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Thống Nhất Stadium

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Opened
  
1 October 1960

Phone
  
+84 8 3855 7865

Capacity
  
25,000

Thống Nhất Stadium

Location
  
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Address
  
138 Đào Duy Từ, phường 6, Quận 10, Hồ Chí Minh, Vietnam

Teams
  
Sài Gòn F.C., Ho Chi Minh City F.C.

Similar
  
Hàng Đẫy Stadium, Gò Đậu Stadium, Cần Thơ Stadium, Chi Lăng Stadium, Vinh Stadium

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The Thống Nhất Stadium ("Reunification Stadium") is a multi-purpose stadium in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It is located at 138 Đào Duy Từ Street, Ward 6, District 10. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium for both Sài Gòn F.C. of V.League 1 and Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh of the V.League 2. The stadium has a capacity to seat 25,000 people.

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History

Prior to 1975 the stadium was called Cộng Hòa Stadium (Republic Stadium). The site had witnessed a number of major sporting events including an over-capacity 30.000 strong crowd to watch the elimination soccer match between South Vietnam and South Korea leading up to the 1964 Summer Olympics.

In 1966, South Vietnam captured the Merdeka Cup defeating Burma. The gold trophy was kept at the Cộng Hòa Stadium. Its whereabouts are not known after the Fall of Saigon.

During the Vietnam War the Stadium was also the scene of terrorist attacks by the Vietcong. Explosives detonated on October 4, 1965 killed 11 and injured 42 others.

References

Thống Nhất Stadium Wikipedia