Stadium Name: | Railway Stadium |
Location: | Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan |
Owner: | Pakistan Railways |
Operator: | Pakistan Railways F.C. |
Surface: | GrassMaster |
Tenants: | Pakistan Railways F.C. |
Seating Capacity: | 5,000 |
Railway Stadium is a football stadium in Lahore, Pakistan and is the home of the Pakistan Railways FC. The stadium can accommodate 5,000 spectators. It is also the former home stadium of the Pakistan national football team, however after many decades they moved to the bigger and more advanced Peoples Football Stadium.
The stadium hosted the 1993 South Asian Association of Regional Co-operation Gold Cup,[1] and also the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round for Pakistan.[2]
It was one of the venues of the Pakistan national team in the 2007 AFC President's Cup
The stadium hosted 2015 NBP National Challenge Cup, the domestic cup in Pakistani football, which was won by Khan Research Laboratories, as both the host, Pakistan Railways and WAPDA were knocked-out in group stages and semi-finals respectively.