The Melbourne Cricket Club (MCC) advises that the official attendance figure for the 2010 FIFA World Cup Asian Group Qualifier between Australia and Japan on June 17 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) has been amended.
The correct attendance figure for this event is 74,100.
An attendance of 69,238 was published on the night of the match. However, a combination of technical and human error in collating this figure has since been uncovered and the MCC immediately alerted Football Federation Australia once the discrepancy became known.
“While it is regrettable that such an error should occur, we were delighted with the significant attendance at this event,” said Trevor Dohnt, MCC general manager event operations.
The official figure of 74,100 places the match in sixth position on the highest ever MCG attendances for a soccer match.
Highest MCG attendances – Soccer
Crowd Event Date
95,103 Friendly (Australia v Greece) May 25, 2006
93,225 Olympic Games (Australia v Italy) Sep 13, 2000
85,513 World Cup Qualifier (Australia v Iran) Nov 29, 1997
84,656 World Cup Qualifier (Australia v Uruguay) Nov 20, 2001
79,795 Friendly (Australia v Brazil) Nov 17, 1999
74,100 World Cup Qualifier (Australia v Japan) June 17, 2009
71,215 Friendly (Australia v Manchester United) Jul 15, 1999
70,171 Friendly (Australia v Argentina) Sep 11, 2007
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