Cheonan Stadium ( ko, 천안종합운동장) is a
multi-purpose stadium in
Cheonan
Cheonan (; 천안시, ''Cheonan-si''), also spelled Ch'ŏnan, is a city in South Chungcheong, South Korea.
Cheonan has a population of 666,417 (2018), making it the most-populous city or county in South Chungcheong, and the third most-populous ci ...
, South Korea. Built in 2001, it is currently used mostly for
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
matches and can accommodate 26,000 spectators. On 15 October 2013, the
South Korea national football team used the stadium for the first time in the
friendly match against
Mali, which ended in a 3–1 victory for South Korea. The stadium also hosted nine matches at the
2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup
The 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 21st edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup, the biennial international men's youth football championship contested by the under-20 national teams of the member associations of FIFA, since its inception in 1977 as ...
.
The stadium's profile on the tournament website
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References
External links
Official website
World Stadiums
Football venues in South Korea
Sport in South Chungcheong Province
Multi-purpose stadiums in South Korea
Athletics (track and field) venues in South Korea
Buildings and structures in Cheonan
Sports venues completed in 2001
K League 2 stadiums
2001 establishments in South Korea
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