Sydney Football Stadium
Sydney Football Stadium is a stadium in Sydney, Australia that opened in 1986. Its recorded capacity is 45,500.
Key facts
Sydney Football Stadium is a stadium in Sydney, Australia that opened in 1986. Its recorded capacity is 45,500. It is owned by Government of New South Wales and Government of New South Wales. It is operated by Venues NSW. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are Rugby league, Sydney Roosters South Sydney Rabbitohs New South Wales rugby league team St George Illawarra Dragons Wests Tigers, Others, New South Wales Waratahs Sydney FC Australian Sevens, Sydney FC, New South Wales Waratahs, 2003 Rugby World Cup, Sydney Roosters, Sydney FC.
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Type
- Stadium
- Capacity
- 45,500
- Opened
- 1986
- Status
- Demolished
- Current owner
- Government of New South Wales, Government of New South Wales
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
- Playing surface
- Natural grass
Sydney Football Stadium is at latitude -33.889167, longitude 151.225278, in Sydney, Australia. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.
Data table for this chart
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Latitude | -33.889167 |
| Longitude | 151.225278 |
| City | Sydney |
| Region | Sydney |
| Country | Australia |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Technology
| Feature | Recorded as | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface | Natural grass | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
See the venue technology guides for how these work.
Naming rights
No naming history is recorded for this venue.
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Government of New South Wales | 1986 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Owner | Government of New South Wales | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Operator | Venues NSW | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rugby league | National Rugby League | Present | Current | Source |
| Sydney Roosters South Sydney Rabbitohs New South Wales rugby league team St George Illawarra Dragons Wests Tigers | National Rugby League | Present | Current | Source |
| Others | National Rugby League | Present | Current | Source |
| New South Wales Waratahs Sydney FC Australian Sevens | National Rugby League | Present | Current | Source |
| Sydney FC | National Rugby League | 1986 to present | Current | Source |
| New South Wales Waratahs | National Rugby League | 1986 to present | Current | Source |
| 2003 Rugby World Cup | National Rugby League | 1986 to present | Current | Source |
| Sydney Roosters | National Rugby League | 1986 to present | Current | Source |
| Sydney FC | National Rugby League | 1986 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
16 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.
| Date | Table | Field | From | To | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 October 2026 | venue_features | (created) | not set | 122 | 2026-10 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_competitions | (created) | not set | 886 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372237710 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Sydney_Football_Stadium_(1988) | Sydney Football Stadium (1988) | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 16166 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 16165 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 16164 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 16163 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 16162 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 16161 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 571 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 570 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 569 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 568 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 567 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 566 | 2026-09 |
Sources and licenses
Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The site as a whole is built from these sources:
- Wikidata: CC0 1.0. Data from Wikidata, released under CC0 1.0 Universal.
- OpenStreetMap: ODbL 1.0. © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0). See https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright.
- Wikipedia: CC BY-SA 4.0. Text from Wikipedia, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.
Row-level sources used for this venue: