large number of mens and womens teams across a wide range of divisions and welcome any new players not associated with a particular team and will be able to allocate you to a suitable team.

ItemAs above we encourage mini players (under 6 - under 8) to form teams with friends, while most adult teams are groups of friends who have played together for many years in a lot of cases. Grading players into suitable teams in ages Under 9 - Under 18 and our top mens and womens teams is an important element and may mean you cannot always play with friends. description

All teams require a coach. Our club is run on volunteers and we ask parents of players to consider coaching or managing their child’s team. Coaching is a great experience as a parent and you only need some basic knowledge of football to be able to perform the coaching role. The club will support new and existing coaches no matter what their experience levels and have various online resources to assist as well as offering FFA accredited coaching courses free of charge to our club coaches. For our youngest players in Under 6 and Under 7 where coaches are more often new to the role we employ a cooperative training program where all teams in these ages train at the same time with experienced players and coaches from the club employed to assist in setting up and running the activities and ensuring the coach is supported in their role. Our cooperative training sessions are lots of fun and have become quite a social night for players, coaches and parents.

Item descriptionPlease click here to view our Epping FC winter registration prices for 2023.

The club charges a one off registration fee to play. The cost varies depending on the age group. The registration fee covers costs such as hire of grounds, referee fees, administration charges, insurance and all the other costs associated with running the competition. Less than half the registration fee goes to Epping Football Club and is made up of costs we have to pay to the association for ground hire and competition coordination and governing body costs paid to Football NSW and Football Federation Australia for administration of the game – a full breakdown of the fees is available online when you register. The fees that do get collected by the club help us cover ground hire fees for training, match shirts, training balls and equipment and other admin costs associated with running the club.You will be given a playing shirt for the season (which must be handed back at season end). Players will need to purchase EFC club shorts and socks which will be available for purchase before the season starts. In addition, every player must have football boots and shin pads which you can buy at most sports stores. There are no other ongoing fees or charges.