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{{Sport overview
| noncountry            = Australian Capital Territory
| sport                 = soccer
| image                	= Caitlin Munoz Canberra.jpg
| imagesize             = 230px
| caption              	= Caitlin Munoz playing for Canberra United
| union                	= [[Capital Football]]  
| nickname              = 
| first                 = 19 August 1910, Ginninderra Showground, [[Ginninderra]]{{citation needed|date=September 2021}}
| registered            = 28,916<ref name="participation 2023/24" /> 
| clubs                 =  
| match                 = '''20,032''' (5 March 2009).  [[2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification]] [[Australia men's national soccer team|Australia]] v [[Kuwait national football team|Kuwait]] ([[Canberra Stadium|Bruce Stadium]], [[Canberra]])<ref>{{cite news| newspaper=[[The Brisbane Times]]| title=Kuwait humiliate Socceroos| first=Michael| last=Cockerill| url=http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/sport/football/kuwait-humiliate-socceroos/2009/03/05/1235842616444.html|date=2009-03-06| access-date=2017-03-22}}</ref>
| league                = 
| national_list        	= 
* [[A-League Women]]
* [[Y-League]]
* [[FFA Cup]]
| club_list             =
* [[National Premier Leagues Capital Football|NPL Capital Football]]
* [[Capital Premier League (ACT)|Capital Premier League]]
* [[Capital Football State League]]
* [[Capital Football Federation Cup|Federation Cup]]
| intl_list             = 
* [[Kanga Cup]]
}}

'''[[Soccer]] in the [[Australian Capital Territory]]''' is predominantly [[amateur]] with a local, interstate, national and international history. Soccer in the ACT is organised and administered by [[Capital Football]] and involves teams from within the ACT and surrounding [[New South Wales|NSW]] regions, [[Monaro, New South Wales|Monaro]], [[Southern Tablelands]] and [[Riverina]].

==Participation==
{| class="sortable wikitable"
! colspan="2" | Registered players
|-
! colspan="1" | 2019 || 2023/24
|-
|| 25,905<ref name="participation 2022">[https://app.powerbi.com/view?r=eyJrIjoiMDQ3NjFlN2MtMDNlYi00OTI3LTliMTEtM2QwODJkOGQ4MTdjIiwidCI6IjhkMmUwZjRjLTU1ZjItNGNiMS04ZWU3LWRhNWRkM2ZmMzYwMCJ9 Ausplay Snapshot by State 2023]</ref>
|| 28,916<ref name="participation 2023/24">{{Cite web | url=https://www.clearinghouseforsport.gov.au/research/ausplay/results#data_tables_br_july_2023_june_2024 | title=AusPlay results | first=Australian Sports Commission; jurisdiction=Commonwealth of Australia; corporateName=Australian Sports | last=Commission | website=Sport Australia | access-date=2024-11-05}}</ref>
|}

==National competition==
===Current===
[[Canberra United FC]] (CUFC) compete in the elite national women's competition, the [[A-League Women]] (formerly known as the W-League). CUFC was established in 2008 by Capital Football and is one of eight founding members of the league. United is the only A-League Women team not affiliated with an [[A-League Men]] team.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,24089401-23215,00.html|title=W-League to debut in October|date=2008-07-28|access-date=2008-07-30|work=[[Fox Sports (Australia)|Fox Sports]]}}</ref>

{{further|Canberra United FC}}
<br />
Since 2014, [[Canberra]], through Capital Football, has been granted one qualification place for the round of 32 of every [[FFA Cup]] annual national tournament.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.theffacup.com.au/about/faqs/rgiczukl1gwh1puacwa2pizdo | title = FAQs: 1. How are the slots for the Round of 32 Decided? | publisher=www.theffacup.com.au | access-date = 2017-03-27 }}</ref> The [[Capital Football Federation Cup]] is the qualification process for ACT clubs to qualify for the FFA Cup, with the winner of the Cup qualifying. As of [[2018 Capital Football season|2018]], the following ACT teams have qualified and competed in the FFA Cup:

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|+ style="background:#00A2DA; color: black;"| ACT (Capital Football) FFA Cup all-time record
|-
! colspan="2"; style="background: rgb(196,196,196) |Representative
! colspan="2"; style="background: rgb(196,196,196) |Result
! colspan="5"; style="background: rgb(196,196,196) |Rounds
|-
! width="40px"  |Season
! width="160px" |Team
! width="80px"  |Entered
! width="80px"  |Position
! width="200px" |{{Tooltip|Round of 32|Round of 32 match details}}
! width="180px" |{{Tooltip|Round of 16|Round of 16 match details}}
! width="160px" |{{Tooltip|Quarter final|Quarter final match details}}
! width="160px" |{{Tooltip|Semi final|Semi final match details}}
! width="160px" |{{Tooltip|Final|Final match details}}
|-
| [[2014 FFA Cup|2014]] || align="left"|[[Tuggeranong United FC|Tuggeranong United]] || Round 32 || Round 16 || align="left"|Won 5–4 ([[South Hobart FC|South Hobart]]) || align="left"|Lost 0–6 ([[Melbourne Victory FC|Melbourne Victory]]) || – || – || –
|-
| [[2015 FFA Cup|2015]] || align="left"|[[Gungahlin United FC|Gungahlin United]] || Round 32 || Round 32 || align="left"|Lost 0–1 ([[Sydney Olympic FC|Sydney Olympic]]) || – || – || – || –
|-
|[[2016 FFA Cup|2016]] || style="text-align:left;"|[[Canberra Olympic FC|Canberra Olympic]] || Round 32 || Semi finals || align="left"|Won 1–0 ([[Surfers Paradise Apollo SC|Surfers Paradise]]) || align="left"|Won 2–0 ([[Redlands United FC|Redlands United]]) || align="left"|Won 1–0 ([[Green Gully SC|Green Gully]]) || align="left"|Lost 0–3 ([[Sydney FC]]) || –
|-
|[[2017 FFA Cup|2017]] || style="text-align:left;"|Canberra Olympic || Round 32 || Round 32 || align="left"|Lost 1–0 ([[Sorrento FC]]) || – || – || – || –
|-
|[[2018 FFA Cup|2018]] || style="text-align:left;"|[[Canberra FC]] || Round 32 || Round 32 || align="left"|Lost 1–4 ([[Broadmeadow Magic FC|Broadmeadow Magic]]) || – || – || – || –
|-
|[[2019 FFA Cup|2019]] || style="text-align:left;"|[[Cooma FC|Tigers FC]] || Round 32 || Round 32 || align="left"|Lost 0–2 ([[Hume City FC|Hume City]]) || – || – || – || –
|-
|}

{{further|FFA Cup}}
<br />
[[Central Coast Mariners]] (CCM), in an effort to secure the Canberra region as a catchment for the regional team,  but has moved home A-League fixtures away from their [[Central Coast Stadium|normal stadium]] in [[Gosford]] to [[Canberra Stadium|Bruce Stadium]] in Canberra in both 2009 and 2016. During the [[2009–10 A-League|2009–10 A-League season]], CCM played [[Perth Glory]] in September and [[Adelaide United]] in October at Bruce Stadium in front of crowds ranging from 5,100 and 5,500. In 2016, CCM entered into an agreement with the [[ACT Government]] to play [[Wellington Phoenix]] and Adelaide United in Canberra during the [[2016–17 A-League|2016–17 season]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/article/2016/04/29/canberra-host-mariners-league-game-next-season | title = Canberra to host Mariners' A-League game next season | publisher=www.theworldgame.sbs.com.au | first=Nick | last=Houghton | date=2016-04-29 | access-date = 2017-03-26 }}</ref> The Phoenix was chosen due to Canberra and Wellington's sister-city partnership. Adelaide United was chosen as they were the defending champions of the A-league at the time. Both matches were coordinated with Canberra's W-League team, Canberra United, to create double header match-day events.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/central-coast-mariners-shift-two-aleague-games-to-canberra-for-201617-season-20160609-gpf4y1.html | title = Central Coast Mariners want to copy GWS Giants with Canberra partnership | newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] | first=Chris | last=Dutton | date=2016-06-09 | access-date = 2017-03-26 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable collapsible" style="text-align:left; width:60%"
! colspan="8"| Central Coast Mariners Canberra A-League Matches
|-
!{{Tooltip|Ref|Reference}}
!Date
!Time ([[Time in Australia|UTC+11]])
!Home Team
!{{Tooltip|Res|Result}}
!Away Team
!Ground
!Attendance
|-
|<ref name="2009CBRRESULTS">{{cite news | url = http://www.canberratimes.com.au/sport/act-sport/central-coast-mariners-bring-preseason-trip-to-canberra-for-busy-week-of-friendlies-20150813-giykq1.html | title = Central Coast Mariners bring pre-season trip to Canberra for busy week of friendlies | newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] | first=Lee | last=Gaskin | date=2015-08-14 | access-date = 2017-03-27 }}</ref>||4 September 2009||20:00||[[Central Coast Mariners FC|Central Coast Mariners]] ||style="text-align:center;"|2–1 ||[[Perth Glory FC|Perth Glory]] ||style="text-align:center;"|[[Canberra Stadium|Bruce Stadium]] ||style="text-align:center;"|5,193
|-
|<ref name="2009CBRRESULTS"/>||31 October 2009||19:00||Central Coast Mariners ||style="text-align:center;"|0–0 ||[[Adelaide United FC|Adelaide United]] ||style="text-align:center;"|Bruce Stadium ||style="text-align:center;"|5,437
|-
|<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/aleague-wellington-phoenix-beat-central-coast-mariners-at-canberra-stadium-20161112-gsnvti.html | title = A-League: Wellington Phoenix beat Central Coast Mariners at Canberra Stadium  | newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] | first=David | last=Polkinghorne | date=2016-11-12 | access-date = 2017-03-26 }}</ref>||12 November 2016||17:35||Central Coast Mariners ||style="text-align:center;"|0–2 ||[[Wellington Phoenix FC|Wellington Phoenix]] ||style="text-align:center;"|Bruce Stadium ||style="text-align:center;"|5,497
|-
|<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-06/mariners-turn-season-around-with-reds-win/8243190 | title = Central Coast Mariners seal second straight win, beating Adelaide United 2–1 in Canberra | publisher=[[ABC News Australia]] | date=2017-02-06 | access-date = 2017-03-26 }}</ref>||5 February 2017||17:00||Central Coast Mariners ||style="text-align:center;"|2–1 ||Adelaide United ||style="text-align:center;"|Bruce Stadium ||style="text-align:center;"|5,072
|}

