Tancheon Sports Complex () is a group of sports facilities in

Seongnam Seongnam (; ) is the fourth largest city in South Korea's Gyeonggi Province after Suwon and the 10th largest city in the country. Its population is approximately one million. It consists of three administrative districts: Bundang District, J ...

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. Its name was Seongnam 2 Sports Complex but changed to Tancheon Sports Complex in January 2006, naming after

Tancheon Tancheon () is a stream in Gyeonggi Province and Seoul, South Korea. The stream is a tributary of the Han River. It begins in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, flows through Seongnam, and eventually into the Han. It has a total length of . The area al ...

. The complex consists of the Tancheon Stadium, Tancheon Baseball Stadium and a Sports Club.

Facilities

Tancheon Stadium

Tancheon Stadium is a

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built in 2002 and currently used mostly for

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matches and has been the home stadium of

Seongnam FC Seongnam Football Club () is a South Korean professional football (soccer), football club based in Seongnam that competes in the K League 2, the second tier of South Korean football. It is one of the most successful clubs in South Korea and the ...

since 2005, replacing the club's previous home, the

Seongnam Sports Complex Seongnam Sports Complex () is a group of sports facilities in Seongnam, South Korea. The complex consists of the Seongnam Stadium, Field hockey field, and Indoor Arena. Facilities Seongnam Stadium It is a multi-purpose stadium in Seongnam, S ...

. The first professional football match ever held was a friendly game between

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Seongnam Football Club () is a South Korean professional football club based in Seongnam that competes in the K League 2, the second tier of South Korean football. It is one of the most successful clubs in South Korea and the Asian Football Conf ...

and

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on 26 May 2002. Tancheon in Progress

In 2009, Seongnam FC moved their home matches to Seongnam Sports Complex as the canopy installation works commenced. The installation was completed in 2010. The first match held since the installation was Seongnam FC's

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game against

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on 23 February 2010. On 12 March 2016, the stadium recorded its first ever

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sold-out match in Seongnam FC's

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first-round game against

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. In the first half of 2019, Seongnam installed the nation's best large electronic display panel at Tancheon Stadium. Fan would be able to enjoy more vivid game scenes and halftime events at the stadium. In order to improve players' performance, the grass was completely replaced, and track and field tracks was also replaced with blue ones. The team's color was applied to the stadium with street lamp banners and branding using Tongcheon. The stadium is nicknamed the ''Tancheon Fortress'' (

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: 탄천요새) reflecting Seongnam FC's strong home record in AFC Champions League.

Tancheon Baseball Stadium

The stadium is equipped with

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and a stand with 955 seats. From Mondays to Saturdays, the stadium is mostly used by the city's high school baseball teams for home games and practices. For public use, applicants need to apply to a draw for empty time slots.

Tancheon Sports Club

The complex building includes

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centre,

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, multi-purpose

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, and

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facilities.

In popular culture

In the quarantine camp scene in the

n disaster film, ''

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'' (2013), infected persons are placed in plastic bags, with some of them still alive, thrown into a pit in Tancheon Stadium, and incinerated. Mir ( Park Min-ha is brought to the pit of bodies to be incinerated but is rescued by Kang Ji-goo (

Jang Hyuk Jeong Yong-jun (; born December 20, 1976), better known as Jang Hyuk, is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his leading roles in the films '' Volcano High'' (2001), '' Windstruck'' (2004), '' The Flu'' (2013), as well as the television s ...

). The uninfected people see the pit, and a riot ensues, forcing the evacuation of all medical and military personnel from the camp.

References

External links

Official website

Seongnam FC Official Site

World Stadiums
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