Tinsulanonda Stadium (, ) is a multi-purpose stadium in Songkhla, Thailand. Named after the Songkhla-born former Thai Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda, it is used mostly for football matches.
The stadium has a capacity of 30,000 but just 2,000 of those spaces are covered in a small single-tiered stand along one touchline. The rest of the stadium is a continuous curving tier. The stadium hosted one of the semi-finals in the 1998 Asian Games men's football tournament.
History In the early 1970s, the Sports Authority of Thailand has a project to build a stadium in the region in Songkhla. The stadium name is "District 9 Stadium", located in Bo Yang Subdistrict, Mueang District, Songkhla Province, with the support of the construction budget from the Government Lottery Office.https://makesfield.com/2021/10/09/%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%93%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B9%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%97%E0%B9%8C/ แนะนำ สนามกีฬาติณสูลานนท์ สนามฟุตบอล ของชาวจังหวัดสงขลา
In 1989, Songkhla has been selected to host the National Games causing District 9 stadium to undergo major renovation including changing the stadium name from "District 9 Stadium" to "Tinsulanon Stadium" since that change Tinsulanon Stadium has become an important stadium in the southern region of Thailand to organize sporting events in various categories.https://news.gimyong.com/article/4670 จากสนามกีฬาเขต9 สู่สนามติณสูลานนท์ สนามความจุอันดับ2 ของประเทศไทย
In 1998 Tinsulanon Stadium get the opportunity to host the largest event, such as the 13th Asian Games, 1998, hosted by Thailand at Tinsulanon Stadium. Therefore, a major improvement is needed again because the stadium has been selected to be the competition field for football.
Later in 2014, the Sports Authority of Thailand transferred the field supervision to the Provincial Administrative Organization of Songkhla and use a budget of 200 million baht to renovate football fields and other fields by increasing the stadium capacity from 35,000 seats to 45,000 seats and changing into all seats and renovate the grandstand side of the stadium to be a 2-level grandstand with 10,000 seats in order to support the Thailand National Games at Songkhla in 2017.
In 2019, Tinsulanon Stadium has undergone major renovations to accommodate the hosting 2020 AFC U-23 Championship.https://www.hatyaitoday.com/pitch/ สนามติณสูลานนท์ สงขลา ยกระดับสนามกีฬาสู่ระดับสากลก่อสร้างสนามฟุตบอลหญ้าเทียม-สระว่ายน้ำhttps://siamrath.co.th/n/104497 "AFC" ตรวจ"สนามติณสูลานนท์"เช็คความคืบหน้าปรับปรุงสนามรับศึกชิงแชมป์เอเชียU23
In 2024, the stadium hosted the 2024 King's Cup tournament.
International football matches
2020 AFC U-23 Championship DateTime (UTC+07)Team #1Res.Team #2RoundAttendance9 January 202017:151–1Group stage4,1809 January 202020:151–0Group stage6,00012 January 202017:151–2 Group stage6,00012 January 202020:150–2 Group stage6,68315 January 202017:150–1Group stage3,567
2024 King's Cup DateTime (UTC+07)Team #1Res.Team #2RoundAttendance11 October 202416:301–0Semi-finals13,58811 October 202420:003–1Semi-finals19,50614 October 202416:300–3 Third place9,66414 October 202420:001–2 Final24,121
References
External links Stadium profile and photos Thailand - Songkhla FC - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway