The Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium ( ms, Stadium Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah) is a multipurpose

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Terengganu Terengganu (; Terengganu Malay: ''Tranung'', Jawi: ), formerly spelled Trengganu or Tringganu, is a sultanate and constitutive state of federal Malaysia. The state is also known by its Arabic honorific, ''Dāru l- Īmān'' ("Abode of Faith"). ...

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. The stadium is named after the fourth Sultan of Terengganu. The stadium holds 15,000 capacity. It is used mainly for

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matches and serves as the home ground of

Terengganu FC II Terengganu Football Club II ( ms, Kelab Bola Sepak Terengganu II) is a professional football club based in Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia. The club currently plays in the Malaysia Premier League, the second division of the Malaysian Le ...

, a feeder team of

Terengganu FC Terengganu Football Club is a professional football club based in Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia, that competes in Malaysia Super League, the first division of Malaysian football league system. Nicknamed "The Turtles", the club was founde ...

History

Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium was officially opened by the Yang Maha Mulia Pemangku Raja Terengganu, Tengku Mahmud Ibni Sultan Ismail Nasaruddin Shah on 27 August 1967. In 2008 after the completion of the

Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium ( ms, Stadium Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin) is a Football stadium in Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia. Together with the adjacent Mini Stadium, it forms the centrepiece of Terengganu Sports Complex. It was use ...

, the stadium were going to be demolish by the Kuala Terengganu City Council ( ms, Majlis Bandaraya Kuala Terengganu) (MBKT) to make way for a new development project of a recreational hub and multi-storey car park dubbed as “Dataran Kuala Terengganu”. However, on 2 June 2009, the stadium demolition process were halted after the roof of Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium collapse. By then the upper sections which expanded the original capacity of the stadium to 20,000 spectators had been taken down and the football pitch was in a bad state due to the heavy vehicles being driven on it. Due to the urgent state of affairs at that time, the stadium was quickly fixed and was restored to meet the minimum requirement of the

Football Association of Malaysia The Football Association of Malaysia (FAM, ms, Persatuan Bola Sepak Malaysia) is the national governing body of football in Malaysia responsible for organising the Malaysia national football team within the country. The Football Association of ...

(FAM) and Terengganu F.C. were spared from playing the home matches somewhere else but with a reduced capacity of just 15,000. In May 2015, the Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium was given the green light by FAM to hold competitive matches again after their competition committee members were satisfied with the repairs and upgrades carried out at the stadium.

returned to the Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium while

will continue to remain at the Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium.

Overview

The stadium was built in the city of

Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium August 2019

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