The playing squads for the inaugural Australian Championship have been announced ahead of its October 10 kick off at Lakeside Stadium this weekend.
Given the historic nature and much-hyped build-up to new competition, fans are encouraged to secure their tickets early to avoid missing out on one of the most exciting national club tournaments on the Australian sporting calendar.
For full ticketing information and to purchase tickets, visit HERE.
The full squad lists from all 16 Australian Championship clubs can be found below:
Avondale FC
| First Name | Surname | Shirt Number | Position |
| Thomas | Manos | 1 | GK |
| Massimo | D'Argenio | 2 | Defender |
| Ayden | Brice | 4 | Defender |
| Matthew | Reid | 5 | Defender |
| Paolo | Gottoli | 6 | Midfielder |
| Stefan | Zinni | 7 | Forward |
| Milos | Marinkovic | 8 | Forward |
| George | Ott | 9 | Forward |
| Bruno | Fornaroli | 10 | Forward |
| Aamir | Abdallah | 11 | Forward |
| Yitayew | Towns | 13 | Midfielder |
| Blake | Carpenter | 14 | Defender |
| Zachary | Cianci | 15 | Forward |
| Ethan | Pisani | 18 | Defender |
| Brandon | Lundy | 19 | Defender |
| Dillon | Jakupi | 20 | Defender |
| Stefan | Valentini | 22 | Forward |
| Kristian | Trajceski | 23 | Midfielder |
| Emlyn | Wellsmore | 24 | Defender |
| Lucas | Hogan | 25 | Defender |
| Luca | Tevere | 27 | Midfielder |
| Mayen | Mayen | 38 | GK |
| Cian | Cuba | 49 | Midfielder |
Bayswater City
| First Name | Surname | Shirt Number | Position |
| Lewis | Italiano | 1 | GK |
| Alexander | Ishida-Livings | 2 | Defender |
| Luke | Palmateer | 4 | Defender |
| Patrick | Loughrey | 5 | Forward |
| Declan | Hughes | 6 | Midfielder |
| Sean | McManus | 7 | Forward |
| Jason | Mirco | 10 | Forward |
| Anthony | Bafobusha | 12 | Midfielder |
| Gyles | Davies | 13 | Midfielder |
| Oliver | La Galia | 14 | Forward |
| Jackson | Stephens | 15 | Defender |
| Jonathan | Corness | 16 | Midfielder |
| Charlie | Garnham | 17 | Midfielder |
| Christopher | Jackson | 18 | Forward |
| Phillip | Radeski | 19 | Defender |
| Sam | Mitchinson | 20 | Defender |
| Mason | Tatafu | 21 | Defender |
| Takayuki | Sone | 24 | Midfielder |
| Taylor | Rae | 25 | GK |
| Aidan | Edwards | 26 | Midfielder |
| Deegan | Brook | 27 | Forward |
| Scotlan | Morrison | 29 | Forward |
| Thomas | Southgate | 30 | Defender |
Broadmeadow Magic
| First Name | Surname | Shirt Number | Position |
| Lewis | Alvarez | 1 | GK |
| Aaron | Oppedisano | 2 | Defender |
| Benjamin | Diamond | 3 | Defender |
| Thomas | Beecham | 4 | Defender |
| William | Ingram | 5 | Defender |
| Luke | Corcoran | 6 | Defender |
| Cody | Nancarrow | 7 | Forward |
| Jack | Simmons | 8 | Midfielder |
| Jayden | Stewardson | 9 | Forward |
| Aden | Raftery | 10 | |
| Jarred | Baker | 11 | Forward |
| Jesse | Hill | 12 | Forward |
| Charles | Bidwell | 14 | Midfielder |
| Regan | Jose | 15 | Midfielder |
| Thomas | Parkes | 16 | Forward |
