The People's Football Stadium is a football stadium located in
Lyari
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, a neighbourhood in
Karachi
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,
Sindh
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,
Pakistan
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. It is owned by the
Karachi Metropolitan Corporation, formerly
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of Karachi. It has a capacity of 40,000.
Stadium is part of a sports complex which also houses a
boxing
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arena having capacity of 5000 spectators, and Gymnasium sports complex where indoor sports like volleyball, badminton and basketball are contested.
Overview
The stadium was built in 1988, and opened on 9 December 1995. It covers an area of . In 1999, when Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto came into power, new Floodlights (sport), floodlights imported from France worth PKR 30.7 million were installed, to enable evening matches to take place. The Pakistan national football team moved to the Peoples Football Stadium from the Railway Stadium in Lahore.
Major matches
The stadium, hosted the SAFF Championship, South Asian Football Federation Championship in South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup 2005, 2005. It also hosted all the matches in the inaugural Karachi Football League and Geo Super Football League in 2007.
The 2012 KPT Challenge Cup#Group stages, group stages of 2012 KPT Challenge Cup was held in this stadium along with KPT Football Stadium. The stadium is currently used for the final phase of 2018–19 Pakistan Premier League.
See also
* List of stadiums by capacity
* List of stadiums in Pakistan
* List of cricket grounds in Pakistan
* List of sports venues in Karachi
* List of sports venues in Lahore
* List of sports venues in Faisalabad
* List of association football stadiums by country#Pakistan, List of football stadiums
* Pakistan Football Federation
* Football in Pakistan
References
External links
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Football venues in Pakistan
Stadiums in Karachi
K-Electric F.C.
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