Hongkou Football Stadium () is a football stadium in Shanghai, China. Located in Hongkou District, the stadium has a maximum capacity of 33,060.www.fussballtempel.net It is the first ever football stadium to be built in China. The stadium was re-built in 1999, over the previous 46-year-old Hongkou Stadium, a general use sports stadium now replaced by the Shanghai Stadium. It is adjacent to Lu Xun Park.
History The stadium has 3 squash courts inside and a climbing wall, which was rebuilt in early 2009. The stadium is currently used mostly for football matches and it is the home stadium of local football team Shanghai Shenhua F.C. It also hosted the final of the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup. The stadium also was the home of Shanghai Guotai Jun'an Yongbo Women's F.C., a local women's football team, in 2016 season.
In 2013 Hongkou Football Stadium was the host of the National Electronic Sports Tournament (NEST).
2007 FIFA Women's World Cup matches Date Stage Team Team September 10, 2007 Group A 11–0 28,098 September 11, 2007 Group A 2–2 27,146 September 14, 2007 Group A 0–1 27,730 September 14, 2007 Group A 0–0 27,730 September 18, 2007 Group B 0–1 6,100 September 30, 2007 Third Place 1–4 31,000 September 30, 2007 Final 2–0 31,000
Concerts Mariah Carey：November 12 & 14, 2003 – Charmbracelet World Tour Whitney Houston：July 22, 2004 – Soul Divas Tour Backstreet Boys: September 26, 2004 S.H.E：October 30, 2004 – Fantasy Land World Tour Linkin Park: November 18, 2007 – Minutes to Midnight World Tour TVXQ: May 31, 2008 — O: The 2nd Asia Tour Kylie Minogue: November 29, 2008 – KylieX2008 Mariah Carey: October 19, 2014 – The Elusive Chanteuse Show Linkin Park: July 22, 2015 – The Hunting Party Tour Mayday: December 2–8, 2017 – Life Tour Joker Xue: October 6–7, 2018 – Skyscraper World Tour Joker Xue: June 21–23, 2023 – Extraterrestrial World Tour Mariah Carey: May 16-17, 2025 – The Celebration of Mimi One Ok Rock: May 9, 2026 – One Ok Rock "Detox" Asia Tour
See also List of football stadiums in China List of stadiums in China Lists of stadiums
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External links
Daum pictures Official Site Atmosphere at Hongkou Stadium Stadium picture