Peoples Football Stadium


The People's Football Stadium is a football stadium located in LyariKarachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It is owned by the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation formerly City District Government of Karachi. It has a capacity of 40,000. In 2016, Pakistan Army defeated Pakistan Airlines in the national football tournament at the stadium.

Overview

The stadium was built in 1988, and opened on 9 December 1995. It covers an area of. In 1999, when Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto came into power, new floodlights imported from France worth PKR 30.7 million were installed, to enable evening matches to take place. The Pakistan national football team moved to the Peoples Football Stadium from the Railway Stadium in Lahore.

Major matches

The stadium, hosted the South Asian Football Federation Championship in 2005. It also hosted all the matches in the inaugural Geo Super Football League in 2007.
The group stages of 2012 KPT Challenge Cup was held in this stadium along with KPT Football Stadium. The stadium is currently used for the final phase of 2018–19 Pakistan Premier League.