List of soccer stadiums in Australia

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This is a list of soccer stadiums in Australia , ranked in descending order of capacity. There is an extremely large number of soccer stadiums and pitches in Australia, and a definitive list of stadium would be impossible to produce. This list therefore includes:

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Existing stadiums

StadiumImageCityCapacityTeam(s)Notes
Melbourne Cricket Ground CG-MelbCricketGround-Pano.jpg Melbourne 100,024 [1] Australia men's national soccer team
Australia women's national soccer team
Stadium Australia 2022 NRLGF stadium.jpg Sydney 83,500 [2] Australia men's national soccer team
Australia women's national soccer team
Commercially known as Accor Stadium.
Docklands Stadium TelstraDomeDocklands.jpg Melbourne 56,347 [3] Australia men's national soccer team
Australia women's national soccer team
Commercially known as Marvel Stadium.
Adelaide Oval Completed Adelaide Oval 2014 - cropped and rotated.jpg Adelaide 53,500 [4] Australia men's national soccer team
Lang Park Suncorpstadium071006a.JPG Brisbane 52,500 [5] Australia men's national soccer team
Australia women's national soccer team
Brisbane Roar
Commercially known as Suncorp Stadium.
Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre QSAC2009-01.jpg Brisbane 48,500 [6] Australia women's national soccer team
Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney Cricket Ground (24509044622).jpg Sydney 48,000 [7] Australia men's national soccer team
Sydney Football Stadium SydneyFootballStadium Aug2022 Pre-open.jpg Sydney 42,500 [8] Australia women's national soccer team
Sydney FC
Commercially known as Allianz Stadium.
The Gabba The Gabba Panorama.jpg Brisbane 42,500 [9] Australia men's national soccer team
Kardinia Park Kardinia Park October 2019 Western United v Perth Glory.jpg Geelong 36,000 [10] Australia women's national soccer team Commercially known as GMHBA Stadium.
Melbourne Rectangular Stadium AAMI Park 2015 AFC Asian Cup Iran v Bahrain.jpg Melbourne 30,000 [11] Australia men's national soccer team
Australia women's national soccer team
Melbourne City
Melbourne Victory
Commercially known as AAMI Park.
Newcastle International Sports Centre Ausgrid Stadium.jpg Newcastle 30,000 [12] Australia men's national soccer team
Australia women's national soccer team
Newcastle Jets
Commercially known as McDonald Jones Stadium.
Western Sydney Stadium View Inside Western Sydney Stadium on Opening Day.jpg Sydney 30,000 [13] Australia men's national soccer team
Australia women's national soccer team
Western Sydney Wanderers
Commercially known as CommBank Stadium.
Canberra Stadium BruceStadium19032005.JPG Canberra 25,000 [14] Australia men's national soccer team
Australia women's national soccer team
Commercially known as GIO Stadium.
Penrith Stadium The main grandstand at Penrith Stadium in 2021.jpg Penrith 22,500 [15] Australia women's national soccer team Commercially known as BlueBet Stadium.
Wollongong Showground WIN STADIUM, Wollongong.jpg Wollongong 22,000 [16] Australia women's national soccer team
Wollongong Wolves
Commercially known as WIN Stadium.
Perth Rectangular Stadium Perth Oval Panorama January 2017.jpg Perth 20,500 [17] Australia men's national soccer team
Australia women's national soccer team
Perth Glory
Commercially known as HBF Park.
Central Coast Stadium Centralcoast stadium.jpg Gosford 20,059 [18] Australia men's national soccer team
Australia women's national soccer team
Central Coast Mariners
Commercially known as Industree Group Stadium.
Jubilee Oval OKI Jubilee Grandstand.jpg Sydney 20,000 [19] Australia women's national soccer team
Sydney FC ALW
Commercially known as Netstrata Jubilee Stadium.
Leichhardt Oval Leichhardt Oval Football Stadium (3).jpg Sydney 20,000 [20] Australia men's national soccer team
Australia women's national soccer team
WACA Ground 3rd Test, Perth, 15Dec2006.jpg Perth 20,000 [21] Australia men's national soccer team
Campbelltown Stadium Campbelltown Sports Stadium.jpg Sydney 17,500 [22] Australia women's national soccer team
Macarthur FC
Belmore Sports Ground Belmore Sports Ground Main Grandstand 2022.jpg Sydney 17,000 [23] Sydney Olympic
Hindmarsh Stadium HindmarshStadium.JPG Adelaide 16,500 [24] Australia men's national soccer team
Australia women's national soccer team
Adelaide United
Commercially known as Coopers Stadium.
Manuka Oval Manuka Oval.JPG Canberra 16,000 [25] Australia men's national soccer team
Australia women's national soccer team
Knights Stadium Knights Stadium.jpg Melbourne 15,000 [26] Melbourne Knights
Norwood Oval Norwood Oval NAB cup.jpg Adelaide 15,000 [27] Australia men's national soccer team Commercially known as Coopers Stadium.
Seiffert Oval Queanbeyan 15,000 [28] Canberra United
Carrington Park Bathurst 13,000 [29] Australia women's national soccer team
Lakeside Stadium Lakeside Stadium - Melbourne -01.jpg Melbourne 12,000 [30] Australia men's national soccer team
Australia women's national soccer team
South Melbourne
Latrobe City Stadium Morwell 12,000 [31] Falcons 2000
