Canberra soccer fans will get another chance to fire a reminder to Football Federation Australia officials that they want an A-League team in the capital after the ACT government secured a deal to host a game next season.

As the Western Sydney Wanderers prepare to face Adelaide United in the A-League grand final, Fairfax Media can reveal Canberra will have a role to play in the 2016-17 campaign.

The Central Coast Mariners will play the Wellington Phoenix in Canberra in the next A-League season. Credit:Getty Images

It will be announced on Friday the Central Coast Mariners will play Wellington Phoenix at Canberra Stadium later this year in the first regular-season fixture in the capital since 2009.

FFA bosses have scuttled Canberra's immediate hopes of securing the city's own team in the competition, citing the population size as one of the main reasons for not expanding into the ACT.