Mỹ Đình National Stadium

Mỹ Đình National Stadium from outside
Interactive map of Mỹ Đình National Stadium
Address	1 Lê Đức Thọ Rd, Từ Liêm Ward, Hanoi, Vietnam
Coordinates	21°1′14″N105°45′49.7″E / 21.02056°N 105.763806°E /21.02056; 105.763806
Owner	Vietnamese government
Operator	Vietnam National Sports Complex
Capacity	40,192–50,000
Record attendance	50.000 (Vietnam U-19 0–1Japan U-19, 13/09/2014)[1]
Surface	Grass
Construction
Broke ground	2002; 23 years ago (2002)
Built	2002–2003
Opened	2 September 2003; 22 years ago (2003-09-02)
Renovated	7 September 2016; 9 years ago (2016-09-07)
Construction cost	US$53 million
Architect	Hanoi International Group,HISG
Tenants
Vietnam national football team (selected matches) Vietnam women's national football team (Selected matches) Hanoi FC (2023–24 AFC Champions League) The Cong-Viettel (2024–present)

TheMỹ Đình National Stadium (Vietnamese:Sân vận động Quốc gia Mỹ Đình) is amulti-purpose stadium inTừ Liêm Ward,Hanoi,Vietnam. It has a capacity of 40,192 seats and is the centerpiece of Vietnam's National Sports Complex (Khu liên hợp Thể thao Quốc gia Mỹ Đình). It was officially opened in September 2003 and was the main venue for theSoutheast Asian Games later that year, hosting the opening and closing ceremony as well as the men'sfootball and athletics events.^[2]

The stadium is home to theVietnam national football team, and hosts its home international matches.

Located 10 kilometres north-west of central Hanoi, the 40,192-seat stadium is the second biggest in the country in terms of capacity and was built at a cost of US$53 million. Arched roofs cover the grandstands on the east and west sides of the arena, providing shelter for half of the seats. The area provides training facilities for the teams with two football training grounds located next to the stadium.

Since 2021, the stadium has attracted complaints mainly about the quality of the pitch, starting with its hosting of the Vietnam–Australia match in thethird AFC qualification round of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.^[3] It has since come under further scrutiny after hostingBorussia Dortmund in an international friendly, of which the goalpost was broken mid-game,^[4] and Southeast Asian teams in the2022 AFF Championship.^[5][6] The delay in the renovation of Mỹ Đình Stadium, despite the huge funding provided by the Vietnamese government, has led to several allegations of corruption and lack of financial transparency on the part of the Stadium Management Board.

Ideas for a new national stadium in Vietnam were marked up in 1998 as the government conducted a prefeasibility study for a national sports complex.^[7] In July 2000,Vietnamese Prime MinisterPhan Văn Khải approved a project of a stadium at the heart of Vietnam's National Sports Complex in preparation for hosting the2003 Southeast Asian Games. Four firms, namely Hanoi International Group (HISG - China),Philipp Holzmann (Germany),Bouygues (France), and Lemna-Keystone (United States), participated in the bidding of the stadium's construction. The process was controversial due to violations of technical and financial requirements in HISG and Holzmann's bids, corruption allegations involving a French donation, and the intransparency in the panel's decision making.^[8][9][10] In the end, HISG won the bid and signed a commitment contract on August 14, 2001.

Construction on the stadium started in 2002. During the development phase, the stadium was referred to asSân vận động Trung tâm ("central stadium"). The stadium was architecturally complete in June 2003. In August 2003, the stadium was officially namedMỹ Đình National Stadium, taking after the name of the commune area the stadium is located within. It was inaugurated on September 2, 2003, to coincide withVietnam's National Day.^[11]

Mỹ Đình has 4 stands. The A & B stands (or east and west stands, respectively) are covered each by an arched roof weighing 2,300 tonnes. These two stands have two tiers and are 25.8 m (85 ft) tall while the C & D stands (or south and north stands) are single-tiered and 8.4 m (28 ft) tall. In total, the stadium has a capacity of 40,192 seats, including 450 VIP seats and 160 seats for journalists.^[2]

The playing grass field has a size of 105m x 67m, surrounded by an 8-laneathletics track and other athletics facilities.^[2]

The stadium officially opened on September 2, 2003, with the openingfriendly match between theVietnam U23 andShanghai Shenhua fromChinese Super League.

