 Aberdeen Sports Ground viewed from Bennet's Hill | |
 Interactive map of Aberdeen Sports Ground | |
| Location | 108Wong Chuk Hang Road,Aberdeen, Hong Kong |
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| Coordinates | 22°15′00″N114°10′21″E / 22.250087°N 114.172398°E /22.250087; 114.172398 |
| Public transit | Ocean Park station |
| Owner | Hong Kong Government |
| Operator | Leisure and Cultural Services Department |
| Capacity | 9,000 |
| Field size | 98 x 62 metres (107 x 68 yards) |
| Surface | Grass |
| Opened | 1971; 54 years ago (1971) |
| Tenants | |
| Football Southern Rugby Union South China Tigers | |
Aberdeen Sports Ground (Chinese:香港仔運動場) is a rugby union and football sports ground situated at 108Wong Chuk Hang Road,Aberdeen, Hong Kong. It is the home stadium ofHong Kong Premier League football clubSouthern andGlobal Rapid Rugby rugby union teamSouth China Tigers.
Inside the stadium, there is one running track (6 lanes, 400m) and one natural grass pitch.
Aberdeen Sports Ground is also the venue for30 Hour Famine in Hong Kong.[1]
After successfully gaining the right to play in the2012–13 season on 8 April 2012,Southern continued to use Aberdeen Sports Ground as their home ground in the First Division.
As a result ofTyphoon Mangkhut in September 2018, Aberdeen Sports Ground's West stand and canopy were damaged and deemed unusable.[2] In November, a temporary canopy was erected over the East stand in order to allow for the remainder of Southern's home matches to be played at the stadium.[3]
On 21 June 2019, theLeisure and Cultural Services Department announced that renovation work had begun on the stadium and that the facility would be closed to the public until 31 March 2020.[4]