{{further|Central Coast Mariners FC}}

===Previous===
'''Former NSL clubs'''<br />
Two Canberra clubs have competed in the now defunct [[National Soccer League]] (NSL). [[Canberra City FC|Canberra City]] (then known as Canberra Arrows) competed in the NSL between 1977 and 1986 and [[Canberra Cosmos]] between 1995 and 2001. The [[Queanbeyan]] based Capital Football affiliated club, [[Monaro Panthers FC|Inter Monaro]] (now known as Monaro Panthers) also competed in the NSL between 1985 and 1986. All three clubs shared limited success in the NSL but the Arrows did attract Australian national team legend [[Johnny Warren]] as manager of the club during this period as well as giving then future Socceroo and national team manager [[Frank Farina]] his first senior soccer debut. The Cosmos attracted the Australian national team captain at the time, [[Paul Wade]], when they joined the NSL as well as nurturing a number of future Socceroos including [[Jason Polak]], [[Robbie Hooker]], [[John Markovski]], [[Nik Mrdja]], [[Lindsay Wilson (footballer)|Lindsay Wilson]] and [[Vince Grella]]. The Cosmos were also led by Sport Australia Hall of Famer and former national team manager, [[Rale Rasic]] for two seasons.

{{further|Canberra City FC}}
{{further|Canberra Cosmos FC}}
{{further|Monaro Panthers FC}}
<br />
'''Former Women's NSL clubs'''<br />
The [[Canberra Eclipse]] competed in the [[Women's National Soccer League]] from formation in 1996 till folding in 2004.  The team played home matches out of [[West Belconnen Leagues Club]] and the [[Australian Institute of Sport|AIS]] in [[Belconnen]]. Similar to the other five teams in the national competition, the Eclipse had an alternative name, the ACT Academy of Sports. The Canberra Eclipse won the league in 2001–02, beating NSW Sapphires 1–0 in the grand final. Canberra also finished runner-up in 1998–99 when the Eclipse lost 0–2 to SASI Pirates. Australian internationals, [[Lisa Casagrande]] and [[Caitlin Munoz]] both won league Golden Boots in 98–99 and 01-02 respectively in Eclipse jerseys.  Other Australian internationals to represent the Eclipse include [[Ellie Brush]] and [[Amy Duggan|Amy Taylor]].

{{further|Women's National Soccer League}}
<br />
'''Failed A-League4Canberra bid'''<br />
In July 2008 [[TransACT]] CEO, Ivan Slavich, formally established the A-League4Canberra bid organisation along with other key local business identities. The organisations goal was to obtain an A-league licence for the Canberra region.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.fourfourtwo.com.au/news/no-canberra-club-is-crazy-116274 | title = No Canberra Club 'Is Crazy' | publisher=www.fourfourtwo.com.au | first=Jon | last=Ritson | date=2008-08-08 | access-date = 2017-03-26 }}</ref> The A-League4Canberra bid officially launched 11 December 2008 at Jerrabomberra Primary School, headed by Ivan Slavich alongside Canberra United player [[Ellie Brush]] and Member for Eden-Monaro, [[Mike Kelly (Australian politician)|Mike Kelly]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.canberraunited.com.au/article/canberra-united-supports-local-a-league-regional-campaign/z6bspcrgr8091cnue4hflgigy | title = Canberra United supports local A-League regional campaign | publisher=www.canberraunited.com.au | date=2008-12-11 | access-date = 2017-03-26 }}</ref> A-League4Canberra quickly secured ACT Government support for their bid in 2009 with the ACT Labor Government committing $2.5 million towards the bid.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://info.cmcd.act.gov.au/archived-media-releases/mediabbe9.html?v=7885&s=164 | title = Joy Burch and Ivan Slavich urge Canberrans to pledge their support for an A-League football team | publisher=info.cmcd.act.gov.au | date=2009-02-13 | access-date = 2017-03-26 }}</ref> Former Canberra-born Australian internationals, [[Ned Zelic]] and [[Carl Valeri]] signed on to become founding members and spokespeople of the organisation. The bid signed 2000 members, raising $5 million as it gathered capital to meet FFA bid criteria.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://outside90.com/league-next-canberra/ | title = A-League NEXT – Canberra – the case for expansion | publisher=www.outside90.com | date=2016-04-13 | access-date = 2017-03-26 }}</ref> In 2009 and 2011 Canberra's bid was overlooked by FFA in its initial rounds of league expansion in favour of now defunct [[North Queensland Fury]], [[Gold Coast United]] and [[Sydney Rovers]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.fourfourtwo.com.au/news/sydney-rovers---official-157318 | title = Sydney Rovers – Official... | publisher=www.fourfourtwo.com.au | date=2009-10-02 | access-date = 2017-03-26 }}</ref> When the Sydney Rovers bid collapsed the A-League4Canberra organisation again submitted a bid for inclusion in the league, however the FFA again overlooked the bid in favour of establishing its own team in [[Western Sydney]] that would become [[Western Sydney Wanderers]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.foxsports.com.au/football/a-league/sydney-rovers-pull-out-of-bid-to-enter-a-league-as-second-sydney-team/news-story/643d413e1082f0dcbfd7866afd5ebd41 | title = Sydney Rovers pull out of bid to enter A-League as second Sydney team | publisher=www.foxsports.com.au | date=2010-12-10 | access-date = 2017-03-26 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/article/western-sydney-wanderers-fc-join-hyundai-a-league/1rwfc80txy8rw1019xm4hpyqn9 | title = Western Sydney Wanderers FC join Hyundai A-League | publisher=www.footballaustralia.com.au | date=2012-06-26 | access-date = 2017-03-26 }}</ref> On 10 May 2012, after its failed attempts and FFA's announcement that expansion beyond ten teams was on hold for the foreseeable future, the A-League4Canberra bid organisation's CEO, Heather Reid, announced the organisation would cease efforts to gain an A-league licence for the Canberra region, would wind-up operations and refund founding members monies.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.fourfourtwo.com.au/news/canberra-give-in-as-ffa-pull-up-the-ladder-300256 | title = Canberra Give In As FFA Pull Up the Ladder | publisher=www.fourfourtwo.com.au | first=Michael | last=Flynn | date=2012-05-10 | access-date = 2017-03-26 }}</ref>

{{further|Canberra A-League Bid}}

==Local competition==
Capital Football operates and administers all local competitions in the ACT for senior men and women and junior girls and boys.

