Football (soccer) in the Australian Capital Territory
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Caitlin Munoz playing for Canberra United
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| Governing body | Capital Football |
| Representative team | Australian Capital Territory |
| First played | 19 August 1910, Ginninderra Showground, Ginninderra |
| Registered players | 31,000+ (2017) |
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| Single match | 20,032 (5 March 2009). 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification Australia v Kuwait (Bruce Stadium, Canberra) |
Soccer (association football) in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) is predominantly amateur with a local, interstate, national and international history. Football in the ACT is organised and administered by Capital Football and involves teams from within the ACT and surrounding NSW regions, Monaro, Southern Tablelands and Riverina.
Canberra United FC (CUFC) compete in the elite national women’s competition, 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 W-League team not affiliated with an A-League team.
Since 2014, Canberra, through Capital Football, has been granted one qualification place for the round of 32 of every FFA Cup annual national tournament. 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 2017, the following ACT teams have qualified and competed in the FFA Cup:
Central Coast Mariners (CCM), in an effort to secure the CBR region as a catchment for the regional team, has moved home A-League fixtures away from their normal stadium in Gosford to Bruce Stadium in Canberra in both 2009 and 2016. During the 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 season. 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.
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