97-707: Brisbane Roar ( A-League ) (2015–present) Robina Stadium , commercially known as Cbus Super Stadium , is a multi-purpose rectangular stadium in Robina , a suburb of Gold Coast , Queensland . It is the home ground to the National Rugby League 's Gold Coast Titans , this venue sometimes hosts the A-League team Brisbane Roar FC . Robina Stadium is also used for rugby union , association football , rugby sevens , rugby league Test Matches and has hosted Rugby League World Cup matches. Construction of
194-720: A National Football League ( American football ) exhibition game called the American Bowl was played between the Denver Broncos and the San Diego Chargers , bringing home former Australian Football League player Darren Bennett , the Chargers' punter . The Broncos won the game 20–17 in front of 73,811 spectators. This was Australia's first, and currently only, American Bowl game. The 1999 National Rugby League grand final , played on 26 September between
291-728: A (then) club record 36,221 fans to qualify for the preliminary final against the Newcastle Jets . The Roar would controversially lose 3–2 to the Newcastle side, who would ultimately go on to win the Grand Final. Farina again qualified for the finals in 2008–09 , where the Roar dispatched of Central Coast Mariners 4–2 on aggregate, however they ultimately lost, again in the preliminary final, to Adelaide United after failing to capitalise on their dominance. On 10 October 2009, Farina
388-486: A come from behind 2–2 draw away to Western Sydney Wanderers at the Glen Willow Sports Complex , followed by a 1–2 defeat at Perth Glory . After the first 4 games, all against sides who had failed to make finals the previous season, Roar were winless with 3 points but then managed a 2–0 home win against Melbourne City, who had sacked John Aloisi for poor results five years earlier, putting Roar into
485-608: A crowd of 104,098, which remains the highest-ever for an association football game in Australia. Sydney FC have played a number of one-off exhibition matches at the stadium. Sydney FC defeated the Los Angeles Galaxy of MLS 5–3 in front of a crowd of 80,295 in 2007. The game was notable for including Galaxy legend and US international Landon Donovan and former England captain David Beckham , who had joined
582-669: A crowd of 59,569 which remains the largest crowd ever for a cricket match in New South Wales . 30 September 2012 saw the largest ever NRL Grand Final crowd since reconfiguration up until 2014 when 82,976 attended the 2012 NRL Grand Final to see the Melbourne Storm defeat the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 14–4. This number was nearly reached in the 2009 NRL Grand Final between the Storm and
679-693: A famous 21–6 victory over his former club and at the same time denying the Storm back to back premierships. On 6 October 2019, another notable NRL Grand Final was held with 82,922 people witnessing the Sydney Roosters become the first back to back premiers in the NRL since the Brisbane Broncos of 1992 and 1993 , defeating the Canberra Raiders who were in their first Grand Final since 1994 in controversial circumstances. During
776-411: A finals ladder position for the first time. Roar would go on to lose their next 4 games under Aloisi, including conceding four goals in consecutive matches, to slump to 9th on the ladder. As the season start went from bad to worse, Aloisi had to defend his team from multiple criticisms including that many players were too old and generally over the team's very poor start; with fan discontent increasing
873-475: A match against the same team in the 3rd qualifying final of the NRL Finals Series 2009 . List of rugby league test and World Cup matches played at Robina Stadium since its opening in 2008. * Matches played as part of the 2008 World Cup . † 2011 ANZAC Test . ‡ Matches played as part of the 2015 Pacific Internationals (double header) Brisbane Roar Brisbane Roar Football Club
970-422: A mini-revival which saw the club narrowly miss out on what would have been the Roar's first finals appearance, on goal difference. The 2007–08 season, however, saw Farina make up for the shortfall of the previous season, qualifying for the finals for the first time in the club's history. A memorable performance in the second leg of the semi-final saw the Roar defeat arch rivals 2–0 (2–0 agg.) Sydney FC in front of
1067-583: A new contract at the conclusion of the 2010–11 season due to the uncertainty around the club's ownership at the time. That allowed his original two-year contract with the club to expire at the conclusion of the 2011–12 season and leave to join Melbourne Victory without the Victory needing to pay out his "contract" with the Roar. On 25 April 2012, Rado Vidošić was promoted to the manager's position after serving seven years as Assistant Manager under
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#17327878092921164-644: A new post-reconfiguration attendance record of 83,833 saw South Sydney defeat Canterbury-Bankstown 30–6 in the 2014 NRL Grand Final . It was the Rabbitohs first grand final appearance and premiership win since 1971 . On 27 December 2014, a new domestic cricket record crowd for NSW was set with 32,823 attending the Sydney Derby between the Sydney Thunder and the Sydney Sixers . The crowd was
