- Address: Hanoi
- Country: Vietnam
- Capacity: 40,000
- Opened: 2 September 2003
- Main use: Football
- Tenants: Phù Đổng (football)
Extra stadium info – Sân vận động Quốc gia Mỹ Đình
The construction of the stadium named Sân vận động Quốc gia Mỹ Đình started in 2002. It opened with a football match. Phù Đổng use the venue, which is also used for athletics, for home games. The football club was founded in 2015. The national football team of Vietnam played numerous home games at the stadium. In 2007, 39,000 people attended the stadium’s first-ever AFC Asian Cup game, which was won by the national football team of Vietnam after defeating the United Arab Emirates. Japan and Qatar also played AFC Asian Cup games at the venue.
English football clubs
In 2013, Arsenal played their first match at the stadium. Olivier Jonathan Giroud from the French Republic scored a hat-trick for Arsenal in that game. Two years later, Manchester City played at the venue. Both English clubs are among the first sports clubs in the world with 10 million followers on their main social media page. Arsenal played their first-ever UEFA Champions League final in 2006. They lost the game against the Spanish football giants FC Barcelona. Manchester City played their first-ever UEFA Champions League final in 2021 against Chelsea from London. The English football powerhouse Chelsea won the game.
