Stadium Name: | Hongkou Football Stadium 虹口足球场 |
Location: | Shanghai, China |
Broke Ground: | February 22, 1998 |
Opened: | March 14, 1999 |
Owner: | Shanghai Government |
Operator: | IRENA Group |
Tenants: | Shanghai Shenhua (1994–1998, 1999–2006, 2008–2019) |
Surface: | Grass |
Seating Capacity: | 33,060 |
Hongkou Football Stadium 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.
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 | Team | |||
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10 September 2007 | Group A | 11–0 | 28,098 | |||
11 September 2007 | Group A | 2–2 | 27,146 | |||
14 September 2007 | Group A | 0–1 | 27,730 | |||
14 September 2007 | Group A | 0–0 | 27,730 | |||
18 September 2007 | Group B | 0–1 | 6,100 | |||
30 September 2007 | Third Place | 1–4 | 31,000 | |||
30 September 2007 | Final | 2–0 | 31,000 |
September 26, 2004
November 18, 2007 – Minutes to Midnight World Tour, audience: 25,000
May 31, 2008 — Audience: 40,000
November 29, 2008 – KylieX2008
October 19, 2014 – The Elusive Chanteuse Show
July 22, 2015 – The Hunting Party Tour
December 2–8, 2017 - Life Tour
October 6–7, 2018 – Skyscraper World Tour