Gelora Bung Tomo Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Benowo, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia. It is a part of the Surabaya Sports Center. The rest of the sports complex consists of an indoor stadium, a racing circuit, a roller skating track, three football training pitches, and a mosque. This stadium is used mostly for football matches. It replaced the older Gelora 10 November Stadium. The stadium is used for football matches and is a new base for Persebaya Surabaya. GBT can accommodate 46,806 spectators. The stadium is named after Bung Tomo, who is a National Hero of Indonesia.
History Groundbreaking occurred on 1 January 2008. Construction cost was estimated at Rp100 billion. The arena was designed by Malaysian architects KLIA. Stadion Gelora Bung Tomo was officially opened by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on 11 August 2010.
International football matches +DateCompetitionTeam 1Res.Team 210 September 20122012 SCTV Cup0–215 September 2012Friendly0–014 June 2023Friendly0–08 September 2023Friendly2–05 September 2025Friendly6–08 September 2025Friendly0–0
2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup The stadium hosted eight matches during the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup, including all of Indonesia U-17 team group stage matches. The stadium capacity for the tournament was reduced to 44,200 seats. DateTeam #1Res.Team #2RoundAttendance10 November 2023 0–2 Group A13,43710 November 2023 1–1 Group A30,58313 November 2023 0–2 Group A5,49813 November 2023 1–1 Group A17,23916 November 2023 1–5 Group B10,26916 November 2023 3–1 Group A 26,45421 November 2023 5–0 Round of 167,03421 November 2023 1–1 Round of 161,552
Renovations To accommodate the stadium facilities for the 2021 FIFA U-20 World Cup, renovations are being done to the stadium. Including the installation of the scoreboard in the north upper tribune, repainting and repairing the facade, and adding seats to the stadium to make it a suitable all-seater stadium. The seats are arranged in a mosaic based in a green color representing the home team colors of Persebaya.
The Bung Tomo ornament and the stadium sign is already installed outside the Gelora Bung Tomo and also the floodlights (2400 lux) in December 2020. The first test of the new floodlights was in December, the second test of the new floodlights was increased at the brightness of 3500 lux. Three training fields are now finished. The floodlights were tested after the installation and the brightness is 800 lux, the second test in March 2021 was now in 1200 lux.
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See also Persebaya List of stadiums in Indonesia List of stadiums by capacity List of stadiums
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