Australia's Paralympic soccer team faces the axe after all of its funding was cut by the Australian Sports Commission.

As part of Australia's Winning Edge policy, funding is directed to sports which have a higher chance of winning a medal at the Olympics or Paralympics.

The Australian Sports Commission has decided the Pararoos' team world ranking of 10 is not successful enough, and cut the team's $175,000 funding.

Pararoos head coach Paul Brown says he is devastated.

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"Our funding for the Paralympic football program has basically been put on ice," he said.

"We have state programs all round the country, but the national program is going to be no more because they just won't continue with our funding."

To play seven-a-side soccer with the Pararoos, a person must have cerebral palsy or an acquired a brain injury, and be able to walk or run sufficiently to play.

Brown, who has coached the team since 2006, has been told not to talk about the cuts.

And he fears that by doing so, he could face the axe as well.

"This is a difficult situation for me because I was told to keep quiet about the situation, but the program is more important than me" he said.

"At a time where football is becoming more and more popular, and there's thousands of kids out there with varying forms of CP and mild brain injury, they're not going to have a Pararoos squad to aim for.

"We're very, very successful internationally. I've actually had to contact the international organising body and basically let them know that the Australian team is possibly no more and we will not be able to compete in any more internationals," Brown said.

Pararoos take the brunt of Commission's funding cut

In 2014-15, about $132 million will flow from the Government's coffers via the Australian Sports Commission to many sports across the country.

The funds are distributed by the Winning Edge policy, which has rewarded able-bodied sports like sailing and canoeing which saw major success at the London Olympics.

Overall, able-bodied sports will receive nearly $700,000 more, while Paralympic sports will get $230,000 less.

Funding for able-bodied soccer will also be reduced next year by about 15 per cent, with the sport receiving just under $1 million.

The Socceroos are ranked 62nd in the world and lost all their group matches at the World Cup, but gained international attention for their fighting spirit.

Brown says the Pararoos had a good chance of achieving a ranking in the top five.

"Sport is a fantastic vehicle for young kids with varying forms of slight brain injury and cerebral palsy, to build their confidence, to learn social skills."

But Australian Institute of Sport director Matt Favier says the performance of "para-football" has been unconvincing, and he does not believe the team will quality for the Rio 2016 Paralympics.

The Australian Paralympic Committee says it is talking with Football Federation Australia regarding the Pararoos' future.