| Ezra | Palombini | 17 | Forward |
| Nicholas | Simpson | 18 | Forward |
| Ryan | Ensor | 19 | Defender |
| Jeremy | Wilson | 20 | Midfielder |
| James | Cresnar | 21 | Midfielder |
| Arran | Cocks | 22 | Forward |
| Jakob | Cresnar | 23 | Forward |
| Zac | Bowling | 24 | GK |
Canberra Croatia
| First Name | Surname | Shirt Number | Position |
| Sebastian | Arranz | 1 | |
| Robert | Tkatchenko | 2 | |
| Shandon | Whitehead | 3 | |
| Mathew | Grbesa | 4 | |
| Jack | Peraic-Cullen | 5 | |
| Daniel | Colbertaldo | 7 | |
| Keegan | Vucetic | 8 | |
| Nicholas | Pratezina | 10 | |
| Lukman | Ahmed-Shaibu | 11 | |
| Nikola | Jadric | 12 | |
| Riley | Zsuzsa | 13 | |
| Daniel | Subasic | 14 | |
| David | Seselja | 15 | |
| Anthony | Rakic | 16 | |
| Nicholas | Subasic | 17 | |
| Marko | Jadric | 18 | |
| Tony | Spaseski | 19 | |
| Andrija | Rakic | 20 | |
| Michael | Piccolo | 21 | |
| Maxx | Green | 22 | |
| Jason | Matesa | 23 | |
| Daniel | Sparrow | 24 | |
| Shoki | Yoshida | 47 |
Heidelberg United
| First Name | Surname | Shirt Number | Position |
| Yaren | Sozer | 1 | GK |
| Benjamin | Collins | 3 | Defender |
| Jamal | Ali | 4 | Defender |
| Anthony | Lesiotis | 6 | Midfielder |
| Fletcher | Fulton | 7 | Defender |
| Cherif Mohammed | Aidara | 8 | Midfielder |
| Bul | Juach | 9 | Forward |
| Asahi | Yokokawa | 10 | Forward |
| Angus | Taylor | 11 | Midfielder |
| Johnny | Apostolopoulos | 13 | Defender |
| Ryan | Lethlean | 14 | Defender |
| Chok | Dau | 15 | Forward |
| Marcus | Humbert | 16 | Midfielder |
| Jay | McGowan | 17 | Forward |
| Anthony | Theodoropoulos | 18 | Midfielder |
| Peter | Klaassen | 19 | Forward |
| Max | Bisetto | 20 | Forward |
| Ethan | Sardellis | 21 | Midfielder |
| Ryan | Govan | 22 | GK |
| Ciaran | Bramwell | 23 | Midfielder |
| Yani | Nassis | 25 | Forward |
| Akiel | Raffie | 27 | Midfielder |
| Mathew | Tsalikidis | 29 | Midfielder |
Marconi Stallions
| First Name | Surname | Shirt Number | Position |
| James | Hilton | 1 | GK |
| Tyren | Burnie | 2 | Defender |
| Tass | Mourdoukoutas | 3 | Defender |
| Anton | Mlinaric | 4 | Defender |
| Lachlan | Griffiths | 5 | Defender |
| Franco | Maya | 7 | Midfielder |
| James | Bayliss | 8 | Midfielder |
| Harry | Van der Saag | 8 | Defender |
| Jordan | Swibel | 9 | Forward |
| Marko | Jesic | 10 | Midfielder |
| Tomohiro | Ogawa | 11 | Midfielder |
| Julian | Monge | 12 | Midfielder |
| Jake | Trew | 14 | Forward |
| Aleksandar | Duricic | 15 | Defender |
| William | Akio | 16 | Forward |
| Damian | Tsekenis | 17 | Forward |
| George | Daniel | 18 | Midfielder |
| Luke | Raso | 19 | Midfielder |
| Patrick | Williams | 20 | GK |
| Noah | Anderson | 21 | Forward |
| Jett | Long | 22 | Defender |
| Brandon | Vella | 23 | Midfielder |
| Matej | Busek | 24 | Forward |
MetroStars
| First Name | Surname | Shirt Number | Position |
| Cody | Oestreich | 1 | GK |
