Football West News
Football West is pleased to announce it has secured a Major Partner for the WA Men’s State Team visit to Indonesia.
La Vida Homes will be the front-of-shirt sponsor for the trip, which will see Western Australia play against Indonesian Super League side Persebaya in Surabaya on Sunday 15 November.
This follows the match between the two teams in July 2025 at the Sam Kerr Football Centre in Queens Park, which Persebaya won 2-0.
That fixture coincided with the 35-year celebrations of WA’s sister-state relationship with East Java and drew an estimated 20 million viewers in Indonesia.
Football West Chief Operating Officer Darcy Coffey said the agreement was a great show of support for the State Team.
“Football West is delighted to announce the partnership between the WA Men’s State Team and a successful West Australian company in La Vida Homes.
“Representing Western Australia is a huge honour for our players and coaches, and securing this backing from a large, well-established WA business that is involved in the local game underlines how seriously we take the State Team.”
La Vida Homes has a long-standing connection with football in WA, both at grassroots and A-League level. Its co-founder and director Mark Reid said the partnership with the State Team was “a natural fit”.
“La Vida Homes is a proudly Western Australian business and football is a sport that I’ve personally been involved with for most of my life,” he said.
“The opportunity to support a team representing our state, particularly on an international tour of this nature, felt like a really natural fit for us.
“Obviously there is great exposure for La Vida Homes through having our brand associated with the State Team, and we’re incredibly proud to see the La Vida name on the front of the WA shirt.
“However, it goes beyond branding. We want La Vida to be a business that contributes to the WA community. Sport, particularly football, is an important part of that community.
“There is also something special about supporting a team that is representing Western Australia. These players aren’t just representing their individual clubs; when they pull that shirt on, they’re representing our state, and we’re proud to be part of that.”
The trip to Indonesia is part of the three-year Memorandum of Understanding between Football West and the Persebaya club, which was signed in late 2024.
Prior to that, in 2018, Persebaya sent an Under 19 side to play three games in Perth. A year later, the WA Boys State U19s Team toured Surabaya.
“Indonesia has an incredible passion for football, and there is a real opportunity to build stronger football relationships between WA and Indonesia in the years ahead,” Mr Reid said.
“If this tour can be the start of something bigger – more opportunities, more connections and more international experiences for WA football, then that’s something La Vida Homes would be incredibly proud to be part of.”
Mr Coffey added: “We saw the level of interest when Persebaya visited Perth last year, not just the huge number of people who watched the game on TV in Indonesia but the government and industry support on the ground.
“To have WA Premier Roger Cook and the high-ranking representatives from the East Java government in attendance highlighted that football is a fantastic setting for building people-to-people relationships at all levels. The upcoming visit to Surabaya is another opportunity to strengthen those ties.”
