The Football Federation Australia board could be spared the embarrassment of being overthrown by FIFA after a majority agreement for a new FFA congress was reached late on Tuesday night, but only if their two fiercest opponents rubber stamp the latest proposal.

The bitter civil war that's engulfed Australian football for the past year is one step closer to ending after the nine state football federations are understood to have made a breakthrough by reaching a majority agreement for a new membership structure of the FFA. After being told by FIFA to expand its congress from 10 votes (nine for the states and one for the A-League clubs) to become sufficiently democratic and inclusive of the game, the majority of FFA's members reached an agreement for a 15-seat congress, ensuring the states retain nine votes, four for A-League clubs, one for the PFA and one for women's football (9-4-1-1).

However, approval from FIFA and the end of their involvement in Australian football's governance will only occur with the blessing of the 9-4-1-1 model from the A-League club owners and the players' union, The PFA.

Despite previously requiring only 75 per cent of the existing 10 FFA members to expand its congress, FIFA reinforced its own preference for consensus requiring the approval of all three stakeholder groups before it will accept a new model for Australian football governance, as recently as August 22.