Choa Chu Kang Stadium

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Choa Chu Kang Stadium
蔡厝港体育场
Choa Chu Kang Stadium
Full nameChoa Chu Kang ActiveSG stadium
Address1 Choa Chu Kang Street 53 Singapore 689236
Location Yew Tee, Singapore
Coordinates 1°23′28″N103°44′57″E / 1.391173°N 103.749052°E / 1.391173; 103.749052
Public transit NS4  BP1  JS1  Choa Chu Kang
 NS5  Yew Tee
Owner Sport Singapore
Operator Sport Singapore
Capacity 4,268
Surface Grass
ScoreboardYes
Opened1 March 2001;22 years ago (2001-03-01)
Tenants
Warriors FC (2001–2014, 2016–2018)
Website
www.myactivesg.com/Facilities/choa-chu-kang-stadium

The Choa Chu Kang Stadium (also known as the CCK Stadium) is part of the Choa Chu Kang Sports and Recreation complex located in Choa Chu Kang, Singapore. The international competition standard, multi-sport facility supports a range of sports and community functions, and opened in the year 2001. The stadium has a capacity of 4,268 people.

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The stadium itself is home to SAFFC/Warriors FC during the Singapore Premier League football season. The stadium has become familiar for its elegant and soaring curved white steel roof, with supporting pylons, that covers the main grandstand.

History

Choa Chu Kang stadium opened in 2001 and served as the home stadium from 2001 to 2014 and 2016 to 2018 for Warriors FC to play their S.League games.

Facilities and Structures

The football pitch itself consists of a self-watering "cell-system" turf pitch installation, supplied from Switzerland and approved by FIFA for international competition.

Other international competition standard facilities surrounding the stadium include a 50m Olympic swimming pool, a running track and athletics facilities, and a sports hall supporting indoor sports and activities.

The public can also access further outdoor facilities, such as tennis courts, petanque sandpits, street soccer pitches, as well as indoor facilities, including basketball and badminton courts, a gym and a dance training room.

The Sport Singapore operated Sports Complex also caters to local community recreational needs, with a range of fun-oriented pools, including a wave pool, waterslide, bubble pools, children's play pools.

A range of food outlets as of 2018, KFC and Pizza Hut previously occupied by Guilin Garden Restaurant, [1] a childcare center, a sporting goods shop, and comfortable, relaxing public spaces help make this a community friendly sports and recreation facility.

Renovation works started in 2019 and is slated to be completed in 2030.

Events

Awards

Identified as an exemplary community and competition sports facility in Singapore, the Choa Chu Kang Sport Complex and Stadium won a Singapore Institute of Architects Merit Award in 2002, and a CIDB Construction Excellence Award in 2003. The design was cited in particular for its exciting entry experience, public concourse, and use of colour, and is a representative example of the work of the architect Alex Ford, working through the local Singaporean practice Elton-Roade.

Transport

The stadium is four bus stops away from Choa Chu Kang MRT/LRT station. Visitors can take the bus 307 from the Choa Chu Kang Bus Interchange to access the stadium. It is also four bus stops away from Yew Tee MRT station.

International fixtures

DateCompetitionTeamScoreTeam
7 January 2007 Friendly Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 4–1Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
16 October 2012Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 2–0Flag of India.svg  India

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