Jinnah Sports Stadium Explained

Stadium Name:	Jinnah Stadium
Location:	Islamabad, Pakistan
Coordinates:	33.7006°N 73.0928°W
Built:	1970s
Owner:	Pakistan Sports Board
Surface:	Natural grass
Architect:	China State Construction Engineering
Tenants:	Pakistan national football team (1970 - present)
Seating Capacity:	48,820
Native Name:	جناح اسپورٹس اسٹیڈیم
Native Name Lang:	Urdu
Acreage:	45,000 sq. m
Suites:	26
Elevation:	536m (1,759feet)

Jinnah Sports Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Islamabad, Pakistan. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium has a capacity of 49,000 people and is the largest stadium in Pakistan.^[1]

Stadium

Named after Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the stadium was built in the 1980s by Chinese State Construction Engineering.^[2] The stadium was first renovated and used for the SAF Games in 1989.^[3] The playing field also has a running track around its perimeter, facilitating its use for athletics.

Tournaments hosted

It has hosted the following sporting events:

• South Asian Games: 1989, 2004^[4]
• SAFF Championship: 2005 (semi-finals and final only)
• SAFF Women's Championship: 2014^[5]
• National Games of Pakistan: 2013^[6]
• Quaid-e-Azam Inter Provincial Youth Games: 2016,^[7] 2017^[8]
• Pakistan Premier League
• National Women Football Championship: 2005,^[9] 2006,^[10] 2007,^[11] 2008,^[12] 2009,^[13] 2010,^[14] 2011,^[15] 2012
• PFF League: 2010 (region round and Group B matches only), 2011
• All Pakistan Women Inter University Women Football Championship: 2011
• FIFA World Cup Qualifiers: 2026
• Athletics at the 2024 South Asian Games

See also

• List of stadiums in Pakistan
• List of stadiums by capacity

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pakistan Sports Board, Islamabad . 2022-01-03 . Pakistan Sports Board.
2. Web site: Reporter . The Newspaper's Sports . 2021-06-24 . China to support renovation of Pakistan Sports Complex . 2023-08-08 . DAWN.COM . en.
3. Book: Bell, Daniel . Encyclopedia of International Games . 2011-11-07 . McFarland . 978-0-7864-6414-2 . 343 . en.
4. Web site: 2004-04-02 . South Asian Games - Day One NEWS World Athletics . 2022-09-19 . World Athletics.
5. Web site: Abbasi . Kashif . 2014-11-22 . India humble Nepal 6-0 to lift SAFF trophy for third time . 2022-09-19 . . en.
6. Web site: Hashmi . Nabeel . 2013-06-27 . Let the Games begin . 2022-09-19 . . en.
7. Web site: Saba . Fazeela . 2016-05-06 . Quaid-e-Azam inter-provincial games: A light at the end of Pakistan's barren sports tunnel . 2022-09-19 . . en.
8. Web site: Quaid-e-Azam Inter Provincial Games 2017 - Khilari . 2022-09-19 . www.khilari.com.pk . en.
9. Web site: 2005-09-30 . WOMEN'S SOCCER: Khadija strikes as Punjab lift title . 2022-01-11 . . en.
10. Web site: 2006-08-30 . Wapda lift women soccer trophy . 2022-01-11 . . en.
11. Web site: 2007-08-25 . Lahore Club claim women soccer title . 2022-01-11 . . en.
12. Web site: 2008-08-31 . Giant-killer Rising Star stun Wapda . 2022-01-11 . . en.
13. Web site: 2009-08-12 . Malavan FC thrash Sports Sciences to clinch football title . 2022-01-11 . . en.
14. Web site: 2010-08-06 . Young Rising Stars beat WAPDA to win NWFC . 2022-01-11 . . en.
15. Web site: 2011-09-30 . Young Rising Star beat Diya FC to clinch National Women Championship . 2022-01-03 . . en.