Football Federation Australia may not establish a new congress until November after missing Friday's deadline agreed by FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation to expand the membership tier of Australian football.

After failing to facilitate an agreed model for a new congress with three key stakeholders, the FFA is running the risk of prompting intervention from world football's governing body, FIFA, which has mandated a reform of the governance and membership of the game in Australia.

Needs more time: FFA chairman Steven Lowy. Credit:Getty Images

The FFA issued a statement on Friday afternoon confirming the March 31 deadline for reaching an agreement for a new congress would not be met and removed a strict deadline on reaching an agreement. Despite FIFA and AFC approving the previous deadline, the FFA imposed no strict deadline for expanding its new congress, suggesting it must be operational by November's annual general meeting in Sydney.

"We will continue to facilitate the dialogue to push for a resolution of these discussions but all stakeholders recognise that the issues require careful examination on a number of levels. Our next annual congress meeting is due in November 2017 and we have agreed with FIFA and AFC to find a resolution with our stakeholders and to ensure there is an expanded FFA Congress at our AGM in November 2017," FFA chairman Steven Lowy said.