It hosted the2003 Southeast Asian Games (opening ceremony,football andathletics,closing ceremony),2003 ASEAN Para Games.

TheHanoi football club was scheduled to play at the stadium, but later backed out of their agreement, citing the embarrassment of using an 40,000+ seat venue for games that routinely draw only slightly more than 5,000.

In July 2007, Mỹ Đình Stadium hosted theGroup B of 2007 AFC Asian Cup along withQuân khu 7 Stadium (Ho Chi Minh City),quarter-final match (Japan vs Australia) andsemi-final match (Japan vs Saudi Arabia).

Mỹ Đình Stadium held the opening ceremony of the2009 Asian Indoor Games from October 30, 2009, to November 8.

In December 2010, it heldGroup B of 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup from December 2 to December 8.

The stadium hosted sections of the2021 Southeast Asian Games, in particular theopening ceremony, andfootball andathletics events.

In addition, this stadium held many domestic and international football competitions:

• 2008 AFC Champions League (Nam Định selected this stadium as its ownThiên Trường Stadium did not meet AFC's criteria^[12])
• 2008 The stadium held aninternational friendly match betweenVietnam andOlympic Brazil
• 2010 VFF Cup
• 2011 V-League (25th round match betweenHà Nội ACB andSông Lam Nghệ An^[13])
• 2011 VFF Cup
• 2012 Football at the Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers Playoff Round

The three runners-up from the third round groups played each other at a neutral venue on 25, 27 and 29 March 2012. Vietnam was later chosen by the AFC Competitions Committee as the neutral venue, with games played at Hanoi's Mỹ Đình Stadium.

• On 17 July 2013, the stadium held aninternational friendly match betweenVietnam andArsenal.
• On 27 July 2015, the stadium held an international friendly match betweenVietnam andManchester City.
• On September 7, 2021, the stadium hosted the first match in the2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round betweenVietnam andAustralia. This is also the first timeVAR andGoal-line have been applied in Vietnam (made byHawk-Eye Innovations Ltd).
• On 30 November 2022, the stadium held an international friendly match betweenVietnam andBorussia Dortmund, which saw a shock host win of 2-1 after a controversial second goal in the last minutes of the match.
• 2023–24 AFC Champions League (Hanoi FC selected this stadium as its ownHàng Đẫy Stadium did not meet AFC's criteria).

Mỹ Đình National Stadium has hosted various entertainment events. On March 27, 2010, anMTV EXIT concert was held here with the appearance of Korean boy bandSuper Junior, Australian singerKate Miller-Heidke, along with other local Vietnamese singers.^[14] On October 1, 2011, the Irish boybandWestlife performed at the stadium as a part of theirGravity Tour; about 11,000 people attended the concert.^[15] The stadium was also the starting location of the 2012 season ofThe Amazing Race Vietnam. On May 26, 2013, MTV EXIT held a concert featuring the Canadian pop punk bandSimple Plan.^[16]

The stadium has also been the venue for variousK-pop concerts. It was the venue for a special concert ofMBC'sMusic Core on December 8, 2012,KBS'sMusic Bank World Tour on March 28, 2015,Asia Artist Awards on November 26, 2019, and twoBorn Pink concerts by girl groupBlackpink on July 29 and 30, 2023.^[17]

The stadium has hosted several international FIFA and AFC matches. Here is a list of the most important international matches held at the stadium.

Date	Time (UTC+7)	Team #1	Result	Team #2	Round	Attendance
30 November 2003	15:00	Indonesia	1–0	Laos	Group A	—
30 November 2003	17:30	Thailand	1–1	Vietnam	Group A	40,000
9 December 2003	16:00	Thailand	2–0	Myanmar	Semi-Final	—
9 December 2003	19:00	Vietnam	4–3	Malaysia	Semi-Final	40,000
12 December 2003	16:30	Malaysia	1–1 (4–2pen)	Myanmar	Bronze medal match	—
12 December 2003	19:00	Thailand	2–1	Vietnam	Gold medal match	40,000

Date	Time (UTC+7)	Team #1	Result	Team #2	Round	Attendance
18 February 2004	17:00	Vietnam	4–0	Maldives	Group 7	25,000

