Jinnah Sports Stadium
جناح اسپورٹس اسٹیڈیم | |
Location | Islamabad, Pakistan |
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Coordinates | 33°42′2″N 73°5′34″E / 33.70056°N 73.09278°ECoordinates: 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 | |
Opened | 1970 |
Architect | China State Construction Engineering |
Tenants | |
Pakistan Television FC ZTBL F.C. Pakistan National Football Team | |
Website | |
http://www.sports.gov.pk/index |
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[]
This stadium was built in the 1970s. The stadium was renovated and used for the SAF Games in 2004. 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
- SAFF Championship: 2005 (semi-finals and final only)
- SAFF Women's Championship: 2014
- National Games of Pakistan: 2013
- Quaid-e-Azam Inter Provincial Youth Games: 2016, 2017
- Pakistan Premier League
- National Women Football Championship: 2011,[2][3] 2012
- PFF League: 2010 (region round and Group B matches only), 2011
- All Pakistan Women Inter University Women Football Championship: 2011[4]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Pakistan Sports Board, Islamabad". www.sports.gov.pk. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
- ^ Staff, Editorial (2011-09-25). "National Women Championship group stage completed". FootballPakistan.com (FPDC). Retrieved 2022-01-03.
- ^ Agencies (2011-09-30). "Young Rising Star beat Diya FC to clinch National Women Championship". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
- ^ Staff, Editorial (2011-02-05). "Punjab, Frontier enter Pakistan Inter University Women Soccer final". FootballPakistan.com (FPDC). Retrieved 2022-01-03.
Categories:
- Sports venues in Pakistan
- Athletics (track and field) venues in Pakistan
- Football venues in Pakistan
- Sport in Islamabad
- Multi-purpose stadiums in Pakistan
- 1970 establishments in Pakistan
- Sports venues completed in 1970
- Memorials to Muhammad Ali Jinnah
- Asian sports venue stubs
- Pakistani building and structure stubs
- Pakistani sport stubs