| Lachlan | Barr | 2 | Defender |
| Lochlan | Czapla | 3 | Forward |
| Noah | McNamara | 4 | Defender |
| Christian | D'Angelo | 5 | Defender |
| Jackson | Fortunatow | 6 | Defender |
| Hamish | Gow | 7 | Midfielder |
| Christian | Sotira | 8 | Midfielder |
| Mitchell | Miller | 10 | Forward |
| Cameron | Woodfin | 11 | Midfielder |
| Jake | Porter | 12 | Forward |
| Donatien | Niyonkuru | 15 | Forward |
| Thomas | Visser | 17 | Midfielder |
| Fabian | Barbiero | 18 | Midfielder |
| Daniel | Cavuoto | 19 | Forward |
| Lionnel | Muhitira | 20 | Defender |
| Jackson | Walls | 22 | Defender |
| Scott | Nagel | 23 | Defender |
| Antony | Rapuano | 24 | Midfielder |
| Michael | Cittadini | 25 | Midfielder |
| Riccardo | Lippiello | 28 | Forward |
| Thomas | Divin | 30 | GK |
| Alessandro | dos Santos | 50 | GK |
Moreton City Excelsior
| First Name | Surname | Shirt Number | Position |
| Nathan | Foster | 1 | GK |
| James | Murphy | 2 | Defender |
| Jack | McInally | 4 | Defender |
| Dylan | Meinicke | 5 | Defender |
| Harry | Arnison | 6 | Midfielder |
| Damin | Anderson | 6 | Forward |
| Andrew | Pengelly | 9 | Forward |
| Seita | Murai | 10 | Forward |
| Joseph | Scott | 11 | Forward |
| Kent | Vega | 12 | Forward |
| Luka | Jankovic | 13 | Forward |
| Keitatsu | Kojima | 14 | Forward |
| Christopher | Maher | 15 | Midfielder |
| Edward | Ince | 16 | Midfielder |
| Kenshin | Takagishi | 18 | Midfielder |
| D'Arcy | Satharasinghe | 19 | Forward |
| Jamie | Waddington | 20 | Defender |
| Riley | Stent | 21 | GK |
| Lachlan | Sayers | 22 | Midfielder |
| Declan | Smith | 24 | Defender |
| Jackson | Courtney-Perkins | 25 | Forward |
| Trent | Millard | 28 | Defender |
| Kyan | Ryder | 30 | GK |
NWS Spirit
| First Name | Surname | Shirt Number | Position |
| Christopher | Marques | 1 | GK |
| Aiden | Mostofi | 2 | Defender |
| Kyah | Williams | 3 | Defender |
| Caleb | Jackson-Brown | 4 | Midfielder |
| Ethan | Debono | 5 | Defender |
| Corey | Kavanagh | 6 | Midfielder |
| Aedon | Kyra | 7 | Forward |
| Grant | Cornwell | 8 | Defender |
| Kai | Denton | 9 | Forward |
| Michael | Konestabo | 10 | Forward |
| Ollie | Wiggin | 11 | Midfielder |
| Jay | Coates | 12 | GK |
| Simon | Nicholas | 13 | Defender |
| Isaac | Cunningham | 14 | Midfielder |
| Jamie | Percevski | 15 | Defender |
| Charlie | Broomhead | 16 | Defender |
| Jake | Chidiac | 17 | Midfielder |
| Andre | Takami | 18 | Midfielder |
| Zayne | Ahluwalia | 19 | Midfielder |
| Austin | Oates | 20 | Midfielder |
| Harry | Keys | 21 | Forward |
| Takumi | Ofuka | 22 | Forward |
Preston Lions
| First Name | Surname | Shirt Number | Position |
| Lucas | Trenkovski | 1 | GK |
| Domenic | Folino | 2 | Defender |
| Damien | Bozinovski | 4 | Defender |
| Lleyton | Brooks | 7 | Midfielder |
| Luc | Jeggo | 8 | Midfielder |
| Giorgio | Serdenes | 9 | Forward |
| Connor | Bell | 10 | Midfielder |
| Jonas | Markovski | 11 | Forward |
