Hang Jebat Stadium

Hang Jebat Stadium
Stadium Hang Jebat
ستاديوم هڠ جبت
Hang Jebat Stadium
Location Krubong / Paya Rumput, Malacca, Malaysia
Owner Perbadanan Stadium Melaka
(Malacca Stadium Corporation)
Capacity 40,000[1]
Surface Grass pitch
Track
Opened September 2004
Tenants
Melaka United (2005–)
2010 Sukma Games
Syria national football team (due to Syrian Civil War)
Malaysia national football team

The Hang Jebat Stadium (Malay: Stadium Hang Jebat) is a multi-purpose stadium in Krubong/Paya Rumput, Malacca, Malaysia named after a Malacca Sultanate Laksamana, Hang Jebat. The stadium is the home for Melaka United and is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium has a capacity of 40,000 people. In 2010, the stadium hosted the Sukma Games and the Malaysia Para Games.[2]

History

The stadium was completed in September 2004.[3] Due to a war in Syria during qualification for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the Syria national football team played many of its home matches there.

See also

References

  1. Capacity of Hang Jebat Stadium Archived 27 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. 2010 Sukma Games in Malaka
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.

Coordinates: 2°17′21″N 102°13′59″E / 2.28908°N 102.233094°E / 2.28908; 102.233094

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