Deakin Stadium

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Deakin Stadium
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Deakin Stadium
Former namesDeakin Football Centre
LocationCorner of Grose St and Hannah Pl, Deakin, Australian Capital Territory
Coordinates 35°18′50″S149°6′20″E / 35.31389°S 149.10556°E / -35.31389; 149.10556
OwnerCanberra Deakin Football Club
Capacity 1,500
Record attendance2,782
SurfaceGrass
ScoreboardYes (small)
Construction
Built2005-08
Opened2008
Tenants
Canberra Croatia FC
Website
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Deakin Stadium is an association football ground located in the south-central Canberra suburb of Deakin, ACT. It is the home ground of Canberra Croatia FC in the NPL ACT. [1]

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Primary Use

Canberra FC are the primary tenants of Deakin Stadium. Canberra FC play home matches in the National Premier Leagues Capital Football at the stadium as well Capital Football Federation Cup matches.

Events history

2016 Canberra Olympic FFA Cup run

During 2016 the stadium was used by local ACT NPL club Canberra Olympic for their FFA Cup run. Olympic played their round of 32, [2] round of 16 [3] and quarter-final [4] matches at the stadium before moving to Viking Park in Tuggeranong for their semi-final match against A-league side Sydney FC. [5] The quarter final match was played on 27 September 2016 against Victorian NPL side Green Gully SC. The match attracted a crowd of 2,039 as Olympic pulled off a historic victory with a penalty conversion in the 95th minute of the match giving the home side a 1–0 victory. [6] [7]

2015 Asian Cup

Deakin Stadium was selected as one of three venues to be used as a training venue as part of the 2015 Asian Cup in the ACT along with host venue Canberra Stadium and the second training venue McKellar Park. The stadium received an upgrade to its lighting as part of the $650,000 ACT facility upgrade fund for the tournament. [8] South Korea was the primary team that used Deakin Stadium for closed training sessions during the tournament while they were base in Canberra. [9]

Canberra United FC

Deakin Stadium is used as an alternative venue for Canberra's W-League team. Canberra United. United normally play at McKellar Park in Canberra's north but every now and then they will play a game in Deakin. On 4 December 2010, A match between Canberra United and Adelaide United was abandoned at Deakin Stadium after sixty-eight minutes due to the referee declaring the pitch unplayable following a torrential rain burst. Canberra at the time was 4–0 up in front of 576 souls brave enough to brace the wet conditions. [10] In 2012 Canberra United played two matches at Deakin Stadium on the 5th and 8 December against Perth Glory and Newcastle Jets respectively. [11] [12]

A-League pre-season friendlies

Deakin Stadium has a long standing of hosting pre-season matches between Canberra FC and A-League opposition. The below table details these matches:

YearHome teamAway teamReference
2008 FFA Select colours icon.png ACT Rockets
(PL Select XI)		 CCMicon.png Central Coast Mariners [13]
2010 Canberra FC colours icon.png Canberra FC CCMicon.png Central Coast Mariners [14]
2011 Canberra FC colours icon.png Canberra FC CCMicon.png Central Coast Mariners [15]
2014 Canberra FC colours icon.png Canberra FC SYDicon.png Sydney FC [16]
2014 Canberra FC colours icon.png Canberra FC SydneyWanderersColours.png Western Sydney Wanderers [17]
2015 Canberra FC colours icon.png Canberra FC SydneyWanderersColours.png Western Sydney Wanderers [18] [19]
2016 Canberra FC colours icon.png Canberra FC SydneyWanderersColours.png Western Sydney Wanderers [20]
2017 Canberra Olympic FC colours icon.png Canberra Olympic NEWicon.png Newcastle United Jets [21]

Records

Record attendance: 2,782 (Canberra FC vs Canberra Olympic, 11 September 2016, NPL ACT Grand Final). [22]

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