U9 to U12 Team Manager & Coaches Handbook

Season 2026

U6-U8: Cassie Vial & U9-U12: Tamami Kawasaki

required to complete the following, before your first training session please:WWC / Blue Cards - Who needs one & How to apply

Equipment & Kit Bag:

Collect the bibs and the Equipment Bag containing, Balls, Cones from the Club.

Our club policy is that all items in each bag are to remain altogether throughout the season and not to be issued to individual players. These items are your responsibility and must be returned altogether (the bibs need to be washed and cleaned) at the end of the season.

Club Uniform:

Training Kit and Game Kit picture

As U9-U12 play in an inter-club competition, having games played either away or at home grounds.

Game kit(on left), also known as Home kit: Indivisualy purchased Game shirt, blue shorts, maroon socks, shin guards and football boots.

Training kit(on right), also known as Away kit:Sky blue shirt, maroon shorts, maroon socks, shin guards and football boots.

Please note: In general, all games are played wearing Game Kit, however if your team happens to be versing another UQFC team, then the following rule applies:

The team listed first on the draw are required to wear Game/Home kit and the team listed second on the draw are required to wear Training/Away kit.

Field locations

The Miniroos competition will be played either at "Home", at Cubberla Creek Reserve, or "Away" at the opposing team's field. If playing at home, the field allocations can be found on the white board in front of the bottom field shed.

For training sessions, your allocated field map will be emailed prior to the season commencing. (Training is either at Cubberla Creek, 145 Fig Tree Pocket Rd or at Kingfisher Park, Gem Road, see your team dugout for details).

Fixtures for the U9-U12 age groups will be scheduled by Football Queensland, and published on their website. The UQFC Miniroos administrators will upload the fixtures into your team dugout.

Home game kick off time
U9 - 9:00 am
U10 - 10:00 am

U11 - 11:15/12:15/1:15 pm

U12 - 12:15/1:15/2:25/3:25 pm

Particularly early on in the season they will still be learning, and we ask parents to be mindful of this. Please keep supporters back 1 meter from the sideline so that the line can be clearly seen by the referee.

Match results and points tables

Team Managers of U9-U12 teams will need to put scores to the google sheet provided on within 12 hours of the game being played to ensure that scores are reported to the club within the required timeframe.

Playing format, in summary:

AGE GOUP	NUMBER OF PLAYERS	DURATION OF GAME	BALL SIZE	FIELD SIZE	RULES
U9	7 a-side with goalkeeper	20-minute halves, 5 min half-time break	Size 3	1/4 of a full field size	Throw Ins, Corner kicks, no offside
U10-U12	9 -a-side including goalkeeper	25-minute halves, 5 min half-time break	Size 4	1/2 of a full field size	Throw ins, Corner kicks, no offside

The U9-U12 referees are called "Instructing Referees" (UQFC Club Refs are club players usually between 13-16yrs old), their role is to "instruct players in the correct way to play the game and help them enjoy the game". There are no linesman, which means it is impossible to make the right call all the time; and they do not hand out red/yellow cards should a player /parent behave inappropriately. In no instance should our UQFC referees have to confront aggressive behaviour from team officials/parents.

We are totally committed in supporting our UQFC Club referees and have introduced Ground Officials for all home matches. The role of the Ground Officials is to support the referees, should they feel intimidated/threatened in anyway. We ask that they keep an eye on proceedings and if inappropriate behaviour continues either on the field/the sidelines to address it with the coaches/field coordinators.

Referees will hand out a vest to a team parent prior to kick-off, these must be returned to the bottom field shed at the end of the game. We encourage all parents to share this responsibility and take turns. We do appreciate your support with this initiative.

Please encourage everyone to check the UQFC Majestri home page for the field status, which is normally updated at 3pm on training days.

For at home games, the UQFC Majestri home page & UQFC Facebook page (@UQFC) will be updated with the field status in the event of bad weather/urgent closures.

For all away games, please encourage everyone to check both the Host Club's Facebook/Webpage as well as SQUADI

How to access your Majestri account

Tips on using your team Dugout in Majestri

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