Lavington Sports Ground Lavington Sports Ground, pre-game, 9 February 2014.jpg Albury 12,000 [32] Australia women's national soccer team
Olympic Village Melbourne 12,000 [33] Heidelberg United
St George Stadium St. George Soccer Stadium 2008.jpg Sydney 12,000 [34] Australia men's national soccer team
St George
Coffs Harbour International Stadium Coffs Harbour 10,000 [35] Australia men's national soccer team
Australia women's national soccer team
Epping Stadium Melbourne 10,000 [36] Brunswick Juventus
Green Gully Reserve Melbourne 10,000 [37] Green Gully
Melita Stadium Sydney 10,000 [38] Parramatta
Newcastle Number 1 Sports Ground Newcastle 10,000 [39] Australia men's national soccer team
North Sydney Oval Starlight cinema at North Sydney Oval.jpg Sydney 10,000 [40] Australia women's national soccer team
Queen Elizabeth Oval Bendigo 10,000 [41] Australia men's national soccer team
Sunshine Coast Stadium Sunshine Coast Stadium.jpg Brisbane 10,000 [42] Australia women's national soccer team
Sydney United Sports Centre Boka Stand.jpg Sydney 10,000 [43] Sydney United 58
Casey Fields Casey Fields VFL Oval.jpg Melbourne 9,000 [44] Melbourne City ALW
Clive Berghofer Stadium Toowoomba 9,000 [45] Toowoomba Raiders
Marconi Stadium Sydney 9,000 [46] Australia women's national soccer team
Marconi Stallions
Western Sydney Wanderers ALW
Robertson Oval Wagga Wagga 9,000 [47] Australia women's national soccer team
Morshead Park Ballarat 8,500 [48] Australia women's national soccer team
Ballarat City
Western United ALW
Oakes Oval Lismore 8,500 [49] Australia women's national soccer team
Ballymore Stadium Brisbane 8,000 [50] Australia women's national soccer team
Brisbane Roar ALW
Kensington Oval Adelaide 8,000 [51] Australia men's national soccer team
Lambert Park Lambert Park, Leichhardt.jpg Sydney 7,000 [52] APIA Leichhardt
State Centre for Football Adelaide 7,000 [53] Adelaide Comets
Adelaide United ALW
Commercially known as ServiceFM Stadium.
Ilinden Sports Centre Sydney 6,000 [54] Rockdale Ilinden
Darwin Football Stadium Darwin 6,000 [55] Darwin Olympic
Marden Sports Complex Adelaide 6,000 [56] Australia men's national soccer team
Australia women's national soccer team
Adelaide Blue Eagles
Inglewood Stadium Perth 5,536 [57] Inglewood United
Bonnyrigg Sports Club Sydney 5,000 [58] Bonnyrigg White Eagles
B.T. Connor Reserve Melbourne 5,000 [59] Preston Lions
Cromer Park Cromer Park Synthetic Playing Surface completed.jpg Sydney 5,000 [60] Manly United
Sydney FC ALW
Gabbie Stadium Sydney 5,000 [61] Blacktown City
Hills United
Gungahlin Enclosed Oval Gungahlin 5,000 [62] Gungahlin United
Jack McLaughlin Oval Newcastle 5,000 [63] Edgeworth
Lions Stadium Brisbane 5,000 [64] Lions FC
Litis Stadium Litis stadium gnangarra 01.JPG Perth 5,000 [65] Floreat Athena
Newcastle Number 2 Sports Ground Newcastle 5,000 [66] Newcastle Jets ALW
Percy Doyle Reserve Perth 5,000 [67] Sorrento FC
Joondalup United
Perry Park Perrypark.jpg Brisbane 5,000 [68] Australia women's national soccer team
Brisbane Strikers
Seymour Shaw Park Sydney 5,000 [69] Australia women's national soccer team
Sutherland Sharks
Spencer Park Brisbane 5,000 [70] Australia women's national soccer team
Brisbane City
Summit Sports Park Mount Barker 5,000 [71] Mount Barker United
Other Listed Stadiums
Macedonia Park Macedonia Park Stirling.jpg Perth 4,000 [72] Stirling Macedonia
Perth Glory ALW
Under 5,000, used by Perth Glory in the A-League Women
Valentine Sports Park Sydney 4,000 [73] Australia women's national soccer team Under 5,000, used by the Australia women's national soccer team.
McKellar Park Canberra 3,500 [74] Australia women's national soccer team
Belconnen United
Canberra United
Under 5,000, used by the Australia women's national soccer team and Canberra United.
City Vista Recreation Reserve Melbourne 3,000 [75] Caroline Springs George Cross
Western United ALW
Under 5,000, used by Western United in the A-League Women.
The Home of the Matildas Melbourne 3,000 Melbourne Victory ALW Under 5,000, used by Melbourne Victory in the A-League Women.
The Gardens Greyhound and Sporting Complex Newcastle 2,000 [76] Australia men's national soccer team
Australia women's national soccer team
Under 5,000, used by the Australia men's national soccer team and Australia women's national soccer team.
SS Anderson Reserve Melbourne 1,000 [77] Australia women's national soccer team
Port Melbourne
Under 5,000, used by the Australia women's national soccer team.
Wanderers Football Park Sydney 1,000 [78] Blacktown Spartans
Western Sydney Wanderers ALW
Under 5,000, used by Western Sydney Wanderers in the A-League Women.

Future stadiums

Stadiums which are currently in development include:

StadiumCapacityCityClubNotes
Wyndham City Stadium c. 15,000 Melbourne Western United In March 2022, construction of the first two phases of stadium expansion began [79] starting with a 5,000 capacity training facility to be built, before completing the full capacity venue. [80]
Kilburn Sportsplex c. 5,000 Adelaide West Adelaide [81]

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