1261-455: A semi-final qualifier, saw a Jarryd Hayne -led Fiji defeat Ireland 30–14. The ground also became host to the newly created A-League side, Gold Coast United , starting in 2009–10 . The ground first saw finals football when the Titans, in their first finals appearance, hosted the Brisbane Broncos in the first week of the 2009 NRL season play-offs. This ground also witnessed finals when
1358-428: A shambolic fashion for Aloisi's side, who lost 1–5 to their Melbourne opponents with the only positive coming from Petros Skapetis , who scored his first goal for the club with a shot coming from outside of the box and nestling in the top left corner of the Victory net. The season did not improve much with Brisbane without a win after 6 matches creating their worst ever season start. The Roar finally got their first win of
1455-464: A shared history with Queensland Lions F.C. who competed in the inaugural A-League season as Queensland Roar. Formed in 1957 as Hollandia-Inala by Dutch immigrants, the club became 'Brisbane Lions' and then transitioned into Queensland Roar, playing under that name from the inaugural 2005–06 season of the A-League until the 2008–09 season before finally becoming 'Brisbane Roar'. Since joining
1552-422: A tense, come-from-behind 1–1 draw vs Central Coast Mariners in front of nearly 15,000 fans. Mariners would go on to record the worst ever start by any A-League club ever, a poor start that subsequently would only be slightly worse than Aloisi's Roar side. A second home game the following week saw a dire 0–0 draw vs Wellington Phoenix in front of more than 15,000 fans. The next two games were away from home with
1649-401: A victory which granted Australia FIFA World Cup qualification for only the second time in the country's history. The event attracted a virtual capacity crowd of 82,698. The 1999 Bledisloe Cup rugby union match between Australia and New Zealand attracted a then-world record rugby union crowd of 107,042. In 2000, this was bettered when a near-capacity crowd of 109,874 (capacity at the time
1746-609: Is a multi-purpose stadium located in the suburb of Sydney Olympic Park , Sydney , New South Wales , Australia. The stadium, which is sometimes referred to as Sydney Olympic Stadium , Homebush Stadium or simply the Olympic Stadium , was completed in March 1999 at a cost of A$ 690 million to host the 2000 Summer Olympics . The Stadium was leased by a private company, the Stadium Australia Group, until
1843-610: Is a professional soccer club based in Brisbane , Queensland . competing in Australia's premier men's competition, A-League Men . When Queensland Lions F.C were the only Queensland bidder for the new A League competition following the Crawford Report and the new FFA under Frank Lowy , Lions withdrew their men's team from the State Competition and entered it in to the A League. Initially competed under
1940-492: Is on public display at the stadium. On 1 October 2006, the stadium hosted the 2006 NRL Grand Final between the Brisbane Broncos and Melbourne Storm. It was the first time since the competition began in 1908 that two teams from outside of Sydney had contested the grand final. 79,609 fans saw the Broncos defeat the Storm 15–8. As of the 2018 NRL Grand Final , this is one of three times that no Sydney based team has contested
2037-615: The 1975 Grand Final played at the Sydney Cricket Ground . 2008 was the centenary year of the competition. It was also the first time a team had been held scoreless in a grand final since Manly had defeated Cronulla-Sutherland 16–0 in the 1978 Grand Final Replay at the SCG (the original Grand Final that year had been drawn 11-11). In February 2009, the stadium replaced its existing two television screens with new Panasonic HD LED video screens that measure 23x10m – 70% larger than
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#17327878092922134-461: The 2010–11 season and ran through to the 2011–12 season. After much speculation on his future at the club, it was reported that Postecoglou had signed a three-year contract extension. With such a successful season behind him, there was much talk as to whether the Roar could equal or better that in the 2011–12 season. Their title credentials were in doubt when the club went on a club-record worst losing streak of five matches immediately following
2231-465: The 2013 State of Origin series . Queensland defeated NSW 12–10 to win their 8th straight Origin series. With 80,380 attending Game 1 at the stadium, the attendances also broke the Origin attendance records for the first and third game of a series. With the second game of the series attracting 51,690 to Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium , 2013 also broke the Origin series attendance record with 215,883 attending
2328-461: The 2015 AFC Asian Cup Final , which marked the Socceroos' first Asian Cup victory, also came at the stadium. Stadium Australia was also the venue for Australia's 3–1 victory against Honduras in the 2018 FIFA World Cup CONCACAF-AFC intercontinental play-off . The venue hosted the 2000 Olympics football gold medal match , with Cameroon defeating Spain 5–3 on penalties. The match attracted
2425-651: The 2021 State of Origin series , originally scheduled to be played at Stadium Australia in Sydney . But due to a COVID-19 outbreak in Sydney at the time, The Game was moved to McDonald Jones Stadium in Newcastle before being moved a second time to Robina Stadium. American rock band Kiss performed at the stadium during their End of the Road World Tour on 10 September 2022. Monster Jam made its debut at