| Jake | Trajkovski | 12 | Defender |
| Marcus | Schroen | 14 | Midfielder |
| Matthew | Bozinovski | 15 | Defender |
| Ryan | Scott | 16 | GK |
| Jason | Romero | 17 | Midfielder |
| Oliver | Kubilay | 19 | Midfielder |
| Brandon | Lauton | 22 | Midfielder |
| Luke | Francis | 27 | Forward |
| Adisu | Bayew | 31 | Midfielder |
| Stefan | Nigro | 32 | Defender |
| Jackson | Necovski | 34 | Defender |
| Mihail | Lazarovski | 35 | Defender |
| Gian | Albano | 77 | Midfielder |
| Christian | Mladenis | 90 | Forward |
| Jakob | Ognenovski | 91 | GK |
South Hobart
| First Name | Surname | Shirt Number | Position |
| Nicholas | O'Connell | 1 | GK |
| Adam | Gorrie | 3 | Defender |
| Musashi | Kokubo | 5 | Defender |
| Jacob | Lancaster | 6 | Defender |
| Samuel | Berezansky | 7 | Midfielder |
| Kobe | Kemp | 8 | Midfielder |
| Bradley | Lakoseljac | 9 | Midfielder |
| Nicholas | Morton | 10 | Midfielder |
| Austin | Yost | 11 | Forward |
| Oliver | White | 12 | Midfielder |
| Reilly | Morton | 13 | Defender |
| Harrison | Oates | 14 | Forward |
| Daniel | Arnaiz | 15 | Forward |
| Patrick | Both | 16 | Forward |
| Alex | Walter | 17 | Forward |
| Eli | Wright | 18 | Defender |
| Tobias | Herweynen | 19 | Defender |
| Rex | Maddock | 20 | Forward |
| Kasper | Hallam | 21 | Forward |
| Kieran | Brown | 22 | GK |
| Thomas | Cordell | 24 | GK |
| Alfred | Hess | 25 | Midfielder |
South Melbourne
| First Name | Surname | Shirt Number | Position |
| Javier | Lopez | 1 | GK |
| Brayden | Spink | 2 | Defender |
| Jordon | Lampard | 3 | Defender |
| Marco | Jankovic | 4 | Defender |
| Jake | Marshall | 5 | Defender |
| Lucas | Inglese | 6 | Defender |
| Manyluak | Aguek | 10 | Forward |
| Yuki | Uchida | 11 | Midfielder |
| Khaled | Kaddour | 13 | Defender |
| Alexander | Menelaou | 14 | Midfielder |
| Oliver | Lavale | 16 | Defender |
| Thomas | Giannakopoulos | 17 | Midfielder |
| Andrew | Mesourouni | 19 | Forward |
| Sebastian | Pasquali | 21 | Midfielder |
| Maximillian | Mikkola | 22 | Midfielder |
| Nahuel | Bonada | 24 | Forward |
| Campbell | Dovison | 26 | Forward |
| Jack | Painter-Andrews | 27 | Defender |
| Thierry | Papadimitriou | 28 | Midfielder |
| Bilal | Habib | 29 | Forward |
| Jake | Charlston | 30 | GK |
| Charlie | Leech | 88 | Midfielder |
| Jack | Pope | 99 | Midfielder |
Sydney Olympic
| First Name | Surname | Shirt Number | Position |
| Jack | Gibson | 1 | GK |
| Peter | Polits | 2 | Defender |
| Connor | O'Toole | 3 | Defender |
| George | Kontis | 4 | Defender |
| Ian | Gordon | 5 | Defender |
| Dominic | Ciano | 6 | Defender |
| Michael | Vakis | 7 | Midfielder |
| Ali | Auglah | 8 | Midfielder |
| Cyrus | Demi | 9 | Forward |
| Jack | Armson | 10 | Midfielder |
| Adam | Parkhouse | 11 | Midfielder |
| Zac | Zoricic | 12 | Defender |
| Seth | Clark | 14 | Midfielder |
| Luca | Pecora | 15 | Defender |
| Joshua | Hong | 17 | Defender |
