Modderfontein Stadium is a multi-use

stadium A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand o ...

situated in Modderfontein, which is a part of the

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, in the Gauteng province in South Africa. Currently, it is mostly used to host

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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. Platinum Stars was a South African football club based in Phokeng near Rustenburg, North West Province that played in the Premier Soccer League. The club was nicknamed ''Dikwena'', the Tswana name for ''Crocodiles''. The team's best finish i ...

Playing first in the

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and later in Premier Soccer League, 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 of 45,500 but for the purposes of the 2010 FIFA World Cup the seating cap ...

in Polokwane 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 Plati ...

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. *When Highlands Park FC won promotion for

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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 {{SouthAfrica-sports-venue-stub