Nagai Stadium

Nagai Stadium
Location	Osaka, Japan
Coordinates	34°36′50″N 135°31′06″E / 34.61389°N 135.51833°E / 34.61389; 135.51833
Opened	1964
Renovated	2007
Expanded	1996
Owner	Osaka City
Surface	Grass (107 m x 71 m)
Capacity	50,000
Field dimensions	105 x 68 m
Tenants
Cerezo Osaka (1996-present) 2007 World Championships in Athletics Osaka International Ladies Marathon (1982-1993, 1997-present, start and finish)

Nagai Stadium (大阪市長居陸上競技場, Ōsaka-shi Nagai Rikujō Kyōgijō^?) is an athletic stadium in Osaka, Japan. It is the home ground of J. League club Cerezo Osaka. The stadium has a seating capacity of 50,000.

History

When Nagai Stadium initially opened in 1964, its capacity was 23,000, and its opening event was a football match during the 1964 Summer Olympics. The stadium's seating capacity was expanded to 50,000 in 1996 for the 52nd National Sports Festival of Japan in 1997.

The stadium hosted three matches in the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

First round

• June 12: Nigeria 0 - 0 England
• June 14: Tunisia 0 - 2 Japan

Quarter-final

• June 22: Senegal 0 - 1 Turkey (after extra time)

Nagai Stadium has been used many times for athleti]] competitions: it played host to the Athletics at the 2001 East Asian Games and the 2007 World Championships in Athletics. It is also the venue for the annual Osaka Grand Prix athletics meeting which takes place every May.^[1]

Access

Rail transit

• It takes 3 minutes on foot from Tsurugaoka Station on the JR West Hanwa Line.
• It takes 5 minutes on foot from Nagai Station on the JR West Hanwa Line and the Osaka Municipal Subway Midōsuji Line.
• It takes 20 minutes on foot from Harinakano Station on the Kintetsu Minami-Osaka Line.

Osaka City Bus

Subway Nagai

• Route 4: Asaka, Subway Nagai – Deto Bus Terminal
• Route 24: Subway Suminoekoen – Minami-Nagai
• Route 66: Furitsu Sogo Iryo Center (Osaka General Medical Center) – Subway Nagai

Nagaikoen-kitaguchi

• Route 54: Subway Abiko – Sumiyoshi Shako-mae

See also

• Nagai Aid Stadium
• Nagai Ball Gall Field

References

• FIFA.com 1964 Summer Olympics JPN-YUG results from the stadium. - accessed 14 August 2010.

1. ^ Nakamura, Ken (2001-05-25). Day One of the East Asian Games. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-02-28.

External links

Media related to Nagai Stadium at Wikimedia Commons

• Official site (Japanese)
• Nagai Stadium at Footballmatch (English)

Preceded by Busan Gudeok Stadium Busan	East Asian Games Football tournament Final Venue 2001	Succeeded by Estádio Campo Desportivo Macau
Preceded by Busan Gudeok Stadium Busan	East Asian Games Athletics competitions Main Venue 2001	Succeeded by Estádio Campo Desportivo Macau
Preceded by Koshien Stadium	Site of the Koshien Bowl 2007, 2008	Succeeded by Koshien Stadium