2522-809: The Asian Champions League where they were drawn against Filipino, Ceres-Negros F.C. The match was to be played at the Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre . This match proved to be arguably the worst moment in the club's history with the Roar crashing out of the competition at the hands of the Filipino side. After this horror show, Brisbane Roar's results slightly improved with more wins against Central Coast Mariners FC , Adelaide United FC , and surprise victories over then current champions and future premiers, Sydney FC and future grand final winners, Melbourne Victory FC . Brisbane ended
2619-480: The Melbourne Cricket Ground which held more than 120,000 before its re-design in the early 2000s. In 2003, reconfiguration work was completed to shorten the north and south wings, and install movable seating . These changes reduced the capacity to 80,000, with the capacity to add seating depending on the venue configuration. Awnings were also added over the north and south stands, allowing most of
2716-623: The Melbourne Storm and the St George Illawarra Dragons , broke the rugby league world-record crowd previously set earlier in the season when 107,999 came to watch the Storm defeat the Dragons 20–18 to win their first NRL premiership. During the 2000 Olympics , the evening athletics sessions on day 11 attracted 112,524 spectators on the night that Australia's Cathy Freeman won the Olympic Gold Medal for
2813-754: The North Queensland Cowboys 30–16. 16 November 2005 saw 82,698 attend the second leg of the Oceania-South America Qualification Playoff game for qualification to the 2006 FIFA World Cup . Australia defeated Uruguay 1–0, which led to a penalty shootout as Uruguay had won the first leg of the playoff 1–0. Australia won the shootout 4–2 and secured a spot in the World Cup for the first time since 1974 . The penalty spot where John Aloisi 's spot kick secured victory has been permanently preserved and
2910-631: The Parramatta Eels defeat the Bulldogs RLFC 22–12 in the preliminary final of the 2009 NRL season . This beat the previous finals record of 57,973 set at the Sydney Cricket Ground for the preliminary final of the 1963 NSWRFL season which St George defeat Parramatta 12–7. It hosted its first International Cricket match when Australia took on India in a Twenty20 night game on 1 February 2012. The match attracted
3007-727: The Women's 400 metres . As of 2014, this remains the world record attendance for any athletics event. Also during the Olympics, the soccer final attracted 104,098 to witness Cameroon defeat Spain for its first-ever Olympic gold medal. This was an Olympic Games football attendance record, breaking the record of 101,799 set at the Rose Bowl during the Gold medal game of the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles . The opening ceremony for
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3104-558: The naming rights , resulting in the stadium being known as Telstra Stadium . On 12 December 2007 it was announced by the Stadium Australia Group (SAG) that the stadium's name was to be changed to ANZ Stadium after concluding a deal with ANZ Bank worth around A$ 31.5 million over seven years. This change took effect on 1 January 2008. In 2014, ANZ renewed the deal through to the end of 2017 and again until its closure for rebuilding in October 2019. In December 2020, ANZ's naming rights to
3201-541: The 2000 Summer Olympics at the stadium completely sold out all 110,000 seats, while the highest attendance for any event in modern Olympic Games history was recorded with 114,714 at the stadium for the closing ceremony of the same Games. Musical acts for the closing ceremony were a "who's who" of Australian music including Kylie Minogue , John Williamson , John Paul Young , Jimmy Barnes , Midnight Oil , INXS (with Jon Stevens ), Men at Work , and Slim Dusty who sang Waltzing Matilda . Also in attendance on stage during
3298-489: The 2012–13 season, the Roar finished in 5th place, carried by striker Besart Berisha 's 14 goals during the season. The club made it to the semi-finals in the finals series, bowing out to premiers Western Sydney Wanderers 2–0. The 2013/14 season began in terrific style, with the Roar winning 8 of their first 10 games. This form continued for the rest of the season as the club became dominant premiers. Players like Ivan Franjic , Luke Brattan and Dimitri Petratos shone while
3395-792: The 2014 NRL season, a 3-foot brown snake invaded the stadium, now known as Cbus Super Stadium, during a match between the Titans and Queensland rivals the North Queensland Cowboys. No one was injured, with the snake remaining in the southeast corner until midway through the game. In 2015, the venue hosted the United Arab Emirates Football team as they prepared for the Asian Cup and it also hosted three Brisbane Roar Asian Champions League fixtures in February, March and May. The Stadium hosted Game 3 of
3492-584: The 20th anniversary of the A-League, Brisbane Roar announced a return to their original orange and blue colours. The club plays its home games at Lang Park in Milton, although they have used various other venues throughout their history, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic . Owned by the Bakrie Group since 2011, Brisbane Roar has a strong fan base, including two main supporter groups: “The Den” and
