How to watch Football (Soccer) online in Australia

Football really only should refer to one sport, and that’s the one where most players use a foot to kick a ball. Sorry, AFL, NRL, NFL and rugby union fans. Regardless of whether you call it football or soccer, there are a variety of ways to stream soccer/football in Australia.

You’ll find soccer on some of the best sports streaming services, which cover leagues including UEFA, FIFA and more. Scroll on for the full soccer stream story.

UEFA covers multiple leagues, including the Champions League, the Europa League and the Conference League. With the 2025 finals slated for the end of May and start of June, you’ll want a Stan subscription to watch all of the early morning action.

Stan costs either $12 for Stan Basic (one SD stream), $17 for Stan Standard (three HD streams) or $22 per month for Stan Premium (four 4K streams), then it’s a $20 monthly add-on to add Stan Sport. Watch the UEFA Europa League Final on Thursday 22 May, the UEFA Conference League Final on Thursday 29 May, and the UEFA Champions League Final on Sunday 1 June. All coverage starts from 4:35am on Stan.

Stan Sport is the home of all things UEFA for the men’s live matches and replays, including the UEFA Youth League and UEFA Super Cup. According to the Australian (via Mumbrella), Stan is likely to nab the Aussie broadcast rights for the English Premier League, which Optus currently holds until at least 2028.

While word is Stan Sport may be close to nabbing the English Premier League streaming rights, for now, you’ll need an Optus Sport subscription for live matches and replays. If you’re an Optus customer, it costs $9.99 per month for Optus Sport via SubHub. Otherwise, it’s $24.99 per month or $229 per year for an Optus Sport subscription for non-customers.

Optus Sport is also home to other international soccer leagues:

• Emirates FA Cup
• Women’s EURO 2025
• J.League
• Women’s Super League
• NWSL
• K League
• DFB Pokal
• Selected Internationals

You’ll want a DAZN subscription to stream the FIFA Club World Cup in 2025. The FIFA Club World Cup kicks off in the USA on Saturday 14 June and runs through to Sunday 13 July, featuring 32 teams from the six FIFA confederations. DAZN prices start at $29.99 per month or you can pay a cheaper monthly fee by opting for a $179.88 first-year subscription (charged at $14.99 per month).

With a DAZN subscription, you’ll get access to live matches and replays from these football leagues:

• UEFA Women’s Championship League
• National League
• National League North & South
• Nassr TV
• Liga F
• Serie A Femminile
• Women’s Saudi Premier League
• Sports Direct Women’s Premiership

To stream soccer on BeIN Sports, you’ll need a monthly ($15.99) or annual BeIN Sports Connect plan ($159.99). BeIN Sports Connect is home to the following football leagues:

• Serie A
• LaLiga
• Bundesliga
• Spanish Supercopa
• EFL
• SPFL
• Carabao Cup
• Scottish League Cup
• MUTV
• LFCTV
• Arsenal TV
• Chelsea TV
• PSG TV
• LaLigaTV
• Coupe de France
• Copa Libertadores
• Copa Sudamericana
• Africa Cup of Nations Qualifiers
• LaLiga 2
• Bundesliga 2
• EFL Trophy
• Recopa Sudamericana
• CAF Champions League
• CAF Confederation Cup
• Africa Cup of Nations
• Africa Cup of Nations U20
• Africa Cup of Nations U17
• Coupe de France Women

Get a Paramount Plus subscription if you’re after international matches involving the Socceroos or Matildas. Ad-supported Paramount Plus Basic costs $6.99 per month (one Full HD stream), Paramount Plus Standard costs $10.99 per month (two Full HD streams), and Paramount Plus Premium costs $13.99 per month (four 4K streams).

There are a couple of friendly matches between the Australian women’s national football team and Argentina happening on Friday 30 May and Monday 2 June. Stream the first Matildas friendly on 10Play or Paramount Plus, and the second match exclusively on Paramount Plus. All Socceroos International Friendlies between 2025 and 2028 will be hosted on Paramount Plus.

Outside of Socceroos and Matildas matches, Paramount Plus is also home to A-League Men and A-League Women live matches and replays, including the Australia Cup Finals from 2025 to 2028. In 2027, Paramount Plus will be the exclusive home of the AFC Asian Cup Saudi Arabia matches and the FIFA Women’s World Cup Brazil. Hang onto (or reignite) your Paramount Plus subscription up to 2028, for the AFC U23 Asian Cup (2026 and 2028).

The AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers for the men’s teams and the AFC Women’s Asian Cup are both slated to take place in 2026. For the men, the AFC Asian Qualifiers are taking place in 2025, with two remaining matches for the Socceroos on Thursday 5 June at 9:00pm against Japan, and another on Wednesday 11 June at 4:14am against Saudi Arabia.

The 2026 AFC Women’s Asian Cup is set to take place in Australia from Sunday 1 March to Saturday 21 March 2026. The AFC Women’s Asia Cup 2026 will have six matches on 10Play, with all matches on Paramount Plus.

If you want to stream the soccer world cup – aka the FIFA World Cup –you won’t have to pay for any of the streaming services above. Instead, sign up for a free SBS On Demand account. You’ll then be able to stream every soccer world cup match (all 104 of them) from 11 June 2026. Before then, SBS On Demand has highlights, mini-replays and full matches for the FIFA World Cup 26 qualifiers.

Outside of SBS, if you want free soccer streams, sign up for a 10Play account. There should be at least 50 Socceroos and Matildas games available for free streaming on 10Play between 2024 and 2028. Network 10 is home to free selected matches, including these soccer streams:

• Five AFC Asian Qualifiers matches
• 15 FIFA Women’s World Cup Brazil 2027 matches
• Six AFC Women’s Asian Cup 2026 matches
• 15 Socceroos and Matildas International Friendlies matches between 2025 and 2028

The other way to stream soccer matches for free is with a VPN. BBC Sport has football matches for free if you use a VPN to connect to a UK server. Here’s a list of VPNs we’ve tested that worked well with BBC football streaming:

• Windscribe VPN
• PureVPN
• ExpressVPN
• Hotspot Shield VPN
• NordVPN