===Junior===
The ACT breaks its junior structure and league system up into Miniroo (formally Rooball) for early development and junior league soccer for teenagers. The junior elite pathway comes under the banner of the [[National Premier Leagues|NPL]].
* Miniroo is for Under 5/6 to Under 12s age groups, the soccer is non-competitive and focused on player development
* Boys Junior Leagues is for boys between the ages of 13 and 17 years, with division 1–3 in most age groups
* Girls Junior Leagues is for girls between the ages of 13 and 17 years, with divisions 1–2 in most age groups
* NPL elite pathways for both boys and girls in age groups u13, u14, u16 and u18

===Senior===
====History====
The first senior soccer match played in the ACT was played in 1910 between [[Ginninderra]] and [[Yarralumla, Australian Capital Territory|Yarralumla]]. The match was played at the Ginninderra showgrounds and came about because Ginninderra locals wanted to play a different sport from the already established [[Rugby Union]]. The visiting Yarralumla team won the match 1–0.<ref name="ACTFOOTBALLHISTORY">{{cite web | url = http://capitalfootball.com.au/football-act-brief-history | title = Football ACT Brief History | publisher=[[Capital Football]] | access-date = 2017-03-26 }}</ref>

====League system====
The ACT senior men's competitions are generally run between April and September each calendar year.  The league system is amateur in nature with a few semi-professional exceptions. The system consists of a pyramid of leagues, headed by three single divisions that do not encompass [[promotion and relegation]], instead league licences to compete are granted by Capital Football. However, divisions 1–6 are bound together by the principle of promotion and relegation. The most successful club in each league rises to a higher league, whilst the club that finishes at the bottom of their league finds itself sinking down a level. Division 7–10 are open leagues for casual/social players. All leagues contest a regular season and conclude with a finals series.<ref name="2017ACTSLSTRUCTURE">{{cite web|url=http://capitalfootball.com.au/competition/state-league |title=Senior Community Football: State League & Masters |publisher=[[Capital Football]] |access-date=2017-03-14 }}</ref>

The ACT senior women's competitions are generally run parallel to the men's with the competition running between April and September each calendar year. The league system is amateur in nature. The system consists of a pyramid of six leagues that do not encompass promotion and relegation, instead league licences to compete are granted by Capital Football. All leagues contest a regular season and conclude with a finals series.<ref name="2017ACTSLSTRUCTURE"/>

{{further|National Premier Leagues Capital Football}}
{{further|Capital Premier League (ACT)}}
{{further|Capital Football State League}}

====Leagues structure====
The ACT men's league structure is broken into thirteen league levels, at the top is the single division of National Premier Leagues Capital Football (Level 1, which is often referred to as the “top flight”), containing ten teams, of which, as of [[2017 Capital Football season|2017]], seven are based in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, with the final three based in the New South Wales towns of Queanbeyan, [[Cooma]] and [[Griffith, New South Wales|Griffith]]. One of the teams, [[FFA Centre of Excellence]], is an age restricted youth academy, which is ineligible for the finals series. Below The NPL is the [[Capital Football State League|Capital Football State League structure]] of twelve leagues (Levels 2 to 13). The Capital League (Level 2) and The Capital League Reserves (Level 3) both contain eight teams each. State League Division 1–6 (Level 4–9) are competitive divisions that are restricted to ten teams but may sometimes contain less than ten teams. Divisions 7–10 (Level 10–13) have no limits on competing teams and are open for inclusion submissions.<ref name="2017ACTSLSTRUCTURE"/>

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="text-align: center"
! colspan="2"| ACT Men's League Structure
|-
!colspan="1" width="4%"|
Level
!colspan="6" width="76%"|
League(s)/Division(s)
|-
|colspan="1" width="4%"|
1
|colspan="6" width="76%"|
'''NPL Capital Football 1'''<br/>
''8 clubs'' <br /> ↓ 1 relegations
|-
|colspan="1" width="4%"|
2
|colspan="6" width="76%"|
'''Capital Premier League'''<br/>
''8 clubs'' <br /> ↑ 1 promotions
|-
|colspan="1" width="4%"|
3
|colspan="6" width="76%"|
'''Division 1'''<br/>
''10 clubs'' <br /> ↓ 1 relegations
|-
|colspan="1" width="4%"|
4
|colspan="6" width="76%"|
'''Division 2'''<br/>
''10 clubs'' <br /> ↑ 1 promotions <br/>↓ 1 relegations
|-
|colspan="1" width="4%"|
5
|colspan="6" width="76%"|
'''Division 3'''<br/>
''10 clubs'' <br /> ↑ 1 promotions <br/>↓ 1 relegations
|-
|colspan="1" width="4%"|
6
|colspan="6" width="76%"|
'''Division 4'''<br/>
''10 clubs'' <br /> ↑ 1 promotions <br/>↓ 1 relegations
|-
|colspan="1" width="4%"|
7
|colspan="6" width="76%"|
'''Division 5'''<br/>
''10 clubs'' <br /> ↑ 1 promotions <br/>↓ 1 relegations
|-
|colspan="1" width="4%"|
8
|colspan="6" width="76%"|
'''Division 6'''<br/>
''10 clubs'' <br /> ↑ 1 promotions
|-
|colspan="1" width="4%"|
9
|colspan="6" width="76%"|
'''Division 7'''<br/>
''14 clubs'' <br /> Open
|-
|colspan="1" width="4%"|
10
|colspan="6" width="76%"|
'''Division 8'''<br/>
''12 clubs'' <br /> Open
|-
|colspan="1" width="4%"|
11
|colspan="6" width="76%"|
'''Division 9'''<br/>
''12 clubs'' <br /> Open
|-
|colspan="1" width="4%"|
12
|colspan="6" width="76%"|
'''Division 10'''<br/>
''12 clubs'' <br /> Open
|-
|}
<br />
The ACT women's league structure is broken into six league levels, at the top is the single division of Women's National Premier League Capital Football (Level 1, which is often referred to as the “top flight”), containing eight teams, of which, as of 2017, seven are based in Canberra, ACT and one based in Queanbeyan, NSW. Below the NPL is The ACT State League women's structure. This structure is broken into five leagues, at the top of the system is Division 1 (Level 2, sometimes referred to as Women's Capital League), containing 9 clubs, of which, as of [[2016 Capital Football season|2016]], eight are based in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory and one is based in [[Goulburn, New South Wales|Goulburn, NSW]]. Divisions 2 to 5 (Level 3–6) contain between 8 and 10 teams each with thirty-four clubs coming from Canberra and two coming from NSW, Queanbeyan and [[Yass, New South Wales|Yass]].<ref name="2017ACTSLSTRUCTURE"/>

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="text-align: center"
! colspan="2"| ACT Women's League Structure
|-
!colspan="1" width="4%"|
Level
!colspan="6" width="76%"|
League(s)/Division(s)
|-
|colspan="1" width="4%"|
1
|colspan="6" width="76%"|
'''Women's NPL Capital Football'''<br/>
''8 clubs''
|-
|colspan="1" width="4%"|
1
|colspan="6" width="76%"|
'''Division 1 (Women's Capital League)'''<br/>
''9 clubs''
|-
|colspan="1" width="4%"|
2
|colspan="6" width="76%"|
'''Division 2'''<br/>
''10 clubs''
|-
|colspan="1" width="4%"|
3
|colspan="6" width="76%"|
'''Division 3'''<br/>
''9 clubs''
|-
|colspan="1" width="4%"|
4
|colspan="6" width="76%"|
'''Division 4'''<br/>
''9 clubs''
|-
|colspan="1" width="4%"|
5
|colspan="6" width="76%"|
'''Division 5'''<br/>
''8 clubs''
|-
|}

====Cup competition====
The [[Capital Football Federation Cup|ACT Federation Cup]] (Fed Cup) has been in existence since 1962 under various sponsorship names. Currently the cup is named the Capital Football Federation Cup. As of 2016, the Fed Cup uses a nineteen team bracket broken up into five rounds (Round 1, Round 2, quarter-finals, semi-finals, Final). Round 1 consists of six qualifier teams, predominantly State League Division 1 teams, competing in three matches with three teams advancing. Round two sees thirteen clubs enter from the NPL Capital Football and Capital League (Level 1 and 2) and join the three qualified teams. Since 2014, the cup has been used by Capital Football as the qualifying tournament for FFA Cup qualification with the final winner qualifying for the FFA Cup round of 32. The Cup has been awarded every year since 1962 with one exception, 1973. In 1973, the Cup final between [[Canberra FC|Croatia Deakin]] and [[Gungahlin United FC|Juventus]] was abandoned by the match officials after twenty minutes with the score locked at nill-nill due to crowd trouble. The match was not replayed and the cup not awarded.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.socceraust.co.uk/1973/ACT/Cup/fixtures.html | title = Federation Cup 1973 | publisher=www.socceraust.co.uk | access-date = 2017-03-26 }}</ref> The most successful club in the Cup's history is Canberra FC, who under its various different names has lifted the cup seventeen times.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.socceraust.co.uk/ACT/Champions/cupfinals.htm | title = A.C.T. Cup Winners | publisher=www.socceraust.co.uk | access-date = 2017-03-26 }}</ref>

{{further|Capital Football Federation Cup}}
<br />
The ACT Women's Federation Cup is run as a pre-season cup competition that is open to all teams of all levels. From 2015, the cup has consisted of a group stage followed by a grand final. Prior to that, it consisted of a group stage with two pools and then a grand final of the two pool winners.