Date	Time (UTC+7)	Team #1	Result	Team #2	Round	Attendance
11 December 2004	17:00	Laos	2–1	Cambodia	Group Stage	N/A
11 December 2004	19:30	Vietnam	0–3	Indonesia	Group Stage	N/A
13 December 2004	17:00	Singapore	6–2	Laos	Group Stage	N/A
13 December 2004	19:30	Indonesia	8–0	Cambodia	Group Stage	N/A
15 December 2004	18:00	Vietnam	3–0	Laos	Group Stage	N/A

Date	Time (UTC+7)	Team #1	Result	Team #2	Round	Attendance
24 January 2007	19:00	Vietnam	0–2	Thailand	Semi-Final first leg	40,000

Date	Time (UTC+7)	Team #1	Result	Team #2	Round	Attendance
18 April 2007	17:00	Vietnam	2–0	Oman	Group C	20,000
6 June 2007	20:30	Vietnam	2–1	Indonesia		35,000

Date	Time (UTC+7)	Team #1	Result	Team #2	Round	Attendance
8 July 2007	19:30	Vietnam	2–0	United Arab Emirates	Group B	39,450
9 July 2007	17:15	Japan	1–1	Qatar	Group B	5,000
12 July 2007	19:30	Qatar	1–1	Vietnam	Group B	40,000
13 July 2007	20:30	United Arab Emirates	1–3	Japan	Group B	5,000
16 July 2007	17:15	Vietnam	1–4	Japan	Group B	40,000
21 July 2007	17:15	Japan	1–1 (4–3pen)	Australia	Quarter-Final	25,000
25 July 2007	20:15	Japan	2–3	Saudi Arabia	Semi-Final	10,000

Date	Time (UTC+7)	Team #1	Result	Team #2	Round	Attendance
8 September 2007	19:15	Vietnam	1–1	Qatar	Group C	14,000
12 September 2007	19:15	Vietnam	1–1	Saudi Arabia		10,000

Date	Time (UTC+7)	Team #1	Result	Team #2	Round	Attendance
8 October 2007	20:30	Vietnam	0–1	United Arab Emirates	First leg	20,000

Date	Time (UTC+7)	Team #1	Result	Team #2	Round	Attendance
17 November 2007	19:15	Vietnam	0–4	Japan	Group C	7,000

Date	Time (UTC+7)	Team #1	Result	Team #2	Round	Attendance
17 December 2008	19:00	Vietnam	0–0	Singapore	Semi-Final first leg	40,000
28 December 2008	19:00	Vietnam	1–1 (3–2)	Thailand	Final second leg	40,000

Date	Time (UTC+7)	Team #1	Result	Team #2	Round	Attendance
14 January 2009	19:00	Vietnam	3–1	Lebanon	Group D	13,000
14 November 2009	19:00	Vietnam	0–1	Syria	Group D	30,000
17 January 2010	19:00	Vietnam	1–2	China	Group D	3,000

Date	Time (UTC+7)	Team #1	Result	Team #2	Round	Attendance
2 December 2010	17:00	Singapore	1–1	Philippines	Group Stage	N/A
2 December 2010	19:30	Vietnam	7–1	Myanmar	Group Stage	35,000
5 December 2010	17:00	Singapore	2–1	Myanmar	Group Stage	N/A
5 December 2010	19:30	Philippines	2–0	Vietnam	Group Stage	37,879
8 December 2010	19:30	Vietnam	1–0	Singapore	Group Stage	40,000
18 December 2010	19:00	Vietnam	0–0 (0–2)	Malaysia	Semi-Final second leg	40,000

Date	Time (UTC+7)	Team #1	Result	Team #2	Round	Attendance
23 June 2011	19:15	Vietnam	1–4	Saudi Arabia	Round 2	15,000

Date	Time (UTC+7)	Team #1	Result	Team #2	Round	Attendance
28 July 2011	19:15	Vietnam	2–1 (2–4)	Qatar	Second leg	20,000

Date	Time (UTC+7)	Team #1	Result	Team #2	Round	Attendance
6 February 2013	18:00	Vietnam	1–2	United Arab Emirates	Group E	7,200
15 November 2013	19:00	Vietnam	0–3	Uzbekistan	Group E	9,000
5 March 2014	21:00	Vietnam	3–1	Hong Kong	Group E	5,800

