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Daejeon World Cup Stadium

  • Address: Daejeon
  • Country: Korea
  • Capacity: 40,000
  • Opened: 13 September 2001
  • Main use: Football
  • Tenants: Daejeon Hana Citizen (football)

Extra stadium info – Daejeon World Cup Stadium

The construction of the stadium, which is nicknamed Purple Arena, started in 1998. The Daejeon World Cup Stadium opened as one of the largest stadiums by capacity in the Republic of Korea, commonly known as South Korea. It hosted 2002 FIFA World Cup matches of the Italian Republic, Korea, Poland, South Africa, Spain and the United States. Daejeon Hana Citizen Football Club use the venue for home games. The club was founded in 1997 and they have been tenants of the Daejeon World Cup Stadium since 2002. Daejeon Hana Citizen FC played numerous Korean top-flight football league matches at the stadium.

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