The Bukit Jalil National Stadium ( Malay : Stadium Nasional Bukit Jalil ) in Bukit Jalil, located in the National Sports Complex to the south of the city center of Malaysia ‘s capital city, Kuala Lumpur, all-seater multi-purpose stadium and the home grind of the malaysian national football team. With a capacity of 87,411, [ 3 ] it is the largest in Southeast Asia and the one-eighth largest football stadium in the earth. [ 4 ] It was officially inaugurated by the 4th Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, on 11 July 1998 ahead of the 1998 Commonwealth Games and staged the open ceremony. [ 3 ] [ 5 ] Since then, it has besides become the main venue for other international multi-sport events such as the 2001 Southeast asian Games and the 2017 Southeast asian Games, [ 6 ] and nowadays master of ceremonies most malaysian international football matches, national level football contest finals such as the Malaysia FA Cup, Malaysia Cup, athletic events and music concerts. It was built alongside other sport venues in the National Sports Complex by United Engineers Malaysia, and designed by Arkitek FAA, Weidleplan Consulting GMBH and Schlaich Bergermann Partner. A membrane structure is used for the roof, and the most of the materials used were built concrete. [ 7 ] Before the stadium was opened, Stadium Merdeka was the national stadium of Malaysia.

The stadium, along with the National Sports Complex, is presently undergoing a major renovation at a blend cost of RM1.34 billion [ 8 ] as a separate of KL Sports City project in 2 phases. plan 1 ( Phase 1 ) has been completed ahead and for the 2017 SEA Games in Kuala Lumpur, with a new Populous -designed facade that covers the exterior of the stadium with twist vertical louvres which are besides LED-lighted, [ 9 ] equally well as recolouring the seats to a yellow-black design and promote facilities. After the 2017 ASEAN Para Games, Project 2 ( Phase 2 ) will commence, and will add a retractable roof, retractable seats, comfort public discussion and new sports and life style facilities. [ 10 ]

history [edit ]

The stadium was built on 1 January 1995 to host the 1998 Commonwealth Games. It finished precisely on 1 January 1998. After the 1998 Commonwealth Games in September, the stadium became the base stadium for the Malaysia national football team, replacing the Shah Alam Stadium and the Merdeka Stadium. It besides served as the main stadium of the 2001 Southeast asian Games, 2006 FESPIC Games, 2008 ASEAN University Games and 2017 Southeast asian Games. Bukit Jalil National Stadium ‘s capacity makes it the 21st largest stadium in the world and the 9th largest football stadium in the world. It was built by United Engineers Malaysia, Bhd and designed by Arkitek FAA. It was completed three months ahead of schedule. Designed to host a multitude of events, the National Stadium is the cardinal and most big sports venue at the 1.2 km2 National Sports Complex in Bukit Jalil. The stadium is considered the best stadium in Malaysia. Malaysia ‘s previous national stadium was the Merdeka Stadium before the Bukit Jalil sports building complex was constructed. Malaysia besides uses other stadiums for their football matches such as KLFA Stadium, MBPJ Stadium and the Shah Alam Stadium. On 18 February 2020 to prevent another offspring regarding the football flip again in the future, the malaysian Stadium Corporation ( PSM ) and Malaysia Ministry of Youth and Sports ( KBS ) plan to upgrade the lurch from cow grass to zeon zoysia grass with an calculate cost of RM10 Million. The monetary value included the use of specialize machine and equipment for the grass. The design upgrade will start later this class and is expected to be completed within the next three months. [ 11 ]

stadium facilities [edit ]

The stadium is equipped with the following facilities : [ 12 ]

  • 105 m x 68 m cow grass pitch
  • 9 laned 400m synthetic track
  • 6m x 60m warming up track
  • 1,500 flux floodlights
  • Broadcast Studios
  • Coloured Video Matrix Scoreboards
  • High-tech Cathode Ray Tube Video Screen Board
  • Individual “paddles” containing LED pixels at the seats

other uses [edit ]

Bukit Jalil National Stadium has been host to other important events besides football matches. celebrated music artists who have performed in the stadium admit :

major sporting events [edit ]

tournament results [edit ]

