Surakul Stadium (; ) is a

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. It is currently used mostly for

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matches. The stadium holds 15,000 and was built in 1959. The stadium co-hosted the

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. The use of the Surakul Stadium for this tournament had to be hastily arranged. Stadiums in

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were intended to be used but because of the airport takeovers in Bangkok by the PAD the AFF in consultation with the FAT decided to switch venues. Despite better stadiums being available in

Nakhon Ratchasima Nakhon Ratchasima (, ) is the capital of Nakhon Ratchasima province, the largest city in Isan, Northeastern Thailand and the List of municipalities in Thailand#Largest cities by urban population, third-largest city in Thailand. It is 250 km (1 ...

( 5th December Stadium);

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(

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) and

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( Tinsulanon Stadium); the Surakul Stadium was chosen as all the teams could fly directly into Phuket. The stadium also played host to the 2009 King's Cup which included a notorious game involving Thailand and Lebanon where the latter walked off the pitch during the game as they became incensed by what they saw as biased refereeing. The stadium will be used by Phuket F.C. for the 2009 season in the newly formed Division 2 Southern Region of the Thailand Division 2 League. The finals of the well-known

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, Phuket International Rugby 10's in June 2009 are also played there.

Stadium and locations

International football matches

Football venues in Thailand Buildings and structures in Phuket province Multi-purpose stadiums in Thailand Sports venues completed in 1959 1959 establishments in Thailand

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