Thalay Luang Stadium ( th, สนามฟุตบอลทะเลหลวง) is a

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in Sukhothai Province,

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. It is currently used mostly for

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matches and is the home stadium of

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The stadium holds 9,500 people.

Background

Thung Thalay Luang Stadium is approved by

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to host the

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games. After several months of improvement, the 8,000-seated Thung Thalay Luang finally matches AFC stadium criteria of AFC. Sukhothai FC will use it to host the game of AFC Champions League Preliminary Round 2 against Yadanarbon from Myanmar on 31 January 2017.

References

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