Pathein Stadium

Pathein Stadium
	Pathein Stadium
Full name	Pathein Stadium
Location	Pathein, Burma
Capacity	6,000
Tenants
	Ayeyawady United

Last updated May 01, 2019

Pathein Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Pathein, Burma. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Ayeyawady United of the Myanmar National League. The stadium holds 6,000 spectators.

A stadium is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.

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Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played with a spherical ball between two teams of eleven players. It is played by 250 million players in over 200 countries and dependencies, making it the world's most popular sport. The game is played on a rectangular field called a pitch with a goal at each end. The object of the game is to score by moving the ball beyond the goal line into the opposing goal.

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