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Sydney FC Sydney Football Club, commonly known as Sydney FC, is a professional association football, soccer club based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. They compete in the top-tier men's league in Australia, the A-League Men. Established in 2004, ...

, located in the sporting precinct of

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. The club has based its training and academy facilities at Macquarie University since 2007.

History

Sydney FC has been a long-term tenant of the university, having based its training facilities out of the University's sporting fields since 2007. In 2019 former CEO

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announced that the club would be transitioning into new facilities, either at the university or in the sporting precinct of Moore Park, adjacent to the

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In May 2021 it was announced that the club would be extending its partnership with Macquarie University on a 25-year lease, with the construction of the centre of excellence to begin shortly thereafter, with the club choosing to stay at the university over other sites in Moore Park, Tempe,

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and Leichhardt. The construction of the centre of excellence was partially funded by the

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under its Centre of Excellence Grant scheme with the club receiving $5 million towards the program.

Facilities

The facility is used by the Sydney FC men's, women's, and National Premier League teams, in addition to both the men's and women's Academy. The elite facility includes 3 full sized training fields, including a marquee pitch with grandstand facilities, high tech training and medical facilities, gender inclusive change rooms, hot and cold recovery aquatic pools, and a multi-purpose lecture theatre. In addition, within the administrative section of the main building there is a museum hosting the club history and trophy displays.

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