Gelora Bung Karno Stadium

  • Asian Games 1962
  • Southeast Asian Games in 1979, 1987, 1997
  • ASEAN Football Championship in 2002
  • ASEAN Football Championship 2004
  • Asian Cup 2007
  • ASEAN Football Cup 2010

The Gelora Bung Karno Stadium - ( Indonesian Gelora Bung Karno Stadium ) is a football stadium with facilities for athletics and serves as the national stadium of Indonesia. It is named after the first president of independent Indonesia, Sukarno (1945-1967), nicknamed the Bung Karno, named. However, it was not until 2005 - Utama Senayan Stadium.

History

The stadium was built from 1960 to 1962 is located in Gelora in the downtown district of Tanah Abang capital Jakarta and was established in late 2006 for the 14th Asian Cup in the summer of 2007 and dismantled. When remodeling capacity of 100,800 dropped to 88 306 seats; However, the stadium is still one of the largest sports arenas in the world.

The stadium is primarily used for football matches, but also has a running track and other track and field equipment and is surrounded by a park with various other sports facilities that are used in particular for international tennis and badminton competitions use. The facilities were built for the Asian Games in 1962, but since then not been renovated.

Other sports facilities of the sports complex.

  • Madya Stadium - stadium with facilities for athletics, 20,000 places
  • Istora Senayan - sports hall, 10,000 places for, inter alia, Badminton, volleyball or basketball
  • Senayan National Aquatics Complex - Swimming Stadium, 8,000 places
  • Small sports hall with 3,500 seats
  • Tennis hall, tennis courts (sand and hard courts)
  • Jakarta International Twin Circuit - Model car race track
  • Field Hockey Stadium
  • Softball Field
  • Archery

The Indonesian national football team carries out most home games at the Bung Karno Stadium, also were in the arena frequently finals of the ASEAN Football Championship ( "Tiger Cup" ) held, most recently at the tournaments in 2002, 2004 and 2010. The first two finals Tiger Cup in Jakarta recorded 100,000 (2002 ) and 110,000 (2004) viewers. The stadium is also used by the football club Persija Jakarta the Indonesia Super League.

The Bung Karno Stadium - 2007 was one of the venues for the Asian Cup; next five games of the tournament Group D, with the teams from Bahrain, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia and South Korea, and a quarter-final and the final of the competition was played there on July 29, 2007.

Gallery

VIP entrance during the Asian Cup 2007

" Main lobby " in the West Stand

View of the stadium from the 46th floor of the skyscraper Wisma 46

The Gelora Bung Karno Stadium - 2007

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