Yanmar Stadium Nagai (ヤンマースタジアム長居) is a stadium in Osaka, Japan. It is the home ground of J. League club Cerezo Osaka. The stadium has a seating capacity of 47,000.
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Former names | Osaka Nagai Stadium (1964–2014) |
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Location | Nagai Park, Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Japan |
Coordinates | 34°36′50.83″N 135°31′6.42″E |
Public transit | ![]() R Hanwa Line at Nagai ![]() ![]() |
Owner | Osaka City |
Capacity | 47,816 |
Field size | 105 x 68 m |
Surface | Grass (107 m x 71 m) |
Scoreboard | Yes |
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Opened | 1964 (1964) |
Renovated | 2007 |
Expanded | 1996 |
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Cerezo Osaka (1996–present) | |
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About Nagai Stadium (in Japanese) |
When Nagai Stadium initially opened in 1964, its capacity was 23,000, and its opening event was a football match during the 1964 Summer Olympics. The stadium's seating capacity was expanded to 50,000 in 1996 for the 52nd National Sports Festival of Japan in 1997.
The stadium hosted three matches in the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
Date | Team #1 | Res. | Team #2 | Round |
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12 June 2002 | ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() | Group F |
14 June 2002 | ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() | Group H |
22 June 2002 | ![]() | 0–1 (asdet) | ![]() | Quarter-finals |
Nagai Stadium has been used many times for athletic competitions; it played host to the Athletics at the 2001 East Asian Games and the 2007 World Championships in Athletics. It is also the venue for the annual Osaka Grand Prix athletics meeting which took place every May from 1996 to 2010, and again since 2018. In addition, the stadium is the starting and finishing point for the Osaka International Ladies Marathon, held annually in late January-early February.[1]
Media related to Nagai Stadium at Wikimedia Commons
Preceded by | East Asian Games Football tournament Final Venue 2001 |
Succeeded by Estádio Campo Desportivo Macau |
Preceded by | East Asian Games Athletics competitions Main Venue 2001 |
Succeeded by Estádio Campo Desportivo Macau |
Preceded by | Site of the Koshien Bowl 2007, 2008 |
Succeeded by Koshien Stadium |
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