Date	Time (UTC+7)	Team #1	Result	Team #2	Round	Attendance
5 September 2014	16:30	Indonesia	2–6	Thailand	Group A	18,350
5 September 2014	19:00	Vietnam	1–0	Australia	Group B	37,879
7 September 2014	16:30	Australia	3–4	Japan	Group B	1,025
7 September 2014	19:00	Thailand	1–2	Myanmar	Group A	1,598
9 September 2014	16:30	Myanmar	3–0	Indonesia	Group A	17,545
9 September 2014	19:00	Japan	3–2	Vietnam	Group B	39,898
11 September 2014	16:30	Japan	2–1	Thailand	Semi-finals	23,989
11 September 2014	19:15	Myanmar	1–4	Vietnam	Semi-finals	44,625
13 September 2014	16:30	Thailand	1–0	Myanmar	Third place play-off	25,589
13 September 2014	19:15	Vietnam	0–1	Japan	Final	50,000[18]

Date	Time (UTC+7)	Team #1	Result	Team #2	Round	Attendance
22 November 2014	16:00	Philippines	4–1	Laos	Group Stage	N/A
22 November 2014	19:00	Vietnam	2–2	Indonesia	Group Stage	N/A
25 November 2014	16:00	Philippines	4–0	Indonesia	Group Stage	N/A
25 November 2014	19:00	Laos	0–3	Vietnam	Group Stage	N/A
28 November 2014	19:00	Vietnam	3–1	Philippines	Group Stage	N/A
11 December 2014	19:00	Vietnam	2–4 (4–5)	Malaysia	Semi-Final second leg	N/A

Date	Time (UTC+7)	Team #1	Result	Team #2	Round	Attendance
8 October 2015	19:00	Vietnam	1–1	Iraq	Group F	10,000
13 October 2015	19:00	Vietnam	0–3	Thailand	Group F	35,000
24 March 2016	19:00	Vietnam	4–1	Chinese Taipei	Group F	18,350

Date	Time (UTC+7)	Team #1	Result	Team #2	Round	Attendance
7 December 2016	19:00	Vietnam	2–2 (3–4a.e.t)	Indonesia	Semi-Final second leg	40,000

Date	Time (UTC+7)	Team #1	Result	Team #2	Round	Attendance
10 October 2017	19:00	Vietnam	5–0	Cambodia	Group C	11,000
14 November 2017	19:00	Vietnam	0–0	Afghanistan	Group C	28,580

Date	Time (UTC+7)	Team #1	Result	Team #2	Round	Attendance
16 November 2018	19:30	Vietnam	2–0	Malaysia	Group Stage	40,000
6 December 2018	19:30	Vietnam	2–1 (4–2)	Philippines	Semi-Final second leg	38,816
15 December 2018	19:30	Vietnam	1–0 (3–2)	Malaysia	Final second leg	44,625

Date	Time (UTC+7)	Team #1	Result	Team #2	Round	Attendance
22 March 2019	17:00	Thailand	4–0	Indonesia	Group K	1,053
22 March 2019	20:00	Vietnam	6–0	Brunei	Group K	7,689
24 March 2019	17:00	Brunei	0–8	Thailand	Group K	1,178
24 March 2019	20:00	Indonesia	0–1	Vietnam	Group K	25,591
26 March 2019	17:00	Indonesia	2–1	Brunei	Group K	825
26 March 2019	20:00	Vietnam	4–0	Thailand	Group K	38,278

Date	Time (UTC+7)	Team #1	Result	Team #2	Round	Attendance
10 October 2019	20:00	Vietnam	1–0	Malaysia	Group G (second round)	38,256
14 November 2019	20:00	Vietnam	1–0	United Arab Emirates		37,879
19 November 2019	20:00	Vietnam	0–0	Thailand		40,000
7 September 2021	19:00	Vietnam	0–1	Australia	Group B (third round)	0[19]
11 November 2021	19:00	Vietnam	0–1	Japan		11,022
16 November 2021	19:00	Vietnam	0–1	Saudi Arabia		9,669
1 February 2022	19:00	Vietnam	3–1	China		6,099
24 March 2022	19:00	Vietnam	0–1	Oman		6,923

