About the SFS

Before the stadium

Originally there was a Sydney Sports Ground which had two grandstands and a grass hill for people to sit and watch the sports. It opened in 1911 and it closed in 1986 because it was getting old and would be replaced with the Sydney Football Stadium. Even Pele played there in 1972 againts the Socceroos and the score was 2-2. Here is a picture of the Sydney Sports Ground in 1937.

The old stadium

The old stadium started being built in 1986 and was finished in 1988. It cost $68 million to build. 45,500 people can fit in the Sydney Stadium. The NSW government owns it and the Sydney Cricket Ground Trust runs it. Allianz is the sponsor of the stadium. It closed in 2018 to be knocked down.