Selayang Municipal Council Stadium (
Malay
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: Stadium Majlis Perbandaran Selayang) is a
multi-purpose stadium
A multi-purpose stadium is a type of stadium designed to be easily used by multiple types of events. While any stadium could potentially host more than one type of sport or event, this concept usually refers to a specific design philosophy tha ...
in
Selayang
Selayang is a town in Gombak District, Selangor, Malaysia.
Location
Selayang is located on the main route to Rawang through Jalan Ipoh, and this route is connected to Jalan Kuching as main Rawang-Kuala Lumpur route. It is also an optional ...
,
Gombak District
The Gombak District is an administrative district located in the state of Selangor, Malaysia. The district was created on February 1, 1974, the same day when Kuala Lumpur was declared a Federal Territory. Until 1997, Rawang was the district cap ...
,
Selangor
Selangor (; ), also known by its Arabic language, Arabic honorific Darul Ehsan, or "Abode of Sincerity", is one of the 13 Malaysian states. It is on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia and is bordered by Perak to the north, Pahang to the east ...
,
Malaysia
Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...
. The stadium is owned by the
Majlis Perbandaran Selayang
Selayang Municipal Council ( ms, Majlis Perbandaran Selayang, Jawi: مجليس ڤربندرن سلايڠ) is a local authority which administrates Gombak district and surrounding areas. This agency is under Selangor state government. MPS is res ...
(MPS). It is currently used mostly for
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 ...
matches.
The stadium has a capacity of 16,000. The tenants of the stadium is
Selangor United
Sarawak United Football Club or officially Sarawak United FC is a Malaysian professional football club based in Sarawak. The club currently plays in the first-tier division in Malaysian football, the Malaysia Super League for the first time in t ...
.
History
Construction began in September 1997 and finished construction in September 1999. The stadium was officially opened and inaugurated on 26 November 1999 by former
Menteri Besar of Selangor
The Menteri Besar of Selangor, also referred to as the Chief Minister of Selangor, is the head of government in the Malaysian state of Selangor. According to convention, the Menteri Besar is the leader of the majority party or largest coalition p ...
,
Abu Hassan Omar
Tan Sri Dato' Seri Haji Abu Hassan bin Omar ( ms, أبو حسن بن عمر, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset; 15 September 1940 – 8 September 2018) was a Malaysian politician from United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a major ...
.
Recent tournament results
2017 Southeast Asian Games
Footnotes
Football venues in Malaysia
Athletics (track and field) venues in Malaysia
Multi-purpose stadiums in Malaysia
Sports venues in Selangor
Kuantan FA
UKM F.C.
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