Modderfontein Stadium is a multi-use
stadium
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situated in
Modderfontein, which is a part of the
Johannesburg Municipality, in the
Gauteng province
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Situated on the Highveld, Gauteng is the smallest province by land area in South Africa. Although Gauteng accounts for only 1.5% of the coun ...
in
South Africa
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. Currently, it is mostly used to host
football
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matches.
Football related tenants
*In recent years, until 2009, the stadium was used as headquarters and training ground by
Platinum Stars F.C. Playing first in the
National First Division
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and later in
Premier Soccer League
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, the club however preferred to use some much bigger stadiums, as home venue for their professional league matches. In 2000-06 the club used the
Peter Mokaba Stadium
The Peter Mokaba Stadium is a football and rugby union stadium in Polokwane (formerly Pietersburg), South Africa, that was used for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. It has a capacity to host 45,500 spectators but for the purposes of the 2010 FIFA World ...
in
as home venue, and for subsequent years they have been playing at the
Royal Bafokeng Stadium
The Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace is a football, rugby and athletics stadium in Phokeng near Rustenburg, South Africa. It was built and is managed by the Royal Bafokeng Nation. It was used as the home stadium for Premier Soccer League club P ...
in
Phokeng
Phokeng is a town in Rustenburg of the North West province of South Africa. It is the capital of the Royal Bafokeng Nation. Historically, it was known as ''Magatostad'' among white South Africans.
Etymology
Phokeng gained its name from the Sesot ...
.
*When
Highlands Park FC
Highlands Park Football Club are a South African professional soccer club who played in Modderfontein, Johannesburg. They were founded in 2003 as a phoenix club to the earlier Highlands Park F.C. (1959) and Highlands Park F.C. (1990) The cl ...
won promotion for
Vodacom League
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in June 2007, the club decided to move their training and home venue to the Modderfontein Sports Club. As of June 2011, this is still the home venue of the club.
*2012, a new era of sports club is born in Modderfontein. New indoor football facilities will be built in 2012, as well as revitalising the new sports club in the hope of getting this heritage rich club back to where it belongs. Multi sports will be added to the existing
Club which include squash, basketball, cricket, netball, outdoor football, plus the addition of sports bar, new restaurant facilities and conference centre.
Sports venues in Johannesburg
Soccer venues in South Africa
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