The Gwangju Football Stadium is a

football-specific stadium Soccer-specific stadium is a term used mainly in the United States and Canada to refer to a sports stadium either purpose-built or fundamentally redesigned for soccer and whose primary function is to host soccer matches, as opposed to a multi-p ...

Gwangju Gwangju () is South Korea's sixth-largest metropolis. It is a designated metropolitan city under the direct control of the central government's Home Minister. The city was also the capital of South Jeolla Province until the provincial office ...

, South Korea. It is the home ground of

Gwangju FC Gwangju FC (Korean: 광주 FC) is a South Korean professional football club based in Gwangju that competes in the K League 1, the top tier of South Korean football. They joined the K League in the 2011 season. History Gwangju FC was founded ...

. The stadium holds 10,007 spectators.

History

Originally, it was the auxiliary stadium of the

Gwangju World Cup Stadium The Gwangju World Cup Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in the South Korean city of Gwangju. It is managed by the Sports Support Division of the Culture & Sports Policy Office of the Gwangju Metropolitan city. Initially the stadium was named ''Gw ...

. It was remodeled in 2018 and opened on 25 July 2020 in a

K League 1 The K League 1 (Hangul: K리그1) is the men's top professional football division of the South Korean football league system. The league is contested by twelve clubs. History The South Korean professional football league was founded in 1 ...

match between

and

Suwon Samsung Bluewings ''(The Blue, White and Reds)''Tricolor'' , short name = SSB , image = , caption = , founded = , ground = Suwon World Cup Stadium , capacity = 44,031 , owner = Cheil Worldwide(Samsung's subsidiary) , chairma ...

.‘전용구장 시대 개막’ 광주, 한국형 축구전용구장의 모습
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* of Gwangju FC Sports venues in Gwangju Football venues in South Korea Gwangju FC Sports venues completed in 2020 K League 1 stadiums K League 2 stadiums 2020 establishments in South Korea {{SouthKorea-sports-venue-stub

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