3589-518: The 2nd half with 10 minutes to go with scores locked at 8 all, referee Ben Cummins initially gave Canberra a new set of six tackles after he thought a Roosters player touched the ball, but then retracted the call as Canberra's Jack Wighton was tackled with the ball and ordered a handover to the Roosters with James Tedesco scoring the winning try for the Roosters shortly after the handover to win 14–8. In October 2001, major reconfiguration work on
3686-461: The A-League as Queensland Roar as a foundation member in 2004. The club continued to be based at Richlands where club administration and player training continued. At the time of conception of the A-League , teams from several capital cities were preferred to form the foundation clubs. By June 2004, two of the twenty submissions for joining the league were sought by partnerships formed in Brisbane,
3783-410: The A-League, the club has won two league Premierships, three Championships and has competed in five AFC Champions League competitions. Brisbane Roar holds the record for the longest unbeaten run at the top level of any Australian football code , which stands at 36 league matches without defeat. Brisbane Roar are also the first and only club to win back to back Hyundai A-League Championships, and are
3880-689: The ACL Group Stage for the fourth time in their history. Brisbane were knocked out in the group stage, winning just 1 match, and losing four, including a 6–0 to Ulsan Hyundai FC . This 6–0 loss, coupled with the Western Sydney Wanderers ' 5–1 loss to Shanghai SIPG F.C. on the same day led to Fox Sports commentators Mark Rudan and Mark Bosnich labelling the matchday as "the darkest day in Australian club football". Brisbane Roar's 2017/18 season started amid concerns over
3977-758: The ANZ Stadium in Brisbane (now known as the Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre ) on 27 August 1993 when St George defeated Brisbane 16–10 in Round 22 of the 1993 NSWRL season in front of 58,593 fans. On 18 June 2014, 83,421 fans saw NSW defeat Qld 6–4 in Game 2 of the 2014 State of Origin series . After having won Game 1 at the Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, the home side's win saw Queensland's eight year domination of Origin come to an end as New South Wales won their first series since 2005 . On 5 October 2014,
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4074-585: The Closing ceremony were other famous Australian's including golfer Greg Norman and comedian-actor Paul Hogan .The venue also hosted the same events during the 2000 Summer Paralympics . The Sydney Swans v Collingwood Australian Football League (AFL) match at the Stadium on Saturday, 23 August 2003 set an attendance record for the largest crowd to watch an Australian rules football match outside Victoria with 72,393 spectators (87.7% capacity) attending and
4171-639: The FFA Cup at the first hurdle, losing 0–1 at home to Melbourne City despite having been back in pre-season training for 6 weeks prior to the game. The game was held at Dolphin Oval in Redcliffe in front of a club record FFA Cup home crowd of 6,151 Ahead of the new season Aloisi was very optimistic about Roars chances following a near-perfect pre-season free from off-field distractions with Aloisi claiming his side "has never been better". The season opened with
4268-829: The Gold Coast Titans defeated the New Zealand Warriors 28–16 in the 2010 finals. Beginning in November 2011, the stadium hosted the Gold Coast Sevens , the first event in the annual IRB Sevens World Series of rugby sevens . The country's leg of the series had previously been staged in Adelaide in early autumn (March/April) at the Adelaide Oval , but was put up for bidding upon the expiry of Adelaide's hosting contract. In Round 4 of
4365-530: The NPLQ-W. The youth matches are typically played Roar's CoE while women's matches are played at various locations across Brisbane, including Heritage Park , Goodwin Park , QSAC , A.J. Kelly Park , Perry Park and occasionally Suncorp Stadium . The origins of Brisbane Roar are traced back to the founding of Hollandia F.C. by Dutch immigrants in 1957. The club competed under this name for almost 20 years until, in
4462-708: The New South Wales Government revealed that Stadium Australia would be knocked down and completely re-built, with a new 75,000 seat rectangular stadium built in its place. The announcement was made in conjunction with the unveiling of rebuilding plans for the Sydney Football Stadium in Moore Park . The original plan for Stadium Australia was for the demolition to start in 2019 and the new stadium to be completed by 2021. On 29 March 2018 NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian backflipped on
4559-718: The Parramatta Eels, with 82,538 in attendance. On 13 and 14 December 2010, a U2 concert, one of the biggest in history, was held at the ANZ Stadium. On 6 July 2013 a new rectangle configuration record attendance of 83,702 watched the British & Irish Lions defeat Australia 41–16 to win the Tom Richards Cup series by 2–1. The record set by the Wallabies test was broken just 10 days later on 17 July when 83,813 (only 187 short of capacity) attended Game 3 of
4656-402: The Roar to an encouraging 3rd place on the ladder, narrowly missing out on the championship in the last game of the season and finishing only one point behind eventual champions Adelaide. The 2015/16 performance was sufficient for the Roar to enter qualification for the 2017 Asian Champions League. After defeating Global F.C. and Shanghai Greenland Shenhua F.C. in 2017, Brisbane qualified for
