The Faisalabad Hockey Stadium is a multi-use

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Faisalabad Faisalabad (; Punjabi/ ur, , ; ), formerly known as Lyallpur ( Punjabi, Urdu: لائل پور), named after the founder of the city, but was renamed in 1977 in honour of late King Faisal of Saudi Arabia. It is the 3rd largest city of Pak ...

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

. It is currently used mostly for

field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...

matches. It is the third-largest hockey stadium in Pakistan (after

Lahore Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city. ...

and

Karachi Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former cap ...

) having a capacity of 25,000. It is located at Susan Road, a major shopping and restaurant area. It is located in the heart of the city and was built during the 1990s. It provides good facilities to the nursery of hockey in Pakistan,

Gojra Gojra ( Punjabi and ur, ), the administrative capital of Gojra Tehsil, is the city of Toba Tek Singh District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. Gojra is from Faisalabad, from Lahore and north of Toba Tek Singh. Founded in 1896 during the B ...

, as it is located in

Faisalabad District Faisalabad District (Lyallpur District until 1979) ( Punjabi and ur, ) is one of the districts of Punjab province, Pakistan. According to the 1998 census of Pakistan it had a population of 3,029,547 of which almost 42% were in Faisalabad City ...

. It is controlled by

Pakistan Hockey Federation The Pakistan Hockey Federation ( ur, ) is the governing body for the sport of field hockey in Pakistan. It is affiliated with the International Hockey Federation (FIH). Management positions The current Patron-in-Chief is Prime Minister Mian M ...

(PHF), which also looks after the management and other issues of the stadium with cooperation of provincial and local governments. It has

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and training facilities. It is home ground of the

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as well as regional teams. Many national level tournaments, such as National Hockey Championship, have been organized here.

History

In 1985, the

Government of Pakistan The Government of Pakistan ( ur, , translit=hakúmat-e pákistán) abbreviated as GoP, is a federal government established by the Constitution of Pakistan as a constituted governing authority of the Administrative units of Pakistan, four provin ...

, decided to make Faisalabad a divisional headquarters and started many uplift projects in the city. The slow progress resulted in a total construction time of more than 10 years, with the construction being completed in 2002 as a part of these projects. Governor of Punjab

Khalid Maqbool Lieutenant General Khalid Maqbool Vohra, ( Punjabi and ur, ) (born 1948) is Pakistani military officer who served as Governor of Punjab between October 2001 and May 2008. He is the longest serving Governor of Punjab in Pakistani history. ...

inaugurated the stadium on 16 April 2003. An

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surface was laid there the same year, and hasn't been replaced since in spite of its poor condition.

has remained in the limelight in the history of Pakistan hockey because this district has been producing many national-level and Olympic hockey players.

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History

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