At an extraordinary general meeting at the FFA HQ in Sydney today, the state federations backed a new constitution which redefines the way the FFA will operate.

Just two state federations sided with FFA chairman Steven Lowy's status quo, while eight voted in favour of the radical FIFA-instigated changes from the Congress Review Working Group.

A second vote to overhaul the way the A-League operates was carried 10-0, which will see it spin off as a whole new separate entity by March 31 next year.

The votes bring to an end three years of turmoil and will see wholesale change in the way the FFA is now run. 

Under the new system congress will be made up of four stakeholders, with 29 members, sharing 100 votes. It will see a women's council for the first time and pathway for fans to get a seat in congress too.

The new A-League structure has yet to be defined but will likely be a separate entity paying a clip of its income to the FFA for a licence to operate independently, with the percentage reviewed every three years.

The backers of the change insist the new set up will not affect the existing TV deal with Fox Sports.

However it will likely mean a delay in A-League expansion until the dust has settled on the new revised organisation.

It will also mean full public disclosure of FFA's accounts, starting almost immediately. It is expected they will be made available to those nominating for election next month.

Chairman Steven Lowy is expected to make a statement about his future within the next 30 minutes.