Yanzigang Stadium () is a multi-purpose stadium in

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Guangdong Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020 ...

, China. It mainly used for campus football league and youth football championships of Guangzhou. It is the current home of

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club R&F as well as the

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Reserves.

History

Yanzigang Stadium was opened in September 1985 as the training field for football in the 1987

National Games of China The National Games of the People's Republic of China (), sometimes known as the All China Games (though not to be confused with the All-China Games), is the premier sports event in China at national level. It is usually held once every four yea ...

. It also served as a training field for the

1991 FIFA Women's World Cup The 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup was the inaugural FIFA Women's World Cup, the world championship for women's national association football teams. It took place in Guangdong, China from 16 to 30 November 1991. FIFA, football's international gove ...

, 2001 National Games of China and

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. It was the home stadium of

youth team for the

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. Guangzhou Evergrande Reserves moved their home stadium from Lishui Evergrande Training Base to Yanzigang Stadium in 2017. In June,

club R&F received approval to use Yanzigang as their home stadium.

Facilities

The stadium is situated on a 60,207m² complex which includes a 400m track, one 5 a side football pitch, one 7 a side football pitches, one natural grass and one artificial regulation size pitches. In addition, there are tennis courts, table tennis courts, six indoor badminton courts and a basketball court.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yanzigang Stadium Football venues in Guangzhou Haizhu District Multi-purpose stadiums in China Sports venues in Guangzhou Sports venues completed in 1985 1985 establishments in China