===Futsal===
ACT [[Futsal]] consists of an elite level women's and men's league (referred to as the Premier League) plus five men's divisions broken into regions, three women's divisions and two mixed divisions. League seasons are run during the spring and summer months with the premier leagues running from September to December each calendar year. All leagues contest a regular season and conclude with a finals series. As of 2017, there are 5,000 registered futsal players in the ACT.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://capitalfootball.com.au/competition/futsal | title = futsal | publisher=www.capitalfootball.com.au | access-date = 2017-03-26 }}</ref>

==International events==
The ACT hosts an annual international youth tournament named the [[Kanga Cup]]. The tournament is organised and run by Capital Football and attracts participants from all over the globe.  Matches are played at selected ACT playing districts across Canberra over a two-week period in July.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://kangacup.com/about-kanga-cup/ | title = About Kanga Cup | publisher=www.kangacup.com | access-date = 2017-03-27 }}</ref>

{{further|Kanga Cup}}

==History of Matches==
===2000 Olympics===
Canberra's Bruce Stadium was selected as a host venue for men's and women's soccer for the [[2000 Sydney Olympics]]. The ACT hosted five men's and women's group matches at Bruce Stadium between 13 September and 20 September 2000 including the [[Australia women's national soccer team|Australian women's national soccer team]] (the Matildas). Bruce also hosted one of the women's semi-finals on 24 September 2000.<ref name=osg2000-fba>[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/2000v1.pdf 2000 Summer Olympics official report.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001109071400/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/2000v1.pdf |date=November 9, 2000 }} Volume 1. p. 392. Accessed 17 December 2010.</ref>

{{further|Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament}}
{{further|Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament}}

===2003 OFC Women's Championship===
The [[2003 OFC Women's Championship]] was hosted at McKellar Park between 5 and 13 April 2003. Five nations contested the championship including [[Australia women's national soccer team|Australia]], [[New Zealand women's national football team|New Zealand]], [[Papua New Guinea women's national football team|Papua New Guinea]], [[Samoa women's national football team|Samoa]] and [[Cook Islands women's national football team|Cook Islands]]. The championship doubled as the OFC Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament for the [[2003 FIFA Women's World Cup]] held in the [[United States of America|US]].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/oc-women02.html | title = Oceania's Women's Championship 2003 (Australia) | first=Sébastien | last=Duret | date=2005-12-08 | website = [[RSSSF]] | access-date = 2017-03-27 }}</ref>

{{further|2003 OFC Women's Championship}}

===2015 Asian Cup===
Canberra was selected as one of five host cities for the [[2015 Asian Cup]] Finals.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.dailyadvertiser.com.au/story/1392660/canberra-to-host-2015-asian-cup-games/ | title = Canberra to host 2015 Asian Cup games | publisher=[[The Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga)|The Daily Advertiser]] | first=Lee | last=Gaskin | date=2013-03-27 | access-date = 2017-03-27 }}</ref> Bruce Stadium was selected as the host venue in Canberra with McKellar Park and [[Deakin Stadium]] selection as training venues. [[Gungahlin Enclosed Oval|Gungahlin Enclosed]] was selected as a back-up training venue in case one of the other two become unavailable.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/canberra-venues-to-benefit-from-upgrades-to-asian-cup-training-venues-20140826-108p2z.html | title = Canberra venues to benefit from upgrades to Asian Cup training venues | newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] | first=Jon | last=Tuxworth | date= 2014-08-26 | access-date = 2017-01-30 }}</ref> [[Iraq national football team|Iraq]], [[North Korea national football team|North Korea]] and [[Qatar national football team|Qatar]] all used Canberra has their tournament base while [[Kuwait national football team|Kuwait]] based themselves in Queanbeyan just over the border in NSW. Bruce Stadium played host to six group stage matches and one quarter-final match. One AFC representative labelled the Canberra playing surface as the best of the tournament while tickets sales for Canberra doubled budgeted expectations.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.canberratimes.com.au/sport/act-sport/canberra-shines-with-more-than-82000-people-watching-asian-cup-games-at-canberra-stadium-20150124-12xdqe.html | title = Canberra shines with more than 82,000 people watching Asian Cup games at Canberra Stadium | newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] | first=Lee | last=Gaskin | date=2015-01-24 | access-date = 2017-03-27 }}</ref>

{{clear}}
{| class="wikitable collapsible" style="text-align:left"
! colspan="7"| 2015 Asian Cup Matches in Canberra
|-
!Date
!Team #1
!Result
!Team #2
!Attendance
|-
|10 January 2015||{{fb|KOR}} ||style="text-align:center;"|[[2015 AFC Asian Cup Group A|1–0]]||{{fb|OMA}}||style="text-align:center;"|12,552
|-
|11 January 2015||{{fb|UAE}} ||style="text-align:center;"|[[2015 AFC Asian Cup Group C#United Arab Emirates vs Qatar|4–1]]|||{{fb|QAT}}||style="text-align:center;"|5,513
|-
|13 January 2015||{{fb|KUW}} ||style="text-align:center;"|[[2015 AFC Asian Cup Group A#Kuwait vs South Korea|0–1]]||{{fb|KOR}}||style="text-align:center;"|8,795
|-
|15 January 2015||{{fb|BHR}} ||style="text-align:center;"|[[2015 AFC Asian Cup Group C#Bahrain vs United Arab Emirates|1–2]]||{{fb|UAE}}||style="text-align:center;"|7,925
|-
|18 January 2015||{{fb|PRC}} ||style="text-align:center;"|[[2015 AFC Asian Cup Group B#China PR vs North Korea|2–1]]||{{fb|PRK}}||style="text-align:center;"|18,457
|-
|20 January 2015||{{fb|IRQ}} ||style="text-align:center;"|[[2015 AFC Asian Cup Group D#Iraq vs Palestine|2–0]]||{{fb|PLE}}||style="text-align:center;"|10,235
|-
|23 January 2015||{{fb|IRN}} ||style="text-align:center;"|[[2015 AFC Asian Cup knockout stage#Iran vs Iraq|3–3 (a.e.t)]], <small>(6–7[[penalty shootout|p]])</small>||{{fb|IRQ}}||style="text-align:center;"|18,921
|-
|}

{{further|2015 Asian Cup}}

===Australian National Men's Team matches===

The [[Australia men's national soccer team|Australian men's national team]] (the Socceroos) has played in the ACT five times with the first match in 1996 against [[Tahiti national football team|Tahiti]] in the second leg of the [[1996 OFC Nations Cup Final]]. In 2015, off the back of Canberra successful 2015 Asian Cup hosting, the nations capital secured a [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] qualifier for the first time. The Australian national team played [[Kyrgyzstan national football team|Kyrgyzstan]] in a [[2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|2018 World Cup qualifier]] in the second round of [[Asian Football Federation|AFC]] qualifications.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-09-07/socceroos-return-to-canberra-for-world-cup-qualifier-kyrgyzstan/6754476 | title=Socceroos to face off against Kyrgyzstan in world cup qualifier at Canberra Stadium | publisher=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]] | date=2015-09-07 | access-date=2019-10-13 }}</ref> In 2019, it was announced the Australian men's national team would return to Canberra for the first time in four years with another world cup qualifier. Australia would come up against [[Nepal national football team|Napal]] in an [[2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)#Group B|AFC 2022 World Cup qualifier]].<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6308077/canberra-to-host-socceroos-world-cup-qualifier/?cs=14280 | title = Canberra to host Socceroos World Cup qualifier against Nepal | newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] | first=Lucie | last=Bertoldo | date=2019-08-02 | access-date = 2019-09-16 }}</ref>

{{clear}}
{| class="wikitable collapsible" style="text-align:left"
! style="background:#FFBB00;" colspan="9"| [[Australia men's national soccer team|<span style="color:#213A36">Australian men's National Team's matches in Canberra</span>]]
|-
!Date
!Team #1
!Result
!Team #2
!Event
!Ground
!Attendance
!{{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
|1 November 1996||{{fb-rt|AUS}} ||style="text-align:center;"|5–0 ||{{fb|PYF}} ||[[1996 OFC Nations Cup Final]]||[[Canberra Stadium|Bruce Stadium]]||style="text-align:center;"|9,421||<ref>{{cite web | url = https://athlet.org/football/ofc-nations-cup/1996/finals/final-tournament/1996-11-01-australia-tahiti.html | title = Australia beats Tahiti 5–0 to win 1996 OFC Nations Cup | publisher=athlet.org | date=1996-11-01 | access-date = 2017-03-26 }}</ref>
|-
|5 March 2009||{{fb-rt|AUS}} ||style="text-align:center;"|0–1 ||{{fb|KUW}} ||[[2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification|2011 Asian Cup Qualifiers]]||Bruce Stadium||style="text-align:center;"|20,032||<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.theage.com.au/news/sport/soccer/kuwait-outsmarts-slow-socceroos/2009/03/05/1235842582336.html | title = Kuwait Outsmarts Slow Socceroos | newspaper=[[The Age]] | first=Michael | last=Cockerill | date=2009-03-06 | access-date = 2017-03-26 }}</ref>
|-
|7 October 2011||{{fb-rt|AUS}} ||style="text-align:center;"|5–0 ||{{fb|MYS}} ||[[Exhibition game#International football|International Friendly]]||Bruce Stadium||style="text-align:center;"|10,041||<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-10-07/socceroos-put-five-on-malaysia/3353538 | title = Socceroos put five on Malaysia | publisher=[[ABC News Australia]] | date=2011-10-07 | access-date = 2017-03-26 }}</ref>
|-
|12 November 2015||{{fb-rt|AUS}} ||style="text-align:center;"|3–0 ||{{fb|KGZ}} ||[[2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers]]||Bruce Stadium||style="text-align:center;"|19,500||<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/canberra-stadium-covered-in-green-and-gold-as-19000-fans-witness-socceroos-win-20151112-gkxsho.html | title = Canberra stadium covered in green and gold as 19,000 fans witness Socceroos win | newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] | first=Michael | last=Cockerill | date=2015-11-12 | access-date = 2017-03-26 }}</ref>
|-
|10 October 2019||{{fb-rt|AUS}} ||style="text-align:center;"|5-0 ||{{fb|NPL}} ||[[2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)#Group B|2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers]]||Bruce Stadium||style="text-align:center;"|18,563||<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-10/socceroos-beat-nepal-world-cup-qualifier-canberra/11573838 | title = Socceroos beat Nepal in World Cup qualifying at Canberra Stadium | publisher=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]] | first=Simon | last=Smale | date=2019-01-10 | access-date = 2019-01-13 }}</ref>
|}

