Hongkou Football Stadium
Football stadium in Shanghai, China From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hongkou Football Stadium (simplified Chinese: 虹口足球场; traditional Chinese: 虹口足球場; pinyin: Hóngkǒu Zúqiúchǎng) is a football stadium in Shanghai, China. Located in Hongkou District, the stadium has a maximum capacity of 33,060.[1] It is the first ever football stadium to be built in China. The stadium was re-built in 1999, over the previous 46-year-old Hongkou Stadium, a general use sports stadium now replaced by the Shanghai Stadium. It is adjacent to Lu Xun Park.
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| Location | Shanghai, China |
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| Coordinates | 31°16′24″N 121°28′34″E |
| Public transit |  Hongkou Football Stadium 3 8 |
| Owner | Shanghai Government |
| Operator | IRENA Group |
| Capacity | 33,060 |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | February 22, 1998 |
| Opened | March 14, 1999 |
| Tenants | |
| Shanghai Shenhua (1994–1998, 1999–2006, 2008–2019) | |
The stadium has 3 squash courts inside and a climbing wall, which was rebuilt in early 2009. The stadium is currently used mostly for football matches and it is the home stadium of local football team Shanghai Shenhua F.C. It also hosted the final of the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup. The stadium also was the home of Shanghai Guotai Jun'an Yongbo Women's F.C., a local women's football team, in 2016 season.
In 2013 Hongkou Football Stadium was the host of the National Electronic Sports Tournament (NEST).[2]
| Date | Stage | Team | Res. | Team | Att. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2007 | Group A |  Germany |
11–0 |  Argentina |
28,098 |
| 11 September 2007 | Group A |  Japan |
2–2 |  England |
27,146 |
| 14 September 2007 | Group A | Argentina |
0–1 | Japan |
27,730 |
| 14 September 2007 | Group A | England |
0–0 | Germany |
27,730 |
| 18 September 2007 | Group B |  Nigeria |
0–1 |  United States |
6,100 |
| 30 September 2007 | Third Place |  Norway |
1–4 | United States |
31,000 |
| 30 September 2007 | Final | Germany |
2–0 |  Brazil |
31,000 |
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