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| Address | Sayers Road, Tarneit, Victoria, Australia |
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| Coordinates | 37°50′30″S144°37′47″E / 37.84167°S 144.62972°E |
| Owner | Western United FC |
| Type | Soccer-specific stadium |
| Capacity | 15,000 |
| Field shape | Rectangular |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | October 2021 |
| Built | October 2021 |
| Opened | 2026 (scheduled) |
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| Western United | |
Wyndham City Stadium is a proposed soccer stadium in Tarneit, Victoria, Australia. It is scheduled to open in 2026 as the home ground of Western United FC.
As part of its successful bid to enter the A-League in 2019, Western United FC committed to build a 15,000 seat soccer-specific stadium in Tarneit to the west of Melbourne. [1] It will be the first major venue in Australia to be exclusively owned and operated by an A-League club, being funded through value capture. [2] [3]
A training facility will be built adjacent to the new stadium. [4] Early works on the site commenced in October 2021. [5] [6] It is scheduled for completion in 2024. [7] [8]
On 29 May 2022, Western United chief executive Chris Pehlivanis revealed the current timeline for the stadium is for it to be ready in time for the 2025–26 A-League season. [9] Pehlivanis also confirmed that Western United would begin to play home games at their training base from the 2023–24 A-League season, once the 5,000 seat training facility is built, before moving to the completed main stadium two years later. [9]
Wyndham City Council will hold naming rights for the stadium for a 22-year term in a deal valued at $10.4 million. [10]
An update on the stadium timeline was given in January 2024. Western United chairman Jason Sourasis stated that construction should begin mid-to-late 2024, with completion in time for the 2026-27 A League season. [11]
The Wyndham Regional Football Facility (interim name [12] ) is a rectangular facility currently under construction in Tarneit in Melbourne's west. The facility is being built adjacent to the proposed Wyndham City Stadium and will have a spectator capacity of up to 5,000. [13]
The Wyndham Regional Football Facility will primarily serve as the training base for A-League club Western United. The club will also play home games at the venue until its new stadium opens, also hosting Women's, NPL and academy teams. The facility is being jointly funded and developed by Wyndham City Council and the Western Melbourne Group with shared community facilities. [13]
The Wyndham Regional Football Facility features three training pitches (two turf and one synthetic), a main training pitch with professional-grade surface with capacity for 5,000 spectators, including a grandstand, a pavilion with training and gym facilities, function and media spaces, change rooms, staff facilities, kiosks, public toilets and first aid room. [13]
Western United will begin to play home games at their training base from the 2023–24 A-League season, once the 5,000 seat training facility is built, before moving to the completed main stadium two years later. [9] The Club assured fans that they were "working tirelessly" behind the scenes to enable as many home matches as possible to be played at the Regional Football Facility (RFF) during the season. [14]
In December 2023, the Wyndham City Council launched a poll to determine an official name for the Regional Football Facility. The options presented were Davis Park or Ironbark Fields. The final name is scheduled to be adopted in May 2024. [12]
On 13 February 2024, it was announced that the Wyndham Regional Football Facility would host the A-League Women match between Western United and Newcastle Jets on 17 March 2024, with Victoria Premier League 1 and A-League Men matches to follow. [15] [16] [17] [18]
The Wyndham Regional Football Facility hosted its inaugural professional football match on 17 March 2024, when Western United hosted the Newcastle Jets in an A-League Women fixture. In front of a crowd of 2,040, the Newcastle Jets won 3-1, with Libby Copus-Brown scoring the first professional goal at the ground in the match's 4th minute, while Aimee Medwin scored Western United's first goal at the ground in the match's 20th minute.
The Wyndham Regional Football Facility hosted its inaugural A-League Men match on 6 April 2024, when Western United FC hosted Macarthur FC. In front of a crowd of 3,430, Western United won 4-2, with Valère Germain scoring the first A-League Men goal at the ground with a 17th minute penalty, while Riku Danzaki scored Western United's first goal at the ground in the match's 52nd minute.
The Wyndham Regional Football Facility hosted its inaugural professional football finals match on 13 April 2024, when Western United hosted the Newcastle Jets in an 2024 A-League Women finals series elimination final. In front of a crowd of 3,370, the Newcastle Jets won the match 4-2 after extra time, with Sarina Bolden scoring the first professional finals goal at the ground in the match's 4th minute, while Alana Cerne scored Western United's first finals goal at the ground in the match's 22nd minute.
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The history of Western United Football Club covers the time from the club's foundation to their first three seasons in the A-League Men. Western United Football Club was founded in 2018 as Western Melbourne in a bidding process to expand the number of teams in the A-League for the 2019–20 season. They were chosen as one of two new A-League clubs along with Macarthur FC, who would enter the competition a season later for the 2020–21 A-League season. Western United's first season had the club finish 5th and progress to the semi-finals.
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The 2023–24 A-League Men, known as the Isuzu UTE A-League for sponsorship reasons, is the 47th season of national level men's soccer in Australia, and the 19th since the establishment of the competition as the A-League in 2004. This season is expected to be the last as a 12 team competition, with expansion to 14 teams from 2024–25 with the inclusion of Auckland FC and another club yet to be confirmed.
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