4753-441: The Roar's initial foray into the 2012 Asian Champions League as reward for their success in the previous season. Success was mixed, picking up two draws from four matches. On 24 April 2012, Postecoglou left the club by way of mutual consent, citing a desire to seek "a new challenge". Ange leaves the club as the most successful manager in the club's history. On 26 April 2012, it was reported that Postecoglou did not, in fact, sign
4850-419: The Stadium was sold back to the NSW Government on 1 June 2016 after NSW Premier Michael Baird announced the Stadium was to be redeveloped as a world-class rectangular stadium. The Stadium is owned by Venues NSW on behalf of the NSW Government. The stadium was originally built to hold circa 115,000 spectators, making it the largest Olympic Stadium ever built and the second largest stadium in Australia after
4947-456: The all-time great grand finals when the game went into golden point time courtesy of a Kyle Feldt try in the dying moments to level the scores at 16 all. But the game would be remembered for Ben Hunt 's dropped ball from the kick-off to extra time which led to Johnathan Thurston 's field goal that gave North Queensland their first premiership in the NRL since being admitted into the competition in 1995. Apart from games involving national teams,
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#17327878092925044-472: The capital of Queensland . On 1 November 2004, the group headed by Queensland Lions were chosen as operators of the Brisbane team. On 2 March the following year, Queensland Roar FC were officially announced. The board consisted of chairman John Ribot , a former CEO of both National Rugby League clubs Brisbane Broncos and Melbourne Storm , deputy chairman Gary Wilkins, former Queensland and Australian international player, and CEO Lawrence Oudendyk, who
5141-486: The club tasked with finding a replacement for the remainder of the 2009–10 season . In 2009, the club was officially renamed to Brisbane Roar Football Club due to two other Queensland-based clubs entering the A-League competition; that being Gold Coast United and North Queensland Fury . This was the club's fifth change of name after Hollandia-Inala F.C., Brisbane Lions F.C., Queensland Lions F.C., and Queensland Roar F.C. Ange Postecoglou arrived mid-season armed with
5238-403: The crowd is the largest ever in NSW not to involve a team based in the state. On 30 September 2018, the Grand Final between the Sydney Roosters and the Melbourne Storm featured one of the most courageous performances in Australian sporting history when Cooper Cronk , despite carrying a severe shoulder injury from the week before, played for nearly the entire match, inspiring his Roosters to
5335-418: The ending of their record 36-match unbeaten streak. Postecoglou remained steadfast in the club's philosophy and the club went on to record just one loss in the last 14 games of the regular season to finish league runners-up. Unable to retain the Premiers Plate, Postecoglou led the club to back-to-back championships in the 2012 A-League Grand Final in front of a club-record 50,344 supporters. Postecoglou also led
5432-399: The founding clubs in the 1977 season and competed until the end of the 1988 season before reverting down to the Brisbane Premier League thereafter. In the 1990s, the club again changed its name to Queensland Lions after a legal dispute and subsequent agreement with the Australian rules football club, Brisbane Lions . At the end of the 2004 season, Queensland Lions withdrew from
5529-506: The ground. ANZ Stadium hosts the following: As the largest capacity stadium in Australia that can be configured for rectangular field sports, high-profile Australia national soccer team (Socceroos) fixtures are often staged at the stadium. The stadium hosted Australia's 2005 shootout victory over Uruguay in the OFC-CONMEBOL intercontinental play-off , which qualified the Socceroos for the 2006 FIFA World Cup , their first appearance since 1974. Australia's extra time victory over South Korea in
5626-400: The head coach role. Frans Thijssen was appointed caretaker coach for the remainder of the season. Thinssen's first game in charge was a 1–1 draw against Perth Glory and ended with a 1–2 defeat against Urawa Red Diamonds . In total Thijssen was in charge for 28 games, winning eleven, drawing five and losing twelve. Captain Matt Smith left the club in December to join Bangkok Glass , and
5723-491: The highest domestic cricket crowd in NSW history, only to be knocked off a few weeks later at the Sydney Cricket Ground involving the same two teams. History was repeated on 4 October 2015 when for only the second time in the NRL's history, no NSW team was in the grand final and for the first time ever, it was a Queensland derby in the final between Brisbane and North Queensland . 82,758 people, many of whom had travelled down from various parts of Queensland, witnessed one of
5820-414: The interest of inclusiveness and because perceptions that members of the public saw soccer as a migrants' game, all clubs were required to adopt non-ethnic names after a ruling by the Queensland Soccer Federation in 1973. The club continued to be based in the Brisbane suburb of Richlands . After adopting the name Brisbane Lions in the 1970s, the club joined the National Soccer League (NSL) as one of