Date Time (UTC+08) Team #1 Res. Team #2 Round Attendance
8 December 2004 18:00  Philippines 0–1  Myanmar Group Stage N/A
8 December 2004 20:45  Malaysia 5–0  Timor-Leste Group Stage N/A
10 December 2004 18:00  Thailand 1–1  Myanmar Group Stage N/A
10 December 2004 20:45  Malaysia 4–1  Philippines Group Stage N/A
12 December 2004 18:00  Timor-Leste 0–8  Thailand Group Stage N/A
12 December 2004 20:45  Malaysia 0–1  Myanmar Group Stage N/A
14 December 2004 18:00  Philippines 2–1  Timor-Leste Group Stage N/A
14 December 2004 20:45  Malaysia 2–1  Thailand Group Stage N/A
16 December 2004 18:00  Myanmar 3–1  Timor-Leste Group Stage N/A
3 January 2005 20:00  Malaysia 1–4  Indonesia Semifinals second leg N/A
Date Time (UTC+08) Team #1 Res. Team #2 Round Attendance
15 December 2010 20:00  Malaysia 2–0  Vietnam Semifinals first leg 45,000
26 December 2010 20:00  Malaysia 3–0  Indonesia Finals first leg 98,543
Date Time (UTC+08) Team #1 Res. Team #2 Round Attendance
25 November 2012 18:00  Indonesia 2–2  Laos Group Stage N/A
25 November 2012 20:45  Malaysia 0–3  Singapore Group Stage N/A
28 November 2012 18:00  Indonesia 1–0  Singapore Group Stage N/A
28 November 2012 20:45  Laos 1–4  Malaysia Group Stage N/A
1 December 2012 20:45  Malaysia 2–0  Indonesia Group Stage N/A
9 December 2012 20:00  Malaysia 1–1  Thailand Semifinals first leg N/A
Date Time (UTC+08) Team #1 Res. Team #2 Round Attendance
20 September 2018 16:30  Malaysia 6–2  Tajikistan Group Stage 723
21 September 2018 16:30  Iran 0–2  Indonesia Group Stage 3,431
23 September 2018 16:30  Thailand 4–2  Malaysia Group Stage 8,596
24 September 2018 16:30  India 0–0  Iran Group Stage 186
24 September 2018 20:45  Indonesia 1–1  Vietnam Group Stage 11,201
27 September 2018 11:00[note 1]  Malaysia 0–2  Japan Group Stage 8,378
27 September 2018 16:30  Yemen 5–1  Jordan Group Stage 531
27 September 2018 20:45  India 0–0  Indonesia Group Stage 11,388
30 September 2018 16:30  Japan 2–1  Oman Quarter-finals 267
1 October 2018 16:30  Indonesia 2–3  Australia Quarter-finals 13,743
4 October 2018 16:30  Japan 3–1  Australia Semi-finals 224
7 October 2018 20:45  Japan 1–0  Tajikistan Final 352
Date Time (UTC+08) Team #1 Res. Team #2 Round Attendance
12 November 2018 20:45  Malaysia 3–1  Laos Group Stage 12,127
24 November 2018 20:30  Malaysia 3–0  Myanmar Group Stage 83,777
1 December 2018 20:45  Malaysia 0–0  Thailand Semifinals first leg 87,545
11 December 2018 20:45  Malaysia 2–2  Vietnam Finals first leg 88,482
Date Time (UTC+08) Team #1 Res. Team #2 Round Attendance
20 March 2019 16:30  Oman 5–0  Afghanistan Semi-finals N/A
20 March 2019 20:45  Malaysia 0–1  Singapore Semi-finals N/A
23 March 2019 16:30  Afghanistan 1–2  Malaysia Third-place playoff N/A
23 March 2019 20:45  Oman 1–1 (5–4 pen.)  Singapore Final N/A

gallery [edit ]

  • The stadium in 2007 .
  • The home of the stadium during the opening ceremony of the 2017 Southeast asian Games. The seats were equipped with lighting “ paddles ” containing LED pixels .
  • Gate in front of the National Stadium

See besides [edit ]

Notes [edit ]

  1. ^[15] due to weather conditions ( heavy rain and lightning ), both Matchday 3 matches in Group A were postponed from 26 September, 16:30 ( and initially pushed to 17:30 ) to 27 September, 11:00 .

References [edit ]

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