Railway Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Garhi Shahu, Lahore, Pakistan. It is currently used mostly for football matches and serves as the home venue for the Pakistan Railways football team, and was one of the primary venues for the Pakistan national football team in the 1990s. The stadium can accommodate around 5,000 spectators.https://uk.soccerway.com/venues/pakistan/garhi-shahus-railway-stadium/v7247/ It is owned by the Pakistan Railways Sports Board. Built and opened in 1932, it is the oldest stadium in the city of Lahore.
History Built and opened as a multi-purpose stadium in 1932, it is the oldest stadium in the city of Lahore. The opening ceremony of the stadium was held on Friday, 18 March 1932.
In the 1990s the Railway Stadium served as one of the primary venues for the Pakistan national football team, until eventually being replaced by the bigger and more advanced Peoples Football Stadium in Karachi and Punjab Stadium in Lahore.
In 1987, the stadium hosted the 1987 Quaid-e-Azam International Tournament as well as the inaugural 1993 SAARC Gold Cup, which was the first edition of the eventually renamed SAFF Championship. It was also the home venue during the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification for Pakistan.
Apart from being one of the main venues of several national football events such as the Pakistan Premier League and the PFF National Challenge Cup, the stadium was chosen as one of the venues, along with Punjab Stadium, in the 2007 AFC President's Cup held in Lahore.
Football tournaments
1987 Quaid-e-Azam International Tournament The stadium was the venue for the 1987 Quaid-e-Azam International Tournament. DateTeam #1Res.Team #2RoundAttendance15 September 1987 Pakistan Whites1–0 Pakistan BluesGroup stageN/A16 September 1987 Guangzhou4–0Group stageN/A17 September 1987 Nepal XI0–2 Pakistan WhitesGroup stageN/A17 September 1987 Guangzhou2–1 Pakistan GreensGroup stageN/A18 September 1987 Nepal XI0–2 Bangladesh XIGroup stageN/A18 September 1987 Victory Sports Club2–0 Pakistan YellowsGroup stageN/A19 September 1987 Pakistan Whites1–1 Bangladesh XIGroup stageN/A19 September 1987 Pakistan Greens4–0 Pakistan YellowsGroup stageN/A20 September 1987 Nepal XI0–1 Pakistan BluesGroup stageN/A20 September 1987 Guangzhou4–0 Victory Sports ClubGroup stageN/A21 September 1987 Pakistan Blues0–0 Bangladesh XIGroup stageN/A21 September 1987 Pakistan Greens4–0 Victory Sports ClubGroup stageN/A22 September 1987 Pakistan Greens0–1 Pakistan WhitesSemi-finalsN/A23 September 1987 Guangzhou2–0 Bangladesh XISemi-finalsN/A24 September 1987 Pakistan GreensWalkover Bangladesh XIThird-place match N/A24 September 1987 Guangzhou3–1 Pakistan WhitesFinalN/A
1993 SAARC Gold Cup The stadium was the venue for the 1993 SAARC Gold Cup. DateTeam #1Res.Team #2RoundAttendance16 July 19932–0Round RobinN/A16 July 19931–1Round RobinN/A17 July 1993 Pakistan Whites0–0Exhibition matchN/A18 July 1993 Pakistan Whites1–3Exhibition matchN/A18 July 19930–4Round RobinN/A19 July 19930–0Round RobinN/A20 July 1993 Pakistan Whites0–2Exhibition matchN/A21 July 19931–0Round RobinN/A22 July 1993 Pakistan Whites1–2Exhibition matchN/A23 July 19931–1Round RobinN/A
See also
List of stadiums in Pakistan
References