Western United FC
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Western United Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club. The club is based in the western Melbourne suburb of Tarneit,[1] the club aims to represent western Victoria, incorporating the western suburbs of Melbourne; the regional cities of Ballarat, Bendigo, and Geelong; and regional and country towns in western Victoria.[2]
Full name | Western United Football Club | ||
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Founded | 2018; 6 years ago (2018) as Western Melbourne | ||
Ground | Wyndham Regional Football Facility (Ironbark Fields) | ||
Capacity | 5,000 | ||
Owner | Western Melbourne Group, Sayers Road Investment Co, Jaszac Investments - Jason Sourasis, Theodore Andriopoulos, Steve Horvat, Levent Shevki and John Tripodi | ||
Chairman | Jason Sourasis | ||
Manager | John Aloisi | ||
League | A-League Men | ||
2023–24 | 11th of 12 | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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Current season |
The club was first established as part of an expansion process in the country's premier soccer competition, the A-League. It began playing in the 2019–20 A-League season, under licence from Football Australia (FA). On May 12, 2022, it announced the establishment of an A-League Women team.[3]
Western United currently play home matches at Ironbark Fields in Wyndham. The club previously played home matches at GMHBA Stadium in Geelong, University of Tasmania Stadium in Launceston, AAMI Park in Melbourne and Mars Stadium in Ballarat, with the club planning to permanently relocate matches to Wyndham City Stadium, a soccer-specific stadium in Wyndham upon its construction.