===Australian National Women's Team matches===

The [[Australia women's national soccer team|Australia women's national team]] (the Matildas) has a long history of playing matches in the ACT. In total the Matildas have played 17 matches in Canberra. The first match against [[New Zealand women's national football team|New Zealand]] was played on 17 March 1995 in an [[international friendly]]. The Matildas have been involved in two major [[Fédération Internationale de Football Association|FIFA]] sanctioned tournaments in the ACT. Australia played one group match of the [[Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2000 Olympic Games]] at [[Bruce Stadium]] against [[Germany women's national football team|Germany]]. In 2003, [[McKellar Park (Canberra)|McKellar Park]] played host to the [[2003 OFC Women's Championship]], Australia went on to win the tournament. In 2019, [[Football Federation Australia|FFA]] and the [[ACT Government]] announced a deal to bring the Australia women's national team back to Canberra for the first time in six years.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6199452/socceroos-and-matildas-to-play-in-canberra-as-part-of-245-million-deal/ | title=Socceroos and Matildas to play in Canberra as part of $24.5 million deal | newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] | first=Lucie | last=Bertoldo | date=2019-06-04 | access-date=2019-10-13 }}</ref>

{{clear}}
{| class="wikitable collapsible" style="text-align:left"
! style="background:#FFBB00;" colspan="6"| [[Australia women's national soccer team|<span style="color:#213A36">Australian women's National Team's matches in Canberra</span>]]
|-
!Date
!Team #1
!Result
!Team #2
!Event
!Location
|-
| 17 March 1995 || align="right"|{{fbw-rt|AUS}} || align="center"|4–0 || {{fbw|NZL}} || [[International friendly]] || [[Canberra]], Australia
|-
| 19 March 1995 || align="right"|{{fbw-rt|AUS}} || align="center"|2–0 || {{fbw|NZL}} || [[International friendly]] || Canberra, Australia
|-
| 5 March 1997 || align="right"|{{fbw-rt|AUS}} || align="center"|0–3 || {{fbw|USA}} || [[International friendly|Ram Sports Cup]] || Canberra, Australia
|-
| 23 November 1997 || align="right"|{{fbw-rt|AUS}} || align="center"|2–1 || {{fbw|PRC}} || [[International friendly|Tri Nations Series]] || Canberra, Australia
|-
| 10 January 1999 || align="right"|{{fbw-rt|AUS}} || align="center"|4–3 || {{fbw|CAN}} || [[Australia Cup (1999–2004)|Australia Cup]] || [[Bruce Stadium]], Canberra, Australia
|-
| 13 January 1999 || align="right"|{{fbw-rt|AUS}} || align="center"|1–0 || {{fbw|ITA}} || [[Australia Cup (1999–2004)|Australia Cup]] || Bruce Stadium, Canberra, Australia
|-
| 31 May 2000 || align="right"|{{fbw-rt|AUS}} || align="center"|1–0 || {{fbw|JPN}} || [[International friendly|Pacific Cup]] || Bruce Stadium, Canberra, Australia
|-
| 13 September 2000 || align="right"|{{fbw-rt|AUS}} || align="center"|0–3 || {{fbw|GER}} || [[Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2000 Olympic Games]] || Bruce Stadium, Canberra, Australia
|-
| 26 January 2003 || align="right"|{{fbw-rt|AUS}} || align="center"|2–0{{efn|name=fn1}} || {{fbw|KOR}} || [[Australia Cup (1999–2004)|Australia Cup]] || [[McKellar Park (Canberra)|McKellar Park]], Canberra, Australia
|-
| 29 January 2003 || align="right"|{{fbw-rt|AUS}} || align="center"|2–0 || {{fbw|MEX}} || [[Australia Cup (1999–2004)|Australia Cup]] || McKellar Park, Canberra, Australia
|-
| 1 February 2003 || align="right"|{{fbw-rt|AUS}} || align="center"|1–3 || {{fbw|SWE}} || [[Australia Cup (1999–2004)|Australia Cup]] || McKellar Park, Canberra, Australia
|-
| 5 April 2003 || align="right"|{{fbw-rt|AUS}} || align="center"|19–0 || {{fbw|SAM}} || [[2003 OFC Women's Championship]] || McKellar Park, Canberra, Australia
|-
| 7 April 2003 || align="right"|{{fbw-rt|AUS}} || align="center"|11–0 || {{fbw|COK}} || [[2003 OFC Women's Championship]] || McKellar Park, Canberra, Australia
|-
| 9 April 2003 || align="right"|{{fbw-rt|AUS}} || align="center"|13–0 || {{fbw|PNG}} || [[2003 OFC Women's Championship]] || McKellar Park, Canberra, Australia
|-
| 13 April 2003 || align="right"|{{fbw-rt|AUS}} || align="center"|2–0 || {{fbw|NZL}} || [[2003 OFC Women's Championship]] || McKellar Park, Canberra, Australia
|-
| 7 February 2009 || align="right"|{{fbw-rt|AUS}} || align="center"|1–5 || {{fbw|ITA}} || [[International friendly]] || Bruce Stadium, Canberra, Australia
|-
| 13 June 2013 || align="right"|{{fbw-rt|AUS}} || align="center"|1–0 || {{fbw|NZL}} || [[International friendly]] || [[Australian Institute of Sport|AIS Athletics Track]], Canberra, Australia
|-
|}
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}}

==Interstate competition==
===Inter-connection with NSW clubs and competitions===

During the history of football in the [[Australian Capital Territory|ACT]] there has been frequent inter-connection with [[New South Wales|NSW]]. The following points detail this connection history:<ref name="ACTFOOTBALLHISTORY"/><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-06-23/capital-football3a-a-century-of-the-world-game-in-canberra/5530056 | title=Capital football: the history of world game in Canberra goes back more than a century | publisher=[[ABC News Australia]] | first=James | last=Vyver | date=2014-06-27 | access-date = 2017-04-04 }}</ref>

* 1924, ACT [[Scottish people|Scottish]] community club, Burns Club, established [[Burns Football Club]], which toured around country NSW and [[Sydney]], playing matches over a two-year period.
* 1931, with the [[Great Depression]] gripping the ACT and the nation, the Federal Capital Territory Soccer Football Association and its five member clubs ceased competition with the only soccer in the capital territory being played between [[Canberra]] and cross-border rivals [[Queanbeyan]].
* 1934, following the collapse of the Federal Monaro District Soccer Association and the soccer league in the ACT, the only club to remain was NSW based [[Gundaroo]] (formed 1933). Gundaroo took on the leftover Canberra players and contested matches against [[Goulburn, New South Wales|Goulburn]] and [[Marulan, New South Wales|Marulan]].
* End of the 1940s, [[World War II]] stopped all but travelling serviceman soccer matches in the ACT until a team called Wanderers was formed and contested matches in Goulburn and Sydney. The team attracted strong crowds and was the catalyst for re-developing the game in Canberra.
* 1950's, new Canberra based clubs started to be established on the back of new post-war migrant communities in the ACT, by 1954 these clubs including Roma, [[Canberra Olympic FC|Olympic]], Hungaria and [[Canberra FC|Croatia]] were attracting strong crowds of 2,000 people and were also competing in the Sydney-based [[Robertson Cup (football)|Robertson Cup]].
* 1960's, the newly established ACT Soccer Association looked to expand the ACT soccer league by inviting NSW sides from surrounding [[Wagga Wagga|Wagga]], [[Griffith, New South Wales|Griffith]] and Queanbeyan ([[Monaro Panthers FC|Inter Monaro]] and Makedonia) regions. 
* 1978, ACT Premier League club, Inter Monaro, then ACT champions and premieres, switched from the [[ACT Premier League]] to NSW. The Queanbeyan-based club competed in the NSW top flight between 1978 and 1985 and again between 1987 and 1990 with a two-year gap in the middle spent in the [[National Soccer League|NSL]]. Monaro won the [[NSW Premier League|NSW Division One]] premiership in 1984 and the finals series championship in 1979.<ref name="INTERNSW">{{cite web | url = http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Clubs/I/InterMonaroDH.html | title = Inter Monaro | publisher=www.ozfootball.net | first=Tony | last=Persoglia | access-date = 2017-02-12 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.socceraust.co.uk/NSW/Champions/premier1.htm | title = New South Wales Champions | publisher=www.socceraust.co.uk | access-date = 2017-04-04 }}</ref>
* 1987, after losing its NSL spot post the restructure, [[Canberra City FC|Canberra City]] rebranded as Canberra City Griffins and spent one season in the NSW Premier League where it finished runner-up in the league to Wollongong City by two points while the club also lost the finals series grand final to the same opposition 1–2. Canberra City then withdrew from the league and moved to the ACT Premier League from 1988 onward.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.socceraust.co.uk/1987/NSW/Div1/fixtures.html | title = NSW Division One 1987 | publisher=www.socceraust.co.uk | access-date = 2017-04-04 }}</ref>
* 1988, Croatia Deakin left the ACT Premier League to compete in the NSW Premier League under the name Canberra Croatia. Canberra Croatia would compete in the NSW Premier League for seven years before returning to the ACT Premier League in 1995. During this time Canberra Croatia won the [[Waratah Cup]] in 1990, lost the cup final in 1992, finished league runner-up in 1989 and 1990 and lost three consecutive league grand-finals between 1989 and 1991.
* 2000, [[Belconnen United FC|Belconnen United]] switched to the NSW Premier League from the ACT Premier League and the club was renamed Belconnen Blue Devils. Belconnen competed in NSW for five seasons. The Blue Devils enjoyed success in NSW, claiming the league premiership in 2003–04 and the challenger league winners’ medal in 2004–05. A dispute with the management of [[Football NSW]] in 2006 saw the club's licence revoked and the club return to the ACT Premier League.
* Currently, Capital Football has eight NSW based member clubs from the [[Monaro (New South Wales)|Monaro]], [[Southern Tablelands]] and [[Riverina]] regions. The latest of these, Griffith based [[Riverina Rhinos]], joined the NPL Capital Football in [[2017 Capital Football season|2017]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://capitalfootball.com.au/node/2493#.WKFLrPJswX0 | title=PS4 NPL Structure & Teams | publisher=[[Capital Football]] | date=2016-11-07 | access-date=2017-02-13 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170213164851/http://capitalfootball.com.au/node/2493#.WKFLrPJswX0 | archive-date=2017-02-13 }}</ref>