5917-423: The local Senior Men's competition to compete in the new National A-League as Queensland Roar. The Premier Youth team remained in the local soccer league. For the next 3 seasons the senior Lions F.C. men's team was the Brisbane Roar but after 3 financially challenging years, Queensland Lions relinquished ownership of the Roar and reformed their men's team in the local Senior Men's competition Lions F.C. entered
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#17327878092926014-426: The match day change rooms and media facilities were completed at a cost of $ 81.4 million ahead of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup and were first used for a NRL game between South Sydney and Manly Warringah on 25 March 2023. In September 2015, the New South Wales Government announced it intended to upgrade the stadium within the next decade, and install a retractable roof over the stadium. On 23 November 2017,
6111-400: The name Queensland Roar before rebranding in 2009 to Brisbane Roar. The Roar has a rich history in the A-League, having won two Premierships and three Championships, while also holding the record for the longest unbeaten streak in the league's history, at 36 matches. The team's core color is orange, reflecting its Dutch heritage, and this has evolved over time. For the 2024/25 season, to mark
6208-409: The new stadium will now be able to seat 27,400 people instead of 25,000. This came after workers on the site found extra space for about 2,400 seats across the stadium while construction was in progress. Robina Stadium hosted two matches in the 2008 Rugby League World Cup , which was held in Australia. The first saw eventual tournament champions New Zealand defeat Papua New Guinea 48–6. The second,
6305-414: The old record of 102,569 set at the Odsal Stadium in Bradford , England for the Challenge Cup Final replay between Warrington and Halifax held on 5 May 1954. The first musical act held at the newly built stadium was the Bee Gees , consisting of Barry , Robin and Maurice Gibb , on 27 March 1999. The band had embarked on what would be their final world tour as a group before the death of Maurice,
6402-436: The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic . The decision meant the stadium remained capable of hosting oval-shaped sports such as cricket and Australian rules football , and retain its capacity to 83,500. Various sporting codes have used this ground on a regular basis. The National Rugby League is the most regular tenant of the ground, while rugby union internationals, soccer internationals and Australian rules football are all played at
6499-417: The only club not have lost the Grand Final in the Hyundai A-League. The youth team competes in the A-League Youth and the women's team competes in the A-League Women . Commencing in 2014, the youth teams also compete in the NPL Queensland in order to provide sufficient matches to further develop their abilities. The youth team competes in the senior men's NPLQ division while the women's team compete in
6596-403: The original screens, and 50% larger than the screens in the Beijing National Stadium , whilst consuming less power than the old screens. Additionally, an LED perimeter screen showcasing ANZ advertising has been installed on the second level from the 30m line to the 30m line. 25 September 2009 saw the largest ever NRL finals attendance (non-grand final) in competition history when 74,549 fans saw
6693-415: The performance being reflected on the scoreline, 2–0. The post season review saw numerous changes behind the scenes. The club finally moved in to its purpose built $ 10m City of Logan training facility in time for pre-season training and a new strength & conditioning coach was hired (from Western Sydney Wanderers ), along with a former English Premier League physiotherapist. In addition, Darren Davies
6790-410: The premiership decider and also the only time an NRL grand final at the Olympic Stadium has failed to attract at least 80,000 fans. On 5 October 2008, the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles defeated the Melbourne Storm 40–0 in the 2008 NRL Grand Final in front of 80,388 fans. This is the record winning margin for a grand final, breaking the previous record of 38-0 when Eastern Suburbs defeated St George in
6887-796: The pressure on Aloisi increased. Stadium Australia New South Wales Blues ( State of Origin ; 1999–present) Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs ( NRL ; 1999–present) South Sydney Rabbitohs ( NRL ; 2006–present) St George Illawarra Dragons ( NRL ; 2008, 2014–2017) Wests Tigers ( NRL ; 2005–2008, 2014–2018) Parramatta Eels ( NRL ; 2017–2019) Australia national rugby union team (selected matches) Western Sydney Wanderers ( A-League ; 2016–2019) Australia men's national soccer team (selected matches) Australia women's national soccer team (selected matches) Sydney FC (selected matches) New South Wales cricket team Sydney Thunder ( BBL ; 2012–2015) Stadium Australia , currently known as Accor Stadium for sponsorship reasons,
6984-447: The quality of player signings, with the signing of former Serie A marksman, Massimo Maccarone , and former Ligue 1 duo, Fahid Ben Khalfallah , and, Eric Bautheac . Roar's first competitive match of the season was a round of 32 FFA Cup tie with Melbourne Victory FC at local ground, Perry Park . The home side started with an experimental side with some players playing in positions they were not usually deployed in. The game ended in
