Capacity 20,000 - seating 1,000 Broke ground 1992 Phone +61 2 6648 4950 | Surface Grass Opened June 1994 | |
Former names BCU International Stadium (2007–10) Operator Coffs Harbour Sports Unit Similar Casey Fields, Whitten Oval, Princes Park, Subiaco Oval, Docklands Stadium | ||
The Coffs Harbour International Stadium (known as the C.ex Coffs International Stadium under a sponsorship arrangement) is an Australian stadium located in the coastal city of Coffs Harbour, New South Wales.
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The stadium was opened in June 1994, and has a capacity of 20,000 people on the ground, although the seating capacity in the stand is only 1,000. The record attendance for a sporting event is 12,000.
The stadium claims a place in the FIFA World Cup records as the venue for the highest scoring match in World Cup qualification history. It hosted the match in which Australia beat American Samoa 31–0 on 11 April 2001.
North Coast Football play their Over 35s matches and finals matches at Coffs Harbour International Stadium.
The stadium regularly hosts NRL trial matches, and formerly hosted ING Cup cricket matches involving the New South Wales Blues. For the past two years it has hosted the FFA National Youth Championships.
The stadium hosted 2007 and 2013's City vs Country Origin rugby league match.
Touch Football
The stadium annually plays host to major events on the Touch Football calendar in Australia. The National Touch League is contested each year during March by the 13 permits from around Australia. The event features some of the best players from around Australia and the world.
For more information, see National Touch League and Touch Football
Attendance records
Top 10 Sports Attendance Records
As of 27 January 2017