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Guangdong Provincial People's Stadium
Former namesGuangzhou Public Stadium
LocationGuangzhou, People's Republic of China
Public transitMartyrs' Park  1 
OwnerGuangzhou Government
Capacity15,000
SurfaceGrass
Construction
Opened1932
Renovated1946
1950s–60s
1990
Tenants
Guangdong Sunray Cave (2010–2014)
Guangzhou Evergrande (1998–2000)

The Guangdong Provincial People's Stadium (Chinese: 广东省人民体育场) is a multi-purpose stadium in Guangzhou, China. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 15,000 people. The stadium is best reached by taking Guangzhou Metro Line 1 to Martyrs' Park Station.

History

Formerly known as the 東較場 (Cantonese: dung1gaau3coeng2; English: "Eastern Parade Ground"), the site was first used as a sporting venue in 1906 when it hosted Guangdong's (and China's) first provincial-level athletics competition. Sun Yat-sen ordered the construction of a stadium on the site in 1922; however, it wasn't finished until 1932.

It was used as a Japanese transport and supplies depot during the occupation of Guangzhou and was bombed when Guangzhou was liberated.

The construction of Yuexiushan meant that the People's Stadium didn't hold many high-profile sporting or civic events from the mid-1950s onwards; however, it did host many games in the Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup as well as games in the inaugural Women's World Cup.

1991 FIFA Women's World Cup matches

Date Competition Team Res Team Crowd
19 November 1991 Group A  Norway 4–0  New Zealand 12,000
19 November 1991 Group A  China 2–2  Denmark 27,000
27 November 1991 Semi-finals  Germany 2–5  United States 15,000
29 November 1991 Third Place  Sweden 4–0  Germany 20,000

Recent use

For the 2017 Chinese Super League Season, Guangzhou R&F F.C. used the stadium as their temporary home for their first two matches whilst Yuexiushan was being refurbished.

References

  1. 广东省人民体育场 at guangzhou.alltrip.cn Retrieved 2014-09-01
  2. ^ "From the Qing dynasty, to collapsing roofs and the CSL: a history of Guangzhou R&F's temporary home". Wild East Football. 2017-03-10. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
  3. "Yuexiushan: The cradle of Cantonese football, part one". Wild East Football. 2016-09-13. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
  4. "Alexandre Pato the villain as Tianjin Quanjian lose CSL opener to Guangzhou R&F". Wild East Football. 2017-03-04. Retrieved 2017-04-05.

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