Jamsil Olympic Stadium | |
 Seoul Olympic Stadium in 2020 | |
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| Location | Jamsil-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul, South Korea |
|---|---|
| Public transit | Seoul Metropolitan Subway:   at Sports Complex |
| Owner | Seoul Sports Facilities Management Center |
| Operator | Seoul Sports Facilities Management Center |
| Capacity | 69,950[3] |
| Field size | 110 x 75m |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 28 November 1977[1] |
| Opened | 29 September 1984[2] |
| Construction cost | 491 billion won |
| Architect | Kim Swoo-geun |
| Tenants | |
| South Korea national football team (1984–2000, 2013) Seoul United (2007–2009, 2012) Seoul E-Land (2015–2022) | |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Seoul Ollimping Ju Gyeonggijang |
| McCune–Reischauer | Sŏul Ollimp'ing Chu Kyŏnggijang |
The Seoul Olympic Stadium[4] (Korean: 서울올림픽주경기장; Hanja: 서울올림픽主競技場), a.k.a. “Jamsil Olympic Stadium" (formerly romanised as Chamshil), is a multi-purpose stadium in Seoul, South Korea. It is the main stadium built for the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 10th Asian Games in 1986. It is the centrepiece of the Seoul Sports Complex in the Songpa District, in the southeast of the city south of the Han River.[5] It is the largest stadium in South Korea.
- ^ "Groundbreaking Ceremony" (in Korean). National News of Video History Museum. 30 December 1977.
- ^ 10만 환성 담을 아시아 최대 주경기장 (in Korean). The Dong-a Ilbo. 19 September 1988.
- ^ "Seoul Sports Facilities Management Center" (in Korean).
- ^ "Seoul Olympic Stadium" Archived 3 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine World Stadiums. Retrieved 12 October 2011
- ^ "Seoul Jamshil Sports Complex" Archived 12 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine Seoul Tourism Organization. Retrieved 12 October 2011