===Sydney FC A-League Pre-Season Cup matches in Canberra===

During the 2006–07 and 2007–08 A-League seasons, [[Sydney FC]] played two [[A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup|Pre-Season Cup]] matches at Bruce Stadium in Canberra.
{| class="wikitable collapsible" style="text-align:left"
! colspan="6"| Sydney FC's Canberra Pre-Season Cup Matches
|-
!Date
!Home Team
!{{Tooltip|Res|Result}}
!Away Team
!Ground
!Attendance
|-
|22 July 2006||[[Sydney FC]]||style="text-align:center;"|2–1||[[Newcastle United Jets FC|Newcastle United Jets]]||style="text-align:center;"|[[Canberra Stadium|Bruce Stadium]]||style="text-align:center;"|7,226
|-
|29 July 2007||Sydney FC||style="text-align:center;"|0–3|||[[Central Coast Mariners FC|Central Coast Mariners]]||style="text-align:center;"|Bruce Stadium ||style="text-align:center;"|5,735
|-
|}

===A-league club friendlies in Canberra===

Since the A-League inception in 2005 a number of interstate A-League teams have travelled to Canberra to conduct training camps, youth coaching clinics and play pre-season trial matches against local ACT clubs and representative teams. A-League teams to have travelled to Canberra include [[Sydney FC]], [[Central Coast Mariners]], [[Newcastle United Jets]] and [[Western Sydney Wanderers]]. ACT clubs to compete in these interstate friendlies include [[Belconnen United FC|Belconnen United]], [[Canberra FC]], [[Gungahlin United FC|Gungahlin United]] and [[Canberra Olympic FC|Canberra Olympic]].

{| class="wikitable collapsible" style="text-align:left"
! colspan="6"| A-League Pre-Season Matches in Canberra 
|-
!Year
!Home Team
!Result
!Away Team
!Ground
!{{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
|2005||[[Belconnen United FC|Belconnen United]]||style="text-align:center;"|0–1||[[Sydney FC]]||[[McKellar Park (Canberra)|McKellar Park]]||<ref>{{cite web | url = https://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/article/2005/07/08/saso-keeps-sydney-fc-perfect | title = Saso keeps Sydney FC perfect | publisher=www.theworldgame.sbs.com.au | date=2005-07-08 | access-date = 2017-12-03 }}</ref>
|-
|2007||Belconnen United||style="text-align:center;"|0–4||[[Central Coast Mariners FC|Central Coast Mariners]]||McKellar Park||<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.fourfourtwo.com.au/news/capital-football-united-under-reid-80264 | title = Capital Football: United Under Reid | publisher=www.fourfourtwo.com.au | first=Eamonn | last=Flanagan | date=2007-05-07 | access-date = 2017-02-01 }}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="2"|2008||[[Soccer in the Australian Capital Territory#Representative|ACT Rockets]]||style="text-align:center;"|0–4||Central Coast Mariners||[[Deakin Stadium]]||<ref>{{cite web | url = http://nearpost.blogspot.com.au/2008/06/act-rocketsactas-match-reportsquotes.html | title = ACT Rockets v Central Coast Mariners | publisher=Nearpost Football | first=Russ | last=Gibbs | date=2008-06-27 | access-date = 2017-04-02 }}</ref>
|-
|Belconnen United||style="text-align:center;"|1–2||Central Coast Mariners||McKellar Park||<ref>{{cite web | url = http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/article/2008/06/26/mariners-edge-past-belconnen | title = Mariners edge past Belconnen | publisher=www.theworldgame.sbs.com.au | date=2008-06-26 | access-date = 2017-02-01 }}</ref>
|-
|2009||Belconnen United||style="text-align:center;"|0–3||Central Coast Mariners||McKellar Park||<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.a-league.com.au/article/mariners-put-three-past-belconnen/1vc1irvg3en7k1hl8l5g39lvao | title = Mariners put three past Belconnen | publisher=www.a-league.com.au | date=2009-07-10 | access-date = 2017-02-01 }}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="2"|2010||[[Canberra FC]]||style="text-align:center;"|0–4||Central Coast Mariners||Deakin Stadium||<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.fourfourtwo.com.au/news/arnies-canberra-double-date-218517 | title = Arnie's Canberra Double Date | publisher=www.fourfourtwo.com.au | date=2010-07-01 | access-date = 2017-01-30 }}</ref>
|-
|Belconnen United||style="text-align:center;"|1–4||Central Coast Mariners||McKellar Park||<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.fourfourtwo.com.au/news/mariners-score-two-from-two-219288 | title = Mariners Score Two From Two | publisher=www.fourfourtwo.com.au | first=Dejan | last=Kalinic | date=2010-07-08 | access-date = 2017-02-01 }}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="2"|2011||Canberra FC||style="text-align:center;"|1–2||Central Coast Mariners||Deakin Stadium||<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ccmariners.com.au/article/mariners-narrow-winners-over-canberra-fc/1ik6dv0l6ppm31vvtqqqcl28r7 | title = Mariners narrow winners over Canberra FC | publisher=www.ccmariners.com.au | date=2011-07-16 | access-date = 2017-04-02 }}</ref>
|-
|Belconnen United||style="text-align:center;"|0–5||Central Coast Mariners||McKellar Park||<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ggarmy.com/News/A-League/Mariners-fire-five-past-Belconnen | title = Mariners fire five past Belconnen | publisher=www.ggarmy.com | first=Kieran | last=Pender | date=2011-07-13 | access-date = 2017-04-02 }}</ref>
|-
|2012||Canberra Rockets||style="text-align:center;"|1–9||[[Newcastle United Jets FC|Newcastle United Jets]]||McKellar Park||<ref name="Jets defeat Canberra Rockets 9-1">{{cite web | url = http://www.newcastlejets.com.au/article/jets-defeat-canberra-rockets-9-1/zyu1zmiym0mz1w01oona87bws | title = Jets defeat Canberra Rockets 9–1 | publisher=www.newcastlejets.com.au | date=2012-07-12 | access-date = 2017-02-01 }}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="2"|2013||ACT NPL All-Stars||style="text-align:center;"|0–3||Newcastle United Jets||McKellar Park||<ref name="Gaskin">{{cite news | url = http://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/loss-of-heskey-disappointing-20130820-2s9lf.html | title = Loss of Heskey 'disappointing' | newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] | first=Lee | last=Gaskin | date=2012-08-21 | access-date = 2017-02-01 }}</ref>
|-
|[[Canberra Olympic FC|Canberra Olympic]]||style="text-align:center;"|1–3||[[Western Sydney Wanderers FC|Western Sydney Wanderers]]||[[Australian Institute of Sport|AIS Athletics Track]]||<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.canberraolympic.com.au/index.php/latest-news/37-news/231-olympic-gives-wanderers-a-pre-season-scare | title = OLYMPIC GIVES WANDERERS A PRE-SEASON SCARE | publisher=www.canberraolympic.com.au | first=Russ | last=Gibbs | date=2013-08-15 | access-date = 2017-04-03 }}</ref>
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|rowspan="2"|2014||Canberra FC||style="text-align:center;"|0–1||Western Sydney Wanderers||Deakin Stadium||<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/aleague-side-western-sydney-wanderers-win-10-against-canberra-fc-in-preseason-friendly-20140730-zyka9.html | title = A-League side Western Sydney Wanderers win 1–0 against Canberra FC in pre-season friendly | newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] | first=Lee | last=Gaskin | date=2014-07-30 | access-date = 2017-04-02 }}</ref>
|-
|Canberra FC||style="text-align:center;"|0–5||Sydney FC||Deakin Stadium||<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.canberratimes.com.au/sport/act-sport/aleague-club-sydney-fc-hammers-canberra-fc-50-in-preseason-friendly-at-deakin-stadium-20140910-10ey13.html | title = A-League club Sydney FC hammers Canberra FC 5–0 in pre-season friendly at Deakin Stadium | newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] | first=Lee | last=Gaskin | date=2014-09-10 | access-date = 2017-01-30 }}</ref>
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|rowspan="4"|2015|| Belconnen United||style="text-align:center;"|0–3||Sydney FC||McKellar Park||<ref name="2015SYDBELCO">{{cite web | url = http://www.sydneyfc.com/article/sydney-fc-put-three-past-belconnen/1sbuu1osqzgkq1onjwugfauwhd | title = Sydney FC Put Three Past Belconnen | publisher=www.sydneyfc.com | date=2015-08-19 | access-date = 2017-02-01 }}</ref>
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|Canberra FC||style="text-align:center;"|0–3||Western Sydney Wanderers||Deakin Stadium||<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.a-league.com.au/article/wanderers-win-in-canberrawanderers-win-in-canberra/fl6y61l9l3e51fkewzcbqdvri | title = Wanderers win in Canberra | publisher=www.a-league.com.au | first=Aidan | last=Ormond | date=2015-08-26 | access-date = 2017-04-02 }}</ref>
|-
|Canberra Olympic||style="text-align:center;"|2–3||Central Coast Mariners||[[Gungahlin Enclosed Oval]]||<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.canberratimes.com.au/sport/act-sport/soccer-central-coast-mariners-v-canberra-olympic-20150818-gj1pnn.html | title = A-League side Central Coast Mariners hang on for 3–2 victory against Canberra Olympic | newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] | first=Lee | last=Gaskin | date=2015-08-18 | access-date = 2017-01-31 }}</ref>
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|[[Gungahlin United FC|Gungahlin United]]||style="text-align:center;"|1–3||Central Coast Mariners||Gungahlin Enclosed Oval||<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/central-coast-mariners/central-coast-mariners-v-gungahlin-united-20150820-gj4382.html | title = Central Coast Mariners complete Canberra double with 3–1 win against Gungahlin United | newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] | first=Lee | last=Gaskin | date=2015-08-20 | access-date = 2017-04-02 }}</ref>
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|rowspan="3"|2016||Canberra FC||style="text-align:center;"|1–4||Western Sydney Wanderers||Deakin Stadium||<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.canberratimes.com.au/sport/act-sport/western-sydney-wanderers-win-preseason-friendly-in-canberra-20160817-gquokz.html | title = Western Sydney Wanderers win pre-season friendly in Canberra | newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] | first=James | last=Hall | date=2016-08-17 | access-date = 2017-04-02 }}</ref>
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|Capital North Region Select||style="text-align:center;"|2–2||Central Coast Mariners||[[Woden Park]]||<ref name="www.capitalfootball.com.au">{{cite web | url = http://capitalfootball.com.au/node/2410#.WJMKaPJswX0 | title = Canberra Select Squads give Mariners a run for their money | publisher=www.capitalfootball.com.au | date=2016-09-06 | access-date = 2017-02-02 }}</ref>
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|Capital South Region Select||style="text-align:center;"|0–4||Central Coast Mariners||Woden Park||<ref name="www.ccmariners.com.au">{{cite web | url = http://www.ccmariners.com.au/article/bingham-bags-four-goals-in-game-two-of-capital-double-header/1df7kp6x2eeg31i3xgx9socqk3 | title = Bingham bags four goals in game two of Capital Double Header | publisher=www.ccmariners.com.au | date=2016-09-06 | access-date = 2017-02-02 }}</ref>
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|rowspan="1"|2017||Canberra Olympic||style="text-align:center;"|0–5||Newcastle United Jets||Deakin Stadium||<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/newcastle-jets/newcastle-jets-nikolai-toporstanley-says-canberra-deserves-aleague-action-20170830-gy76f5.html | title = Newcastle Jets' Nikolai Topor-Stanley says Canberra deserves A-League action | newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] | first=Eamonn | last=Tiernan | date=2017-08-30 | access-date = 2017-12-03 }}</ref>
|}

