Tancheon Sports Complex ( ko, 탄천종합운동장) is a group of sports facilities in

Seongnam Seongnam () is the fourth largest city in South Korea's Gyeonggi Province after Suwon and the 10th largest city in the country. Its population is approximately one million. Seongnam is a satellite city of Seoul. It is largely a residential ci ...

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eas ...

. Its name was Seongnam 2 Sports Complex but changed to Tancheon Sports Complex in January 2006, naming after

Tancheon Tancheon, a tributary of Seoul's Han River, is a stream beginning in the city of Yongin in Gyeonggi-do and flowing through Seongnam and then between the districts of Songpa-gu and Gangnam-gu in Seoul before entering flowing into the Han River. ...

. The complex consists of the Tancheon Stadium, Tancheon Baseball Stadium and a Sports Club.

Facilities

Tancheon Stadium

Tancheon Stadium is a

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built in 2002 and currently used mostly for football matches and has been the home stadium of

Seongnam FC Seongnam () is the fourth largest city in South Korea's Gyeonggi Province after Suwon and the 10th largest city in the country. Its population is approximately one million. Seongnam is a satellite city of Seoul. It is largely a residential city ...

since 2005, replacing the club's previous home, the

Seongnam Sports Complex Seongnam Sports Complex ( ko, 성남종합운동장) is a group of sports facilities in Seongnam, South Korea. The complex consists of the Seongnam Stadium, Field hockey field, and Indoor Arena. Facilities Seongnam Stadium It is a multi-purpo ...

. The first professional football match ever held was a friendly game between

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Seongnam () is the fourth largest city in South Korea's Gyeonggi Province after Suwon and the 10th largest city in the country. Its population is approximately one million. Seongnam is a satellite city of Seoul. It is largely a residential city ...

and Poland national football team on 26 May 2002. Tancheon in Progress

In 2009, Seongnam FC moved their home matches to Seongnam Sports Complex as the canopy installation works commenced. The installation was completed in 2010. The first match held since the installation was Seongnam FC's

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game against

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on 23 February 2010. On 12 March 2016, the stadium recorded its first ever K League sold-out match in Seongnam FC's

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first round game against Suwon Samsung Bluewings. In the first half of 2019, Seongnam installed the nation's best large electronic display panel at Tancheon Stadium. Fan would be able to enjoy more vivid game scenes and halftime events at the stadium. In order to improve players' performance, the grass was completely replaced, and track and field tracks was also replaced with blue ones. The team's color was applied to the stadium with street lamp banners and branding using Tongcheon. The stadium is nicknamed the ''Tancheon Fortress'' (

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: 탄천요새) reflecting Seongnam FC's strong home record in AFC Champions League.

Tancheon Baseball Stadium

The stadium is equipped with AstroTurf and a stand with 955 seats. From Mondays to Saturdays, the stadium is mostly used by the city's high school baseball teams for home games and practices. For public use, applicants need to apply to a draw for empty time slots.

Tancheon Sports Club

The complex building includes swimming pool,

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aerobic exercise Aerobic exercise (also known as endurance activities, cardio or cardio-respiratory exercise) is physical exercise of low to high intensity that depends primarily on the aerobic energy-generating process. "Aerobic" is defined as "relating to, inv ...

centre,

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, multi-purpose

gym A gymnasium, also known as a gym, is an indoor location for athletics. The word is derived from the ancient Greek term " gymnasium". They are commonly found in athletic and fitness centres, and as activity and learning spaces in educational i ...

, health club,

tennis court A tennis court is the venue where the sport of tennis is played. It is a firm rectangular surface with a low net stretched across the centre. The same surface can be used to play both Types of tennis match, doubles and singles matches. A variet ...

bowling alley A bowling alley (also known as a bowling center, bowling lounge, bowling arena, or historically bowling club) is a facility where the sport of bowling is played. It can be a dedicated facility or part of another, such as a clubhouse or dwelling ...

, and

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facilities.

In popular culture

In the quarantine camp scene in the

n disaster film, ''

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'' (2013), infected persons are placed in plastic bags, with some of them still alive, thrown into a pit in Tancheon Stadium, and incinerated. Mir ( Park Min-ha is brought to the pit of bodies to be incinerated but is rescued by Kang Ji-goo (

Jang Hyuk Jeong Yong-jun (born December 20, 1976), better known as Jang Hyuk, is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his leading roles in the films ''Volcano High'' (2001) and ''Windstruck'' (2004), and the television dramas '' Successful Story of ...

). The uninfected people see the pit, and a riot ensues, forcing the evacuation of all medical and military personnel from the camp.

References

External links

Official website

Seongnam stadium on StadiumZone

Seongnam FC Official Site

World Stadiums
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