The Seoul Olympic Stadium"Seoul Olympic Stadium" World Stadiums. Retrieved 12 October 2011 (), a.k.a. Jamsil Olympic Stadium (formerly romanised as Chamshil), is a multi-purpose stadium in Seoul, South Korea. It is the main stadium built for the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 10th Asian Games in 1986. It is the centrepiece of the Seoul Sports Complex in the Songpa District, in the southeast of the city south of the Han River."Seoul Jamshil Sports Complex" Seoul Tourism Organization. Retrieved 12 October 2011 It is the largest stadium in South Korea.
Design and construction This multi-purpose stadium was designed by Kim Swoo-geun. The lines of the stadium's profile imitate the elegant curves of a Joseon white porcelain. Spectator seats are distributed across two tiers beneath a partially covered roof structure; seating capacity is 69,950.
Before its construction, Seoul's largest venues were Dongdaemun Stadium and Hyochang Stadium. Seating 30,000 and 20,000 respectively, they were too small to attract world-class sporting events. Construction on the new stadium began in 1977 with the aim of staging the Asian Games in 1986. When Seoul was awarded the Games of the XXIV Olympiad in September 1981, this stadium became the centrepiece.
Sports Officially, the stadium opened on 29 September 1984 as the main work for the 10th Asian Games held two years later, then the Olympics in 1988. However, it has not been used to stage a major world sporting event since then. It currently has no occupant, although the Korea Football Association has expressed interest in renovating and modernizing the stadium, transforming it into a permanent ground for national team matches.
The events hosted by the stadium during the Olympics were the opening and closing ceremonies, athletics, the football finals, and the equestrian jumping individual final. The stadium also performed the same functions during the 1988 Summer Paralympics."1988 Summer Olympics Official Report" Volume 1. Part 1. pp. 162-3.
Football Between the match against Japan on 30 September 1984 to the match against Yugoslavia on 28 May 2000, the Olympic Stadium was the home ground of the Korea Republic national football team. The newly built Seoul World Cup Stadium then became the center match venue for the Korean team. In an effort to revitalize football across the nation, Korea used the Olympic Stadium for the 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup. The KFA has expressed interest in continuing to use the venue for future national team matches.
Since 2015, newly formed professional football club Seoul E-Land FC has been using this stadium. Auto racing The Seoul ePrix had the circuit run over into the stadium and around the Seoul Sports Complex.
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Seoul Olympic Stadium appears in the opening scene of the 2025 film KPop Demon Hunters.
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Seoul Sports Facilities Management Center