Team 11 can confirm it submitted its Expression of Interest document to Football Federation Australia and Deloitte on Thursday morning.

The comprehensive document was submitted by the Team 11 project team on behalf of the mayors of the City of Greater Dandenong, City of Casey and Cardinia Shire councils.

There were a total of 15 submissions received from across Australia. FFA and Deloitte will now review the EOIs and announce a shortlist of preferred bidders in the coming weeks.

Those shortlisted bidders will then go on to the final stage, where a final proposal will be submitted by August 31, with a decision to be made regarding the winners of two new licenses in late October.

Team 11, the official A-League and W-League expansion bid of south-east Victoria, would like to thank the region’s local councils, clubs, schools and community groups for their support throughout the process to date.

The bid team eagerly awaits FFA’s decision as to the composition of its shortlist of bidders and wishes the other bid teams the best of luck.