Suwon Sports Complex () is a group of sports facilities in

Suwon Suwon (; ) is the largest city and capital of Gyeonggi Province, South Korea's most populous province. The city lies approximately south of the national capital, Seoul. With a population of 1.2 million, Suwon has more inhabitants than Ulsan, tho ...

, South Korea. The complex consists of the Suwon Stadium, Suwon Baseball Stadium, and Suwon Gymnasium.

Facilities

Suwon Stadium

Suwon Stadium is a

multi-purpose stadium A multi-purpose stadium is a type of stadium designed to be easily used for multiple types of events. While any stadium could potentially host more than one type of sport or event, this concept usually refers to a design philosophy that stres ...

and currently used mostly for

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

matches. Built in 1971, it has a capacity of 11,808 seats and was the home ground of the

Suwon Samsung Bluewings The Suwon Samsung Bluewings () are a South Korean Association football, football club based in Suwon that competes in the K League 2, the second tier of South Korean football. Founded in December 1995, they have won the K League on four occas ...

until 2001 when they moved to the

Suwon World Cup Stadium The Suwon World Cup Stadium (수원월드컵경기장) is a football stadium located in Suwon, South Korea. It has been home of the K League 2 team Suwon Samsung Bluewings since 2001. The capacity of the stadium is 44,031. Notable football events ...

. It is currently home to

K League 1 The K League 1 () is a professional association football league in South Korea and the highest level of the South Korean football league system. The league is contested by twelve clubs. It is one of the most successful leagues in the Asian Foo ...

side Suwon FC.

Suwon Baseball Stadium

* ''For details, see Suwon Baseball Stadium.''

Suwon Gymnasium

* ''For details, see Suwon Gymnasium.'' The gymnasium, with a capacity of 5,145, was built in 1963 and hosted the

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

events of the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded as Seoul 1988 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. 159 nations were represe ...

Gallery

Image:2009-01-24 - Suwon Civil Baseball Stadium from Royal Palace.JPG, Suwon Baseball Stadium and Suwon Gymnasium Image:2009-01-24 - Suwon Civil Stadium from Royal Palace.JPG, Main Stadium of Suwon Sports Complex Image:Suwon Stadium.jpg, Main Stadium exterior Image:Suwon Gymnasium.JPG, Gymnasium exterior Image:Suwon Gymnasium indoor.JPG, Gymnasium interior Image:Hdunistadiumpan.jpg, Baseball Stadium interior

References

External links

Official website

World Stadiums
Football venues in South Korea Sports venues in Suwon Athletics (track and field) venues in South Korea Multi-purpose stadiums in South Korea Suwon FC Suwon FC Women Suwon Samsung Bluewings Sports venues completed in 1971 K League 1 stadiums K League 2 stadiums 1971 establishments in South Korea 20th-century architecture in South Korea {{SouthKorea-sports-venue-stub