2021–22 in Australian soccer

The 2021–22 season was the 53rd season of national competitive association football in Australia and 139th overall.

Friendly
The following is a list of friendlies played by the men's senior national team in 2021–22.

Friendlies
The following is a list of friendlies played by the men's under 23 national team in 2021–22.

Friendlies
The following is a list of friendlies played by the women's national team in 2021–22.

Women's under-20
Australia was to host one of the groups in the first round of qualification for the 2022 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup, between 14 and 22 August 2021 in Shepparton, Victoria. However, in July 2021, the Asian Football Confederation confirmed that the competition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Friendlies
The following is a list of friendlies played by the Women's U-20 team in 2021–22.

Women's under-17
Australia was to host one of the groups in the first round of qualification for the 2022 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup, between 18 and 26 September 2021 in Cessnock, New South Wales. However, in July 2021, the Asian Football Confederation confirmed that the competition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

AFC Champions League
Qualifiers:
 * Melbourne City as 2020–21 A-League regular season premiers
 * Melbourne Victory as 2021 FFA Cup winners
 * Sydney FC as 2020–21 A-League regular season runners-up

Melbourne Victory were eliminated in the play-off round.

A-League Men

 * Finals

National Premier Leagues
The Final Series was not held.

A-League Women

 * Finals

Deaths

 * 3 January 2022: Ulysses Kokkinos, 74, former South Melbourne Hellas, Fitzroy United, Hakoah Eastern Suburbs, Melbourne Juventus, West Adelaide Hellas, Western Suburbs, and Floreat Athena forward.
 * 23 February 2022: Jim Milisavljevic, 70, former Footscray JUST and Carlton Serbia goalkeeper.
 * 14 March 2022: Colin Kitching, 88, former Bundamba, Blackstone United, St Helens United, Hellenic, and Australia forward.

Retirements

 * 14 September 2021: Wayne Brown, 33, former Newcastle Jets midfielder.
 * 19 September 2021: Christine Nairn, 30, former United States and Melbourne Victory midfielder.
 * 24 September 2021: Lisa De Vanna, 36, former Australia, Adelaide Sensation, Western Waves, Perth Glory, Brisbane Roar, Newcastle Jets, Melbourne Victory, Melbourne City, North Shore Mariners, Canberra United, South Melbourne, and Sydney FC forward.
 * 28 September 2021: Steven Taylor, 35, former Wellington Phoenix defender.
 * 30 September 2021: Ronald Vargas, 34, former Venezuela and Newcastle Jets forward.
 * 15 October 2021: Simon Cox, 34, former Ireland and Western Sydney Wanderers forward.
 * 23 October 2021: Adam Federici, 36, former Australia and Macarthur FC goalkeeper.
 * 28 October 2021: Daniel Georgievski, 33, former Macedonia, Melbourne Victory, Newcastle Jets, Western Sydney Wanderers, and Melbourne City defender.
 * 12 November 2021: Joe Ledley, 34, former Wales and Newcastle Jets midfielder.
 * 27 January 2022: Besart Berisha, 36, former Albania, Kosovo, Brisbane Roar, Melbourne Victory, and Western United forward.
 * 9 March 2022: Zac Anderson, 30, former Gold Coast United, Central Coast Mariners, Sydney FC, and Olympic FC defender.
 * 30 April 2022: Andy Keogh, 35, former Republic of Ireland and Perth Glory forward.
 * 7 May 2022: Bobô, 37, former Sydney FC forward.
 * 20 May 2022: Louis Fenton, 29, former New Zealand and Wellington Phoenix defender.
 * 22 May 2022: Joseph Mills, 32, former Perth Glory defender.

Comebacks

 * 23 November 2021: Ashleigh Sykes, 28, former Australia international forward who retired in 2018 and signed with Canberra United.
 * 25 November 2021: Lisa De Vanna, 36, former Australia international forward who retired in September 2021 and signed with Perth Glory.