History
The stadium has a capacity of 11,500 and was built in 1972. The stadium was originally built as home of the NSL club Marconi Stallions. The stadium has hosted rugby league internationals in the past,now Marconi Stadium hosts NSW Premier League matches the competition in which the Stallions compete in.Marconi Stadium hosted the 2006 NSW Premier League final between Sydney United and Blacktown City Demons.
In November 2006 Berti Mariani ran for election to the board, on a platform of Marconi making a bid to join the A-League, and rebuilding Marconi Stadium into suitable venue. . As Mariani was not elected, there are no current plans to rebuild the ground.
The venue was used for a Socceroos training camp as part of their preparation for their 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign.
Also recently the stadium hosted a match in which Chelsea legend Gianfranco Zola made a guest appearance in a game between APIA Leichhardt and the Marconi Stallions. In the first half of the game he played for Marconi, and in the second half he played for APIA. He failed to score a goal.
In 2009, the stadium hosted the rugby league Mediterranean Cup in October.
The ground record crowd for Marconi Stadium was set in 1993 when 14,220 fans attended to see the Young Socceroos take on Brazil U/20's in a warm up game for the 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship held in Australia later that year.
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