Date	Time (UTC+7)	Team #1	Result	Team #2	Round	Attendance
22 May 2022	16:00	Malaysia	1–1 (3–4pen)	Indonesia	Bronze medal match	25,589
22 May 2022	19:00	Vietnam	1–0	Thailand	Gold medal match	39,898

Date	Time (UTC+7)	Team #1	Result	Team #2	Round	Attendance
27 December 2022	19:30	Vietnam	3–0	Malaysia	Group Stage	17,545
3 January 2023	19:30	Vietnam	3–0	Myanmar	Group Stage	11,575
9 January 2023	19:30	Vietnam	2–0 (2–0)	Indonesia	Semi-Final second leg	23,989
13 January 2023	19:30	Vietnam	2–2	Thailand	Final first leg	38,539

Date	Time (UTC+7)	Team #1	Result	Team #2	Round	Attendance
21 November 2023	19:00	Vietnam	0–1	Iraq	Group F	20,568
26 March 2024	19:00	Vietnam	0–3	Indonesia	Group F	27,832
6 June 2024	19:00	Vietnam	3–2	Philippines	Group F	11,568

At approximately 11:40 local time on October 6, 2010, an explosion occurred at the stadium. The cause was confirmed to be the ignition of two firework containers due to negligence in the installation of their detonation position;^[27][28] this was a rehearsal for a programme commemorating the millennial anniversary of the establishment of Thăng Long (present-day Hanoi), which was scheduled to be held on October 10.^[29][30] The explosion killed four people and injured three.^{[31][32][33][34]}

Since the second half of 2021, criticism had been raised regarding the quality of the pitch and facilities at the stadium. In September 2021, the Vietnamese national team hosted Australia in the third round of the2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers; Australian media and fans at the time compared the Mỹ Đình pitch to a "cow pasture".^[35] According to theLao Động newspaper, the stadium's turf had not been renovated for nearly a decade.^[36] In addition, some areas of the stadium had fallen into disrepair due to lack of maintenance.^[37] At the request of theAsian Football Confederation (AFC), the stadium was renovated by the Vietnamese Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism ahead of hosting the2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers and the2021 Southeast Asian Games.^[38] Ahead of the2021 SEA Games, the Vietnamese government granted more than₫400 million to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to repair the stadium alongside the wider National Sports Complex. However, the replacement of the turf was not carried out.^[39] Up until the third-place match and the final of the men's football event at the 2021 SEA Games, the turf had been damaged due to the installation of the stage for the opening ceremony.^[40]

On November 30, 2022, in a friendly match between Vietnam andBorussia Dortmund, in the 86th minute of the match, the crossbar of the Dortmund goal was knocked out, causing the match to be interrupted for 5 minutes. In addition, during the half-time break, the technical area of the two teams and the referee's area were blown over many times by the wind.^[41]

Criticism of the stadium's condition continued throughout 2022 and 2023.^{[42][43][44][45]} Ahead of the2022 AFF Cup, theVietnam Football Federation (VFF) signed a contract with the National Sports Complex to rent Mỹ Đình as the home stadium of theVietnamese national team. The rental fee for each match of the Vietnamese national team is ₫800 million, the highest in the venue's history. However, the stadium's turf was described as old, faded, and poor, while not all of its seats had been replaced since their initial installation in 2003. According to the Hanoi Tax Department, the National Sports Complex owed ₫855 billion in taxes as of 2023.^[39]

According to the Director General of the General Department of Physical Education and Sports, Đặng Hà Việt, maintenance and care work had been carried out regularly in the past month, but the city's weather conditions had made the stadium's pitch not as green as expected.^[46] Moreover, the AFC had assessed that the Mỹ Đình pitch is still in good condition for competition. However, the claim that the pitch's deterioration was due to weather conditions was considered baseless, as the pitch was described to be of good quality when the Vietnamese national team hosted China in the third round of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers in early 2023.^[47]

On January 4, 2023, Prime MinisterPhạm Minh Chính commented on the condition of the stadium,^[48][49] questioning the claim that it was not being exploited.^[50] In an effort to address the deteriorating condition ahead of the Vietnam–Indonesia match on January 9, the Vietnamese Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyễn Văn Hùng on January 6 requested the Rector of Bắc Ninh University of Physical Education to organize a volunteer activity in which its students would clean up the stadium.^[51][52]

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