About Us

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The Transplant Australia Football Club has been in existence since 2015 and brings together the entire transplant community to celebrate the gift of life through the love of football. The TAFC is one of a growing number of clubs recognised by the World Transplant Football Commission. The TAFC exists as a special interest group of Transplant Australia giving it a high level of governance and support and access to the Australian Sports Commission as a National Sporting Organisation with a Disability.

Players, officials and supporters are required to be members of Transplant Australia and to abide by the Code of Conduct and Social Media Policy.

Comittee

Ante Kelic

Chair

Matt Zoppos

Committee

Josh Rose

World Cup Coach

Kate Clark

Transplant Australia Management

Goals

Our goals are to promote organ and tissue donation, give thanks to our donors and encourage our community to participate in football as a way of improving mental and physical health.

Dedication

Each game we play for the Doujon Zammit Shield, named after a young Australian tragically killed in Greece and who became an organ donor.

The Player of the Match receives the Matty Hempstalk Medal. This is named after Transplant Australia’s Sports Manager, Founder of TAFC and a former member of the World Transplant Football Commission.

Each player also dedicates their participation to donors, carers and the health professionals who supported them on their journey.