Chonburi Daikin Stadium () is a multi-use

stadium A stadium (: stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage completely or partially surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit ...

in Mueang Chonburi, Chonburi Province,

Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...

. It is currently used mostly for

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matches and is the home stadium of Chonburi Football Club. The stadium holds 8,680 people.

History

The stadium was used for the first time a season in 2012 for the

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and also used to play in the

AFC Cup The AFC Champions League Two (abbreviated as the ACL Two or ACL2) is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation. It is the second-tier competition of Asian club football, ranked below the AFC C ...

as well as their first time in this competition. After the earlier of the playing in AFC competition, The stadium is not qualified to be used in the field so they use

Supachalasai Stadium The Suphachalasai Stadium () is a sports stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, part of the National Stadium (Thailand), National Stadium complex. History The stadium construction started in 1937 in the original area of Thai Windsor Palace (Bangkok), ...

in previous years. But at end of 2012, the stadium can be used and led the team to reach the semi-finals in the

2012 AFC Cup The 2012 AFC Cup was the ninth edition of the AFC Cup, a football competition organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for clubs from "developing countries" in Asia. Al-Kuwait from Kuwait won their second AFC Cup title in four year ...

for the club's first time in Chonburi history.

International football matches

References

External links

Stadium Profile
Chonburi F.C. Football venues in Thailand Sport in Chonburi province Buildings and structures in Chonburi province Sports venues completed in 2010 2010 establishments in Thailand {{Thailand-sports-venue-stub