Guangdong Provincial People's Stadium

Guangdong Provincial People's Stadium
	Interactive map of Guangdong Provincial People's Stadium
Former names	Guangzhou Public Stadium
Location	Guangzhou, China
Owner	Guangzhou Government
Capacity	15,000
Surface	Grass
Public transit	Martyrs' Park 1
Construction
Opened	1932
Renovated	1946; 1950s–60s; 1990
Tenants
	Guangdong Sunray Cave (2010–2014); Guangzhou Apollo (1998–2000)

The Guangdong Provincial People's Stadium (Chinese: 广东省人民体育场) is a multi-purpose stadium in Guangzhou, China. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 15,000 people. The stadium is best reached by taking Guangzhou Metro Line 1 to Martyrs' Park Station.^[1]

History

Formerly known as the 東較場 (Cantonese: dung1gaau3coeng2; English: "Eastern Parade Ground"), the site was first used as a sporting venue in 1906 when it hosted Guangdong's (and China's) first provincial-level athletics competition. Sun Yat-sen ordered the construction of a stadium on the site in 1922; however, it wasn't finished until 1932.^[2]

It was used as a Japanese transport and supplies depot during the occupation of Guangzhou and was bombed when Guangzhou was liberated.

The construction of Yuexiushan meant that the People's Stadium didn't hold many high-profile sporting or civic events from the mid-1950s onwards;^[3] however, it did host many games in the Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup as well as games in the inaugural Women's World Cup.^[2]

1991 FIFA Women's World Cup matches

Date	Competition	Team	Res	Team	Crowd
19 November 1991	Group A	Norway	4–0	New Zealand	12,000
19 November 1991	Group A	China	2–2	Denmark	27,000
27 November 1991	Semi-finals	Germany	2–5	United States	15,000
29 November 1991	Third place	Sweden	4–0	Germany	20,000

Recent use

For the 2017 Chinese Super League, Guangzhou R&F used the stadium as their temporary home for their first two matches whilst Yuexiushan was being refurbished.^[4]