The season also included the inaugural FFA Cup (now Australia Cup), with the matches from the Round of 32 onwards taking place between July and December.
The domestic season scheduling was altered to avoid clashing with the 2015 AFC Asian Cup.
The 2014 National Premier Leagues regular season in the states' leagues ran from 21 February 2014 until 14 September 2014 and the states' finals series ran from 23 August 2014 until 14 September 2014.
The National Finals Series began on 20 September 2014 and ended with the Grand Final on 4 October 2014. The winner of the Grand Final was North Eastern MetroStars[4] who qualified for the 2015 FFA Cup round of 32.[5]
Melbourne Victory (the winners of the 2013–14 season) participated in the tournament, which took place from 30 November until 8 December 2013, and finished in sixth place (out of 6 teams).
Two months after being crowned champions of Asia, Australia played a pair of friendlies in Europe. In the first match they were close to upsetting world champions Germany at Fritz-Walter-Stadion in Kaiserslautern, but finished the match as a draw.[13] In the following week they drew against Macedonia at Philip II Arena in Skopje, despite easily being the better side.[14]
The 2015 AFC Asian Cup was played in Australia in January 2015.[15] Australia were crowned champions for the first time after beating South Korea in extra time in the final.[16]