Football live stream: Where to watch all Leagues and Cups in Australia

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Soccer, or football, has steadily increased in popularity in Australia over the past decade as viewing figures seem to keep rising. Thankfully, it’s never been easier to watch the beautiful game in Australia, with plenty of different streaming services out there that let you watch several leagues and competitions from around the world.

This guide will let you know which streaming providers show which games and how you can make the most of the plethora of options available to you. Read on to learn more about how to watch live football stream on your devices!

How to watch or stream football live in Australia with beIN SPORTS

There are many sports streaming services with exclusive rights to different competitions due to a never ending bidding war for football broadcast rights.

In Australia, these streaming services include beIN SPORTS, Optus Sport, Paramount Plus, and Stan Sports. That’s a whole load of options for you!

As a result, you can customize your subscriptions to cater to the leagues you wish to watch. Meaning if you’re interested in La Liga but don’t particularly care about the football in Italy, there’ll be an optimum option for you that lets you watch all the major Barcelona matches without paying for AC Milan content, too.

League	beIN SPORTS
EFL Carabao Cup Live	Yes
EFL Championship Live	Yes
Bundesliga Live	Yes
SPFL Live	Yes
La Liga	Yes

What’s more, most of these streaming services offer free trials to get you started to see if you enjoy their service.

To make it simpler to understand who has the rights to what, we have divided the most popular football competitions here by supplier.

Below is the Australian TV rights for watching the top Football Leagues and Cup competitions, whether they are played domestically or overseas.

How to watch the major Football leagues live in Australia

Let’s do a quick run-through of the major football leagues in Australia and how to watch with details on when they’ll be playing.

English Premier League

The top 5 teams finishing at the top of the EPL premiership saw Manchester City once again lift the trophy in the 2024–2025 season.

Optus Sport is once again the official home of the EPL for the 2025/2026 season, streaming every live game, final, highlight, and replay on their platform.

You can watch replays of every Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool, and Arsenal match on beIN SPORTS.

You can also check out their streaming app beIN SPORTS CONNECT, which offers a free trial and ongoing access starting from just $14.99 per month.

La Liga

Home to global brands and UEFA Champions League juggernauts like Barcelona, Real Madrid, and more recently Atletico Madrid – the competition is one of the most enjoyable to watch. 

The 2025/26 La Liga season finds it home in beIN Sports, where fans can watch all games, replays and highlights.

Ligue 1

Paris Saint‑Germain (PSG), often dubbed the richest club globally, continue to dominate French football. Last season, they secured their 13th Ligue 1 title, finishing the 2024/25 campaign unbeaten and completing a historic continental treble (Ligue 1, Coupe de France, and UEFA Champions League).

Heading into the 2025/26 Ligue 1 season, PSG again start as strong favourites to defend their crown under Luis Enrique—who guided them to this unprecedented success.

Bundesliga

After an 11-year streak from the 2012–13 season, Bayern Munich reclaimed the Bundesliga crown in 2024/25, securing their 34th German title with Vincent Kompany at the helm

beIN SPORTS (and the CONNECT app) remain your exclusive option in Australia to watch every Bundesliga match—live, pre-season, highlights, and more—throughout the 2025/26 season .

Serie A

Serie A has been one of the more exciting leagues in the past few years, with several teams with a chance of winning the title.

The Serie A is being televised live in Australia exclusively by beIN SPORTS.

UEFA Champions League

All UEFA Champions League matches throughout the 2025/26 season will continue to be broadcast live and exclusively on Stan Sport in Australia. The highly anticipated Final will be available to watch free-to-air on Channel 9/9Now.

A-League

Paramount+ remains to be the place to be for watching all the A-League Finals action, having acquired the broadcast rights to the competition last season and set to keep it until 2026. Meaning if you’re keen to watch your favourites like Adelaide United, the Western Sydney Wanderers, and Perth Glory every week you’ll have to do business with Paramount.

Carabao Cup

The 2025/26 EFL Cup, also known as the Carabao Cup, will once again feature four regular rounds followed by the Finals series. The Finals series will include the quarter-finals, semi-finals, and the championship final.

The EFL Carabao Cup is being televised live in Australia exclusively by beIN SPORTS, with up to 8 matches live per round, including every game of the quarter-finals, semi-finals, and the Final.

EFL Championship

The EFL Championship season kicks off on 8 August 2025 and will conclude on 3 May 2026. Over the course of the season, 24 teams will battle it out across 46 intense matches, with three clubs earning promotion to the Premier League.

The Australian TV and streaming rights for the EFL Championship belong exclusively to beIN SPORTS. beIN SPORTS will broadcast up to 5 live matches per round, including every game of the play-offs, while also offering highlights of all 552 games on this season’s schedule.

FA Cup

The FA Cup is the oldest club cup competition in world football history. With over 700 teams competing in the 2025/2026 season cup it makes for entertaining viewing.

SPFL

The Scottish Professional Football League finds its exclusive streaming home in Australia with beIN SPORTS, where fans can watch live matches, mini-matches, highlights, and catch up on much more.

MLS (Lionel Messi)

Major League Soccer (MLS), now of Lionel Messi on Inter Miami fame, is available in Australia exclusively by Apple TV, and can be accessed via the MLS League Pass. Currently, Apple is offering a discounted MLS League Pass, and there’s also a 30-day free trial for those that want to check it out.

FA Women’s Super League

The streaming TV rights in Australia for the Women’s FA Super League belong exclusively to Optus Sports. Optus Sports. will have every game live, with on-demand replays for those who wish to catch up.

Streaming sports offers

Wondering what’s the best way to compare sports streaming providers in one place? Check out the table and discover which plans best suit your live football needs, as well as your budget!

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