Bishan Stadium is a

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Bishan Bishan most commonly refers to Bishan, Singapore, a residential town in Singapore's Central Region, and its associated places. Bishan may also refer to: Places Singapore * Bishan, Singapore ** Bishan MRT station, a MRT interchange station along t ...

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bor ...

. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium was constructed in 1998 and is managed by

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. The public can use the facilities from 4:30 am to 8:30 pm daily unless it is exclusively booked for a sporting event. An indoor sports hall with facilities for badminton, table tennis and gymnastics lies adjacent to the stadium.

Location

Situated in the central part of Singapore, Bishan Stadium is part of the Bishan Sports and Recreation Centre, which includes the

Bishan Sports Hall Bishan Sports Hall is situated in the central part of Singapore at Bishan. Bishan Sports Hall is part of the Bishan Sports Recreation Centre, which includes Bishan Stadium and Bishan Sports Complex.

and the Bishan Swimming Complex.

History

Since its opening in 1998, Bishan Stadium has been the ground of Home United Football Club, a professional football club in Singapore. From 2004 to 2006, the Stadium was used for the team's home matches in the

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Cup tournament. The Australian national team also used the Stadium as its training base for two weeks in June 2007 before it left for the Asian Cup.

Transport

Mass Rapid Transit (MRT)

The stadium is located near

Bishan MRT station Bishan MRT station is a Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) interchange station on the North South (NSL) and Circle (CCL) lines in Bishan, Singapore. Located along Bishan Road within the town centre area, it is integrated with the Junction 8 shopping ...

on the North South line.

Bus

Buses 53, 410G/W arrives at the bus stop opposite at the stadium.

Events

In September 2006, Bishan Stadium was one of two venues for the Asian Football Confederation U-17 championship hosted by Singapore. Bishan Stadium was used as the

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venue of the

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. The Stadium was also the venue for the 35th Singapore Junior Athletics Championships 2009, which was held in May of that year. In 2015, when Singapore hosted the

2015 Southeast Asian Games The 2015 Southeast Asian Games ( ms, Sukan Asia Tenggara 2015; ; ta, 2015 தென்கிழக்கு ஆசிய விளையாட்டுப் போட்டிகள்), officially known as the 28th Southeast Asian Games, o ...

, it was the venue for the group stage matches of the football event. In 2018, it hosted two international football matches on 7 and 11 September, with Singapore facing the national football teams of

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and Fiji respectively. In 2021, Bishan was one of the two venues to be used for the

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and hosted most of the matches in

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References

External links

Bishan Stadium (Facebook Page)
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