===ACT interstate A-League partnerships===

In 2007, [[Belconnen United FC|Belconnen United]] signed a mutual benefiting relationship agreement with A-League club [[Central Coast Mariners]]. The two clubs agreed to play an annual pre-season friendly match in Canberra at McKellar Park named The Bank of Queensland Cup. The agreement opened up opportunities for a development pathway for ACT talent to the A-League while the Mariners gained a foothold within the ACT soccer community.<ref>[http://www.capitalfootball.com.au/uploads/Bank%20of%20Queensland%20Challange.pdf Media Release&nbsp;– Inaugural Bank of Queensland Cup, ''Capital Football'', 8 June 2007] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070829003104/http://www.capitalfootball.com.au/uploads/Bank%20of%20Queensland%20Challange.pdf |date=August 29, 2007 }}</ref>  The agreement lasted five years with annual matches played between 2007 and 2011, starting with a 4–0 victory to the visiting Mariners on 30 June 2007.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://canberra.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=sport&subclass=soccer&story_id=1014633&category=soccer |title=United outclassed but Cheyne a star |work=Canberra Times |first=Daniel |last=MacDonald |date=2007-07-01 |access-date=2007-07-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070920030905/http://www.canberra.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=sport |archive-date=September 20, 2007 }}</ref>

On 10 April 2015, [[Belconnen United FC|Belconnen United]] announced they had formed a formal relationship with A-League heavyweights [[Sydney FC]]. The agreement between the two clubs established a formal pathway for Belconnen youngsters to progress and gain the possibility of an A-League contract with Sydney FC. The agreement also opened up ongoing opportunities for Belconnen coaching staff to work with and information share with Sydney FC staff including [[Graham Arnold]]. Finally, Sydney FC agreed to tour Canberra in 2015 pre-season to host coaching clinics and play a friendly match against the Blue Devils.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/belconnen-united-form-alliance-with-aleague-club-sydney-fc-20150409-1mi1ar.html |title=Belconnen United form alliance with A-League club Sydney FC |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |first=David |last=Polkinghorne |date=2015-04-10 |access-date=2017-01-31 }}</ref> Belconnen lost the friendly match against Sydney 0–3 with second half goals to [[Andrew Hoole]], Jacob Tratt and [[Matt Simon (footballer)|Matt Simon]] in front of 1,852 fans.<ref name="2015SYDBELCO"/>

===ACT interstate NPL partnerships===

On 2 January 2017, [[Belconnen United FC|Belconnen United]] entered into a mutual benefiting agreement with NSW NPL club [[Wollongong Wolves]] to co-host a ''"festival of football"'' in the [[South Coast (New South Wales)|South Coast]] town of [[Nowra, New South Wales|Nowra]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.southcoastregister.com.au/story/4382935/nowra-to-host-football-festival/ | title = Nowra to host Football Festival | publisher=South Coast Register | date=2017-01-02 | access-date = 2017-03-08 }}</ref> From 28 to 29 January 2017, the two clubs played a number of women's and men's junior and senior [[exhibition match]]es, ran free all-ages coaching and refereeing clinics, training drills, player sessions and family activities at Nowra's Ison Park.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://shoalhavenholidays.com.au/events/nowra-festival-of-football/ | title = Nowra Festival of Football | publisher=www.shoalhavenholidays.com.au | access-date = 2017-03-08 }}</ref>

==Academies==
[[FFA Centre of Excellence]] (formally Australian Institute of Sport Football Program) – Established in 1981 as one of the eight founding programs at the [[Australian Institute of Sport]].<ref>[http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/history/timeline AIS Website Timeline] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019201559/http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/history/timeline |date=19 October 2012 }}</ref> The FFA Centre of Excellence (FFA COE) is run by the national federation of Australia and is based in [[Bruce, Australian Capital Territory]]. Funding for the program is provided by the federal [[Australian Sports Commission]]. 20 students from all over Australia between the ages 14 and 17 are selected for a 12-month study and development program, with the option of a second year.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://coe.footballaustralia.com.au/about/ffa-coe-program/1d6n17h2nrqgf1tjc3yblfnlwl | title = Program Overview | publisher=coe.footballaustralia.com.au | access-date = 2017-03-27 }}</ref> The FFA COE fields their squad in the top division of men's football in the ACT, NPL Capital Football but is ineligible for the Federation Cup and league finals series. The program has previously competed in the NSW and Victorian Premier Leagues and has produced a host of Australian international players.

