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Melbourne City FC to move into Casey Fields
Melbourne City Football Club (FC) today announced its relocation to Casey Fields after signing a Heads of Agreement with the City of Casey and the City of Greater Dandenong.
The Etihad City Football Academy (CFA) will sit within the Casey Fields Football Centre of Excellence, featuring an elite training pitch, four full-sized floodlit pitches and a two-story elite performance headquarters building, with space for a 4,000-capacity mini-stadium to be created as part of a future stage three expansion.
The new CFA is partly constructed with stage one of the community and academy facilities already complete. The four full-sized floodlit pitches and single-story building are available for immediate use, and will be the centre of the club’s academy, schools and community work, as well as the City of Casey’s grassroots football and community programs.
By Cam Lucadou-Wells
The South-East’s A-League dream has been revived, with Melbourne City set to relocate its A-League, W-League and Academy teams to an elite training facility at Casey Fields.
In what’s been labelled a “game-changer” for the region, Melbourne City’s relocation from Bundoora will be sealed by a signed Heads of Agreement with the cities of Casey and Greater Dandenong.
From 2 January, the club’s W-League side will play the first of four home games for 2020-’21 at Dandenong City Soccer Club.
A W-League derby clash with Melbourne Victory is set for 28 January.
The news comes two years after Team 11’s A-League and W-League license bid was rejected by Football Federation Australia.