Soccer, known to most fans globally as football, is the world’s most watched sport. There’s seemingly always a ball being kicked and one to be watched on your screens. If it’s a league down here in Australia or a game from distant lands, if it’s the beautiful game you’re after, you can certainly watch it on Paramount Plus, another new and sports streaming service available here in Australia.
Let’s review some of the best and biggest football competitions and tournaments that you can watch on the Paramount Plus streaming app.
A-League Men’s
Our brightest soccer competition going in Australia, the men’s A-League is found primarily on Paramount Plus having signed that infamous deal to make the switch over to this platform two seasons ago. While some games are available on free-to-air television, the majority of games are here and the playback functionality is exclusive to Paramount. Be sure to follow all the great teams like Melbourne Victory, Sydney FC, and the defending champions, Western United as they all challenge for the title.
A-League Women (W League)
As part of the deal that took the A-League to Paramount, the Women’s equivalent division (by the same name) also followed suit, subsequently becoming available on the same platform. Sydney FC and Melbourne Victory have battled it out of late for supremacy at the top of the competition with the former topping the season ladder yet the latter winning consecutive Grand Finals. Games between the two have been some of the most fiercely contested and subsequently a must-see W League match. Most of these games can also be watched on the 10 play service. Bear in mind this competition used to be known as the W League.
Socceroos (excluding Olympics and World Cup matches)
Paramount Plus is also set to broadcast select Socceroos’ games including friendlies and all of the 2026 FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifiers. This means that this service is the only place to watch the fully comprehensive journey of Graham Arnold’s efforts to get Australia to the North American World Cup.
Matildas internationals (excluding Olympics and World Cup matches)
In addition to the men, you can also watch the Matildas as they play the very best international women’s teams in select key fixtures with this streaming service. Sam Kerr is an undeniable goal machine who doesn’t need to be presented with an opportunity to shoot twice to get on the scoresheet. This is set to include some of the qualification games for the Matildas to enter the Paris Olympics competition.
English FA Cup
The oldest football competition in the world, the English FA Cup holds a special place in supporters’ hearts and is readily available on Paramount Plus for our fans in Australia. The 2021/22 final round was contested by the juggernauts, Liverpool and Chelsea which saw the reds lift the trophy after penalty kicks.
AFC Champions League
The AFC Champions League might not have been the kindest to Australian teams in recent years with Melbourne City and Sydney FC both exiting at the group stage in the 2022 competition. Supporters of Western Sydney Wanderers will of course be quick to point out that the Red-and-Black-clad team won the 2014 tournament. Adelaide United finished as runners-up in the 2008 tournament but more recently made it to the quarter-finals in 2013.
Whether it’s an Australian team lifting the trophy or not, be sure to follow all the games from across the confederation on the Paramount Plus streaming service.
AFC Asian Cup
If you enjoyed watching Australia play in Qatar at the World Cup, then you’ve got another chance to see them in the desert as they return to the country for the AFC Asian Cup. Originally supposed to be hosted in China, the country relinquished the duties due to scares over COVID-19.
Paramount Plus will be the streaming service of choice to watch all the action from the group stage as top Asian nations compete for continental glory including our own Socceroos. Other World Cup participants, Japan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, and Iran will also be returning to Qatar for the event. The hosts are also the defending champions having won 2019 final in the UAE by defeating Japan 3-1.
U23 Men’s friendly internationals (home)
Paramount Plus sports will then be the streaming service home to our young Socceroos too! If you watch Paramount, you’ll get to observe the future of our football team as the U23s team will have their friendly games broadcast on Paramount Plus. The team might not have any fixtures lined up for 2023 just yet but are coming off invaluable experiences having played other top Asian youth teams from Japan and Saudi Arabia.
Paramount Plus Functionality
While our domestic leagues are suited to our time zones in Australia, there are a few here which might require a few early or late alarm calls if you were to watch them live. While your dedication to watching Liverpool’s FA Cup campaign live is commendable, sometimes you might not want to watch them play an amateur team at 4 am. This is where the features of the Paramount Plus platform come in really useful.
You needn’t watch every game live if you’re in bed or simply have other plans at kick-off. You can watch full match replays if you have the time later or even just the highlights if you’re a little busy. Furthermore, there’s also the opportunity to watch ‘mini matches’ curated by Paramount Plus. These are a halfway house between highlights and a full match replay, so you get most of the action but don’t have to commit to a full 90-minute match.
How to get Paramount Plus
So right about now, after reading about all these great football events on the Paramount plus platform, you’ll probably be thinking, just how do I get it and enjoy it? Well, we’ve made the first bit easy for you as you need to simply click one of our links to take you to the sign-up process. After which you need simply to download the app (or watch on your computer browser) and then get your groove on with your favourite football.
Conclusion
It’s apparent from this list of footballing competitions available on Paramount Plus Sports, that the platform is a haven for football fans who want to watch both domestic club football, continental competitions as well as international games too. While there are many streaming services offers other live sports including other football competitions, Paramount Plus in Australia offers tremendous value. This is because of the wealth of live sports and the streaming TV options.
If you’re not convinced just yet and aren’t ready to part with money for a monthly fee or a yearly subscription, you should definitely try out the Paramount Plus free trial. Then simply watch Paramount. You’ll be surprised at the great number of compatible devices, how many streams of entertainment and more features are available.
