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, known commonly as Fuku-Ari (フクアリ), is a
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
stadium in
Chiba
Chiba may refer to:
Places China
* (), town in Jianli County, Jingzhou, Hubei
Japan
* Chiba (city), capital of Chiba Prefecture
** Chiba Station, a train station
* Chiba Prefecture, a sub-national jurisdiction in the Greater Tokyo Area on ...
, Japan. It was completed in 2005 and is home to the
J. League
The , officially is Japan's professional football league including the first division J1 League, second division J2 League and third division J3 League of the Japanese association football league system. J1 League is one of the most succe ...
club
JEF United Ichihara Chiba
, full name and also known as , is a Japanese professional football club that plays in the J2 League. On 1 February 2005, the club changed its name from ''JEF United Ichihara'' to the current name after Chiba city had joined Ichihara, Chiba as ...
following their move from the
Ichihara Seaside Stadium
is a football and athletics stadium located in Ichihara, Japan. Completed in 1987, the stadium consists of a large main stand and several smaller stands in a ring. Approximately 500 seats are covered; the cold Ichihara winds tend to create an unco ...
. The stadium has a capacity for 19,781 spectators, with 18,500 seats.
Originally named , Fukuda Denshi, a medical electric instrument manufacturer, won the
naming rights
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after outbidding several other candidates.
The location is a former
Kawasaki Steel
Kawasaki Steel Corporation (Kawasaki Seitetsu) was a Japanese steel manufacturing company.
History
Originally forming the Steel Making Department of Kawasaki Heavy Industries, the Kawasaki Steel Corporation was incorporated in August 1950 follow ...
factory site.
The first international match was held on 29 May 2009, when the men's national teams of
Belgium
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and
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...
played out a 1–1 draw.
References
External links
Official website
Football venues in Japan
Rugby union stadiums in Japan
Rugby in Kantō
JEF United Chiba
Sports venues in Chiba (city)
Venues of the 2026 Asian Games
Sports venues completed in 2005
2005 establishments in Japan
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