7081-400: The rebuilding plan, and revealed the government would instead refurbish Stadium Australia and reconfigure the pitch dimensions to a permanently rectangular shape. This would come at a cost of $ 800 million, compared to the knock-down and rebuild cost of $ 1.3 billion. On 31 May 2020, the renovation plans were cancelled by the government, who pointed to a shift in budget priorities as a result of
7178-483: The rectangular field and 82,500 for the oval field at a total cost of $ 80 million. The construction work was carried out by Multiplex . The reconfiguration work was completed in October 2003 in time for the 2003 Rugby World Cup where the then Telstra Stadium hosted the opening game, two other groups games, both semi-finals, the third-place play-off and final matches of the competition. In the first semi-final on 15 November 2003, Australia beat New Zealand 22–10 and then in
7275-498: The regular season with wins over Central Coast Mariners, and, Perth Glory. Brisbane Roar scraped a sixth-place finish on the table earning just two more points than seventh placed Western Sydney Wanderers. This sixth-place finish gave the Roar qualification for the A-League Finals Series , where they played Melbourne City in a preliminary final away. The Brisbane-based side put on a poor display and were outplayed with
7372-459: The return of former captain Matt McKay bolstered the midfield. Brisbane won the grand final 2–1 after extra time against Western Sydney Wanderers. Club talisman Besart Berisha and star utility Ivan Franjic would leave the club over the off-season for Melbourne Victory and Torpedo Moscow respectively. After a run of poor results at the beginning of the 2014–15 season, Mulvey stepped down from
7469-479: The season at home to Melbourne City FC , the score was 3–1 with central defender, Avraam Papadopoulos scoring an unlikely brace. Brisbane Roar slowly climbed the A-league ladder with wins against Western Sydney Wanderers FC , Adelaide United FC , and, Perth Glory FC in the new year. After finishing third on the A-league table in the 2016–17 season, Brisbane Roar gained entry into the second qualifying round of
7566-498: The seating to be under cover. The stadium was engineered along sustainable lines, e.g., utilising less steel in the roof structure than the Olympic stadiums of Athens and Beijing . The stadium lacked a naming rights sponsor in its formative years, bearing the name Sydney Olympic Stadium between its opening in 1999 and 2001, it is then knows as Stadium Australia in 2001 and 2002. In 2002, telecommunications company Telstra acquired
7663-470: The second semi-final the following day England beat France 24–7. In the final, on 22 November, England beat Australia 20–17 in extra time. In 2022, a new scoreboard was installed at the southern end of the stadium, measuring 120 metres wide. Also in 2022, the stadium lighting was replaced with new LED sports lights and were first used in Game One of the 2022 State of Origin series . In 2023, upgrades of
7760-520: The stadium expired and it reverted to being Stadium Australia . In November 2021, multinational hospitality company Accor acquired the rights, with the venue to be known as Accor Stadium . The first sporting event held at the stadium was on 6 March 1999 when a then-record rugby league football crowd of 104,583 watched the NRL first round double-header, featuring Newcastle v Manly and Parramatta v St George Illawarra Dragons . The attendance broke
7857-459: The stadium hosted its first State of Origin series game between New South Wales and Queensland . The match, Game 2 of the three-game series , saw the record Origin attendance in Sydney when 88,336 saw the Blues christen their new home with a 12–8 win. The attendance broke the Origin attendance record of 87,161 set at the Melbourne Cricket Ground for Game 2 of the 1994 series . On 7 August 1999,
7954-500: The stadium on 21 October 2023 for 2 shows. In September 2024, the stadium will host a FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualifier , with Australia hosting Bahrain . The stadium produced a record attendance of 27,176 on 18 April 2008 when it hosted the Heritage Round National Rugby League match between Gold Coast Titans and Brisbane Broncos . This figure was surpassed by a crowd of 27,227 on 12 September in
8051-415: The stadium was commenced to allow for sports that require an oval field, such as cricket and Australian rules football , to be played at the ground. The two wing stands and the athletics track were removed; they were replaced with a movable seating section. New roofs were built over the two ends and seats that had a poor view of the field were removed. The reconfiguration reduced the capacity to 84,000 for
8148-407: The task of picking up the pieces of a season in tatters. Postecoglou's first season ended as the worst in the club's short history, finishing second from the bottom. Postecoglou completed a turn-around in the 2010–11 season. He made wholesale changes to the squad, commencing with the replacement of the "old-guard" of Charlie Miller , Craig Moore and Danny Tiatto and brought in his own squad which
