Osaka Expo '70 stadium

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Osaka Expo '70 stadium
Osaka Expo '70 stadium
Data
place JapanJapan Suita , Osaka Prefecture , Japan
Coordinates 34 ° 48 '37 "  N , 135 ° 32' 33"  E Coordinates: 34 ° 48 '37 "  N , 135 ° 32' 33"  E
owner Osaka prefecture
opening 1972
Renovations 1993, 1996, 2006
surface Natural grass
capacity 21,000 seats
playing area 106 × 69 m
Events

The Osaka Expo '70 Stadium ( Japanese 万博 記念 競技場 , Bampaku kinen kyōgijō , "Expo Memorial Stadium ") is a football stadium with an athletics facility in the Japanese city ​​of Suita . It offers space for 21,000 spectators and served as a venue for the Gamba Osaka association from 1980 to 2016.

history

View into the stadium
Exterior view of the stadium

The Osaka Expo '70 Stadium in Suita , a Japanese city in Osaka Prefecture , was built between 1970 and 1972. The purpose of the construction was the upcoming world exhibition, the Expo '70 , which Suita was able to secure as the first city in Japan . To this end, the stadium should serve as a location for exhibitions in the field of sports. Eight years after the world exhibition, the stadium began to be used regularly for football matches. The local club Gamba Osaka has played its home games at the Osaka Expo '70 stadium since 1980 . The club, in which, among others, Junichi Inamoto and Tsuneyasu Miyamoto as a player and the German vice world champion from 1966 , Sigfried Held , as a coach, has already been Japanese football champions once in its history , in 2005. In addition, one won the Kaiser Cup once , the national cup competition of Japan. Gamba was also able to attract attention internationally. The club won the Queen's Cup once and reached the final of the A3 Nissan Champions Cup once . Probably the greatest success of Gamba Osaka is winning the AFC Champions League in 2008.

The Osaka Expo '70 stadium can now accommodate 21,000 spectators. So far, the stadium has undergone renovations three times. In 1993, 1996 and 2006 minor changes were made to the stadium.

Gamba Osaka moved to the newly built Suita City Football Stadium for the new season of the J1 League in spring 2016 . The pure football stadium offers 40,000 seats and cost around ¥ 14 billion (approx. € 106 million ).

Web links

Commons : Osaka Expo '70 Stadium  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ stadiumdb.com: Suita City Football Stadium (Gamba Osaka Stadium) (English)