جناح اسپورٹس اسٹیڈیم | |
Location | Islamabad, Pakistan |
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Coordinates | 33°42′2″N 73°5′34″E / 33.70056°N 73.09278°E |
Elevation | 536 metres (1,759 ft) |
Owner | Pakistan Sports Board |
Executive suites | 26 |
Capacity | 48,820 |
Acreage | 45,000 sq. m |
Surface | Natural grass |
Construction | |
Built | 1980s |
Architect | China State Construction Engineering |
Tenants | |
Huma F.C. Pakistan National Football Team | |
Website | |
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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 48,000 people and is the largest stadium in Pakistan.[1]
Stadium
Named after Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the stadium was built in the 1980s by the assistance of 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 allowing athletics use.
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][16] 2012[17]
- PFF League: 2010 (region round and Group B matches only), 2011[18]
- All Pakistan Women Inter University Women Football Championship: 2011[19]
- FIFA World Cup Qualifiers: 2026
See also
References
- ↑ "Pakistan Sports Board, Islamabad". Pakistan Sports Board. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
- ↑ Reporter, The Newspaper's Sports (2021-06-24). "China to support renovation of Pakistan Sports Complex". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2023-08-08.
- ↑ Bell, Daniel (2011-11-07). Encyclopedia of International Games. McFarland. p. 343. ISBN 978-0-7864-6414-2.
- ↑ "South Asian Games - Day One | NEWS | World Athletics". World Athletics. 2004-04-02. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
- ↑ Abbasi, Kashif (2014-11-22). "India humble Nepal 6-0 to lift SAFF trophy for third time". Dawn. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
- ↑ Hashmi, Nabeel (2013-06-27). "Let the Games begin". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
- ↑ Saba, Fazeela (2016-05-06). "Quaid-e-Azam inter-provincial games: A light at the end of Pakistan's barren sports tunnel". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
- ↑ "Quaid-e-Azam Inter Provincial Games 2017 - Khilari". www.khilari.com.pk. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
- ↑ "WOMEN'S SOCCER: Khadija strikes as Punjab lift title". Dawn. 2005-09-30. Retrieved 2022-01-11.
- ↑ "Wapda lift women soccer trophy". Dawn. 2006-08-30. Retrieved 2022-01-11.
- ↑ "Lahore Club claim women soccer title". Dawn. 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2022-01-11.
- ↑ "Giant-killer Rising Star stun Wapda". The Nation. 2008-08-31. Retrieved 2022-01-11.
- ↑ "Malavan FC thrash Sports Sciences to clinch football title". Dawn. 2009-08-12. Retrieved 2022-01-11.
- ↑ "Young Rising Stars beat WAPDA to win NWFC". Dawn. 2010-08-06. Retrieved 2022-01-11.
- ↑ "National Women Championship group stage completed". FootballPakistan.com (FPDC). 2011-09-25. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
- ↑ "Young Rising Star beat Diya FC to clinch National Women Championship". Dawn. 2011-09-30. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
- ↑ "Young Rising Star fight hard to retain Women Championship". footballpakistan.com. FPDC. October 9, 2012. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
- ↑ "PFF League results 1-2 December 2011". FootballPakistan.com (FPDC). 2011-12-01. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
- ↑ "Punjab, Frontier enter Pakistan Inter University Women Soccer final". FootballPakistan.com (FPDC). 2011-02-05. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
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