Australian public-service broadcaster ABC has struck a two-year deal with Football Federation Australia (FFA) to provide free-to-air coverage of the A-League and W-League club competitions, as well as matches involving the men's and women's national teams, reports SportBusiness.

It will mark the first time that ABC has broadcast the A-League, the top tier of the men's club game in Australia. The deal also marks a return of ABC's W-League coverage, with the broadcaster having served as the inaugural partner of the women's competition from 2008 to 2017.

Under the agreement announced by FFA and its pay-television rights holder Fox Sports, ABC will broadcast 29 live regular-season matches at 5pm on Saturdays during the 2019-20 campaign, with coverage to be shown on television and via the iview on-demand service.

For the A-League 2020 Finals Series, ABC will provide delayed broadcasts of one elimination final, one semi-final and the grand final. It will also show 14 rounds of the 2019-20 W-League season and the entire W-League Finals Series live.

Additionally, ABC will broadcast every men's national team match which Fox Sports has rights to. The broadcaster will also show the women's national team's upcoming matches against Chile on November 9 and November 12, as well as next year's Asian qualifiers for the women's Olympic tournament.

Fox Sports will continue to provide live coverage of all A-League, W-League and national team matches via Foxtel and Kayo Sports.