8245-407: The three games. On 6 September 2013, the largest ever NRL minor round attendance for a single game at the stadium was set when 59,708 saw eventual 2013 Premiers the Sydney Roosters defeat South Sydney 24–12 in the final round of the 2013 NRL season . This was also the largest single game minor round crowd in the history of the premiership dating back to 1908, breaking the previous record set at
8342-405: The three previous managers before him. On 18 December 2012, Vidošić was removed as coach, taking up the role of technical director for the club, with Mike Mulvey , then coach of the Melbourne Victory women's named as his replacement. Vidošić was only manager for 13 matches before transferring to the new role, similar to the one offered to Postecoglou before his exit earlier in 2012. At the end of
8439-548: The tour ending in the newly built Olympic Stadium. The show was sold out with an attendance of 66,285. The stadium was not officially opened until 12 June 1999 when the Australian National Soccer team played the FIFA All Stars . Australia won the match 3–2 in front of a crowd of 88,101. Stadium Australia also played host to the national side's historic playoff win over Uruguay in November 2005,
8536-434: The venue started in 2006, and finished in February 2008, in time for the 2008 National Rugby League season , when it became the new home of the Titans. The venue will be used for the 2032 Summer Olympics and will host preliminary Football. Robina Stadium is located in the satellite growth suburb of Robina, next to Robina railway station . The stadium is effectively a smaller version of Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane , and
8633-412: The “Roar Supporters Federation.” Despite lacking a formal club anthem, Brisbane Roar maintains one of the highest average attendances in the A-League, underscoring its significant presence in Australian soccer. Ruben Zadkovich is the current Head Coach. Brisbane Roar has won the domestic title on three occasions and holds the longest unbeaten record of 36 league matches without defeat. The club has
8730-508: Was 110,000) witnessed the "greatest ever rugby match" when a Jonah Lomu try sealed an All Blacks win over the Wallabies 39–35. The All Blacks had led 24-0 after 11 minutes only to see Australia draw level at 24–24 by halftime. An exhibition soccer match between the Australia national team and English club Manchester United was played on 18 July 1999. Manchester United defeated Australia 1–0 in front of 78,000 spectators. On 9 June 1999,
8827-417: Was a mixture of youth and talented experience. Under his brand of possession/attacking soccer, he led the team to win the club's inaugural premiership and go on to complete the club's first Double by also wrapping up the championship in a memorable 2011 A-League Grand Final in front of a then club record 50,168 supporters. The club went on an Australian sporting record 36-match unbeaten run which commenced in
8924-473: Was also Queensland Lions CEO. Miron Bleiberg was appointed as the inaugural manager on 2 March 2005. Under pressure from the fans to deliver on his promises of attractive, attacking and successful soccer he resigned on 12 November 2006 following a poor start to the 2006–07 season. After much speculation, Bleiberg was replaced by former Australian national team coach, Frank Farina just three days after Bleiberg's resignation. Frank Farina's arrival led to
9021-403: Was appointed second assistant coach at Aloisi's request. In addition new player signings were made early, avoiding mistakes of previous seasons, with 21/23 players reporting for pre-season training and – amid growing optimism for the new season with Aloisi promising to turn Suncorp Stadium in to a "fortress" – membership and club sponsorship approached record levels. Aloisi's team again exited
9118-487: Was arrested by Queensland Police for drink driving . He was initially suspended by the Roar and asked to show cause as to why he should not be sacked for tarnishing the name of the club. It was announced that assistant manager, Rado Vidošić would step into a caretakers role until a decision had been made which would include the M1 Derby, which the Roar lost 1–0 at home. Farina was ultimately sacked on 14 October 2009, with
9215-634: Was designed by the same company. The project was funded by the Queensland Government . On 27 September 2006, it was announced that the new ground would be renamed Skilled Park after Skilled Group won the naming rights to the stadium. The land for the site was purchased by the Gold Coast City Council and gifted to the Queensland Government to build the Stadium. Sports Minister Judy Spence announced that
9312-405: Was replaced by former captain and club favourite Matt McKay . The season ended with the club recovering to finish in 6th position and qualify for the finals series. Brisbane were knocked out by Adelaide United in the elimination final 2–1. On 26 May 2015, John Aloisi was appointed head coach. Amidst off-field drama regarding the club's ownership during his first season as head coach, Aloisi led
9409-626: Was the largest home-and-away AFL crowd at any Australian stadium for 2003. The attendance broke the record of 66,897 set at Football Park in Adelaide , South Australia on 28 September 1976 for the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) grand final between the Sturt and Port Adelaide Football Clubs . 2 October 2005 saw 82,453 attend the NRL grand final in which the Wests Tigers defeated
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