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Midweek fixtures could be played on a regular basis in the expanded A-League to lessen competition with rival football codes, Football Federation Australia said on Thursday.
The league will expand to 10 teams next season with the addition of Gold Coast and North Queensland, meaning the competition will increase from 21 rounds to 27.
FFA said today it was reluctant to push forward either the start or the end of the A-League season to include the extra fixtures as it would create too much overlap with the rugby league, rugby union and AFL seasons.
But the federation is investigating the possibility of holding fixtures midweek as several overseas leagues do, including the English Premier League.
“It’s certainly on the drawing board,” FFA chief executive Ben Buckley said.
FFA chairman Frank Lowy said he expected the league to immediately jump from 10 to 12 teams in the season after next (2010-2011), with second Melbourne and Sydney teams favoured to take spots.
“I certainly hope that the following year we will have 12 teams,” Lowy said.
“Then I think at that time we will need to kind of reassess our capacity and our future.”
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