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[[Canberra United FC#Academy and Youth|Canberra United Academy]] (CUA) – Established on 15 December 2015 by Capital Football, the CUA was an amalgamation of Capital Football's various elite high performance soccer programs into one entity.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.canberratimes.com.au/sport/act-sport/canberra-united-academy-20151215-glo27p.html | title = Soccer: Canberra United Academy given green light to play in 2016 National Premier League | newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] | first=Lee | last=Gaskin | date=2015-12-15 | access-date = 2017-03-21 }}</ref> CUA is the elite academy for both boys and girls from the ACT and surrounding regions between the ages of 10 and 17. In 2016 the academy fielded their boys squad in the NPL Capital Football but its inclusion was controversial with ACT NPL clubs threatening to form their own breakaway league<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/rebel-league-an-option-in-canberra-npl-disagreement-with-capital-football-20160211-gmrcrw.html | title = Rebel league an option in Canberra NPL disagreement with Capital Football | newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] | first=David | last=Polkinghorne | date=2016-02-11 | access-date = 2017-03-21 }}</ref> or boycotting matches<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.smh.com.au/sport/act-sport/canberras-npl-teams-to-boycott-canberra-united-academy-games-20160210-gmqhac.html | title = Canberra's NPL teams to boycott Canberra United Academy games | newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] | first=David | last=Polkinghorne | date=2016-02-10 | access-date = 2017-03-21 }}</ref> at one stage before negotiations with Capital Football avoided that scenario<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.theage.com.au/sport/act-sport/soccer-npl-clubs-content-to-play-cu-academy-for-rest-of-season-20160527-gp5hrk.html | title = Soccer: NPL clubs content to play CU Academy for rest of season | newspaper=[[The Age]] | first=Jon | last=Tuxworth | date=2016-05-27 | access-date = 2017-03-21 }}</ref> and a compromise was reached for 2017 onwards that would see the boys CUA merge with the FFA COE, with two players selected from CUA to be included in the FFA COE squad.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.nationalpremierleagues.com.au/article/ps4-npl-capital-football-structure--teams/1cpm5x5ck7pab187ejzhvkgwvx | title = PS4 NPL Capital Football structure & teams | publisher=www.nationalpremierleagues.com.au | date=2017-02-27 | access-date = 2017-03-21 }}</ref> CUA has fielded their girls program in the Women's National Premier League Capital Football since 2016 onwards.

[[Capital Football|Talent Support Program]] (TSP), Which is now the Talent Development Scheme (TDS) is the official academy run by [[Capital Football|Capital football]] for elite [[National Premier Leagues Capital Football|NPL]] Footballers aged 14-16, The Academy is the pathway for the national youth championships the TDS is run by Phil Booth and Coaches Marcial Munoz, Pete Carbone, Brad Oliviera, Ian Worthington and Grant Barlow, the academy training is held at the Hawker football centre. The Squads are Below for 2024. [https://capitalfootball.com.au/talent-support-program-tsp/]

U14s: Jacob Hately, Andreas Kaskoutas, Adam Przydacz, Joshua Lopilato, Cooper Wykes, Jacob Pratezina, Cooper San Juan, Logan Volkert, Antun Celebija, Filip Jovcic, Cameron Walsh, Oliver Juric, Orion Henry, Cristian Inacio and Dylan Bates.

U15s:  (Coached by Ian Worthington) Zac Harri, Lachlan Forno, Sebastian Paragalli, Cristiano Subasic, Antonio Carbone, Daniel Turcic, Tomislav Celebija, Lemar Katawazai, Isaac Waldren, Max Naunton, Toby Mcphearson, Marc Papandrea, Jonah Briggs, Cooper Minion, Anas Elsergany, Sebastian Peric, Ashton Stojceski, Anthony Grgic, Esmail Zahir, Mohammad Zahir, Brooklyn Montana, Ewan Bellairs and Nicholas Baird

U16s (Coached by Marcial Munoz) Sebastian Czoban, Nikola Celebija, Flynn Mcdonald-wilson, Marcus Lau, Zac Colson, Rory Dalhlerup, Thomas Blazevski, Charlie Rae, Valentino Ison, Sebastian Munoz, Rico Beltrami, Luka Jukic, Dario Turcic, Michael Pratezina, Seth Bonnett, Xavi Bonnett, Freddie Kushnick, Anthony Rakic, Andy Rakic, Jye Wilkes, Thomas Milnes, Carter Connell, Dallas Santalucia, Cadel Zwangobani, Kris Raad, Kristijan Aleksic, Michael Lo Pilato and Josip Jukic.

[[Motivate Football Academy Australia]] (MFAA) – Established 2013, the MFAA is a private academy based in Canberra. The academy focuses in individual skills, technique and confidence not game tactics and formations.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.motivatefootballacademy.com.au/about-the-academy | title = About the academy | publisher=www.motivatefootballacademy.com.au | access-date = 2017-03-21 }}</ref>

==ACT soccer association names==
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin:1em auto"
! colspan="4"| ACT Football Associations/Federations
|-
!#
!Name
!From
!To
|-
|align=left|1
|align=left|The Central Southern District British Football Association
|April 1914||July 1914
|-
|align=left|2
|align=left|Federal Capital Territory Soccer Football Association
|1926||1930
|-
|align=left|3
|align=left|Federal Monaro District Soccer Association
|1932||1934
|-
|align=left|4
|align=left|ACT Soccer Association (under the name Soccer Canberra)
|1960||2005
|-
|align=left|5
|align=left|ACT Football Federation (under the name [[Capital Football]])
|2005||Current
|}

==Stadiums and grounds==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin:1em auto"
|-
! [[Bruce, Canberra|Bruce]]
! [[McKellar, Australian Capital Territory|McKellar]]
! [[Deakin, Australian Capital Territory|Deakin]]
! [[Gungahlin, Australian Capital Territory|Gungahlin]]
! [[Phillip, Australian Capital Territory|Phillip]]
! [[Wanniassa, Australian Capital Territory|Wanniassa]]
! [[Acton, Australian Capital Territory|Acton]]
|-
| [[Canberra Stadium]]
| [[McKellar Park (Canberra)|McKellar Park]] 
| [[Deakin Stadium]]
| [[Gungahlin Enclosed Oval]]
| [[Woden Park]]
| [[Viking Park]] 
| ANU Willows
|-
| Capacity: '''25,011'''
| Capacity: '''3,500'''
| Capacity: '''1,500'''
| Capacity: '''1,150'''
| Capacity: '''1,000'''
| Capacity: '''8,000'''
| Capacity: '''200'''
|-
| [[File:BruceStadium19032005.JPG|150px]]
|<!-- Deleted image removed:  [[File:McKellar Park Stadium.jpg|150px]] -->
| [[File:Deakin Stadium at Night.png|150px]]
|<!-- Deleted image removed:  [[File:Gungahlin Enclosed Oval, Main Stand.jpg|150px]] -->
| [[File:Woden Park, Canberra.jpg|150px]]
| [[File:Viking Park v2.jpg|150px]]
| [[File:Willows Oval Aerial 2011.JPG|150px]]
|-
| [[Association football|Soccer]], [[Rugby league]], [[Rugby union]]
| [[Association football|Soccer]]
| [[Association football|Soccer]]
| [[Association football|Soccer]]
| [[Association football|Soccer]], [[Sport of athletics|Athletics]]
| [[Rugby union]], [[Association football|Soccer]]
| [[Association football|Soccer]]
|}

==Representative==
ACT representative teams often compete at national junior level competitions and tournaments. ACT representative teams play in yellow, blue and white colours, representing the colours of the ACT found on the [[Flag of the Australian Capital Territory|Territory's flag]]. Since 2008 there have been a number of different incarnations of an ACT top flight select XI who has played visiting teams, predominantly visiting A-League teams. This select XI has been named ACT Rockets, Canberra Rockets, Capital Football Select, ACT NPL All-Stars and Capital North/South Region Select. These teams have versed Central Coast Mariners (2008,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.footballnsw.com.au/index.php?id=149&full=-1%22%27a%3D0%27A%3D0&tx_ttnews%5Byear%5D=2008&tx_ttnews%5Bmonth%5D=05&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=598&cHash=b10dc5a7afb5ac8bd5077dddeb39cddd | title = Mariners set sail for Canberra in late June | publisher=www.footballnsw.com | access-date = 2017-01-30 }}</ref> 2009,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ccmariners.com.au/article/mariners-miss-shot-at-victory/1s3gti4fxa0zv1dcgticly885s | title = Mariners miss shot at victory | publisher=www.ccmariners.com.au | date=2009-07-13 | access-date = 2017-03-27 }}</ref> 2016<ref name="www.capitalfootball.com.au"/><ref name="www.ccmariners.com.au"/>) and [[Newcastle United Jets]] (2012,<ref name="Jets defeat Canberra Rockets 9-1"/> 2013<ref name="Gaskin"/>) at ACT venues including the Australian Institute of Sport, McKellar Park, Deakin Stadium and [[Woden Park]].

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==See also==
{{Portal bar|Australia|Association football}}
*[[Sport in the Australian Capital Territory]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.capitalfootball.com.au/ Capital Football website]
*[http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/ Football Federation Australia website]
*[http://www.canberraunited.com.au/ Canberra United website]
*[http://www.w-league.com.au/ W-League website]
*[http://websites.sportstg.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=1-10181-0-0-0/ NPL Capital Football website]

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