| Teng | Kuol | 18 | Midfielder |
| Ryan | Feutz | 19 | Midfielder |
| Sean | Sazuki | 20 | GK |
| Ryley | Hollingdale | 21 | Midfielder |
| Samuel | Bosnjac | 22 | Defender |
| Chris | Donnell | 23 | Midfielder |
| Gloire | Amanda | 24 | Midfielder |
Sydney United
| First Name | Surname | Shirt Number | Position |
| Vedran | Janjetevic | 1 | GK |
| Gabriel | Tilo | 2 | Defender |
| Bailey | Rule | 3 | Defender |
| Koya | Nakano | 4 | Forward |
| Anthony | Tomelic | 5 | Midfielder |
| Dylan | Rose | 6 | Midfielder |
| Noah | Blazeka | 7 | Forward |
| Mario | Shabow | 8 | Midfielder |
| Kyle | Cementi | 9 | Forward |
| Carlos | De Oliveira | 10 | Midfielder |
| Ayouk | Mow | 11 | Forward |
| Richard | Darko | 12 | Forward |
| Jordan | Ivancic | 13 | Defender |
| Michael | Pratezina | 14 | Midfielder |
| Adrian | Knez | 15 | Midfielder |
| Anthony | Krilic | 16 | Midfielder |
| Tomislav | Ozanic | 17 | Midfielder |
| Mark | Leonard | 18 | Forward |
| Aidan | Milicevic | 19 | Forward |
| Marco | Arambasic | 20 | Forward |
| Josip | Orlovic | 21 | GK |
| Michael | Krslovic | 22 | Forward |
| Farah | Koko | 32 | Midfielder |
Wests APIA
| First Name | Surname | Shirt Number | Position |
| Oliver | Kalac | 1 | GK |
| Seiya | Kambayashi | 2 | Midfielder |
| Nick | Azzone | 4 | Defender |
| Dredon | Kelly | 5 | Defender |
| Patrick | Flottmann | 6 | Defender |
| Jack | Stewart | 7 | Forward |
| Presley | Ortiz | 9 | Forward |
| Rory | Jordan | 11 | Forward |
| Yahya | El Hindi | 13 | Midfielder |
| Max | Court | 14 | Forward |
| Sean | Symons | 16 | Defender |
| Jordan | Segreto | 17 | Forward |
| Adrian | Ucchino | 18 | Midfielder |
| Fabian | Monge | 19 | Midfielder |
| Alexander | Parkes | 20 | GK |
| Michael | Kouta | 21 | Defender |
| Eddie | Caspers | 22 | Midfielder |
| Domenic | Costanzo | 23 | Forward |
| Cameron | Fong | 24 | Defender |
| Oscar | Gonzalez | 26 | Forward |
| Maksim | Kasalovic | 29 | Midfielder |
| Alex | Denmead | 30 | Forward |
| Franco | Farinella | 99 | Midfielder |
Wollongong Wolves
| First Name | Surname | Shirt Number | Position |
| Daniel | Solsky | 1 | GK |
| Harrison | Buesnel | 2 | Defender |
| Dylan | Ryan | 4 | Defender |
| Banri | Kanaizumi | 5 | Defender |
| Isaac | Danzo | 6 | Midfielder |
| Woonsub | Sim | 7 | Midfielder |
| Sebastian | Duarte | 8 | Defender |
| Thomas | James | 9 | Forward |
| Obren | Kljajic | 10 | Forward |
| Sebastian | Hernandez | 11 | Forward |
| Tate | Russell | 13 | Defender |
| Dax | Kelly | 15 | Defender |
| Lucas | Trajcevski | 16 | Forward |
| Marcus | Beattie | 17 | Defender |
| Kazuya | Yamamura | 18 | Midfielder |
| Max | Cunial | 19 | GK |
| Oliver | Yates | 20 | GK |
| Nicholas | Olsen | 21 | Forward |
| Flynn | Madden | 23 | Forward |
| Lachlan | Scott | 24 | Midfielder |
| Alex | Masciovecchio | 25 | Forward |
| James | Anagnostopoulos | 44 | Midfielder |
| Dylan | King | 77 | Forward |