Bukit Jalil National Stadium is the largest stadium in Southeast Asia and the ninth largest football stadium in the world. It is located in the National Sports Complex to the south of the city centre of Malaysia's capital city, Kuala Lumpur.
Bukit Jalil National Stadium, officially named Stadium Nasional Bukit Jalil, is a multi-purpose stadium located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is used mostly for association football matches, hosting the home games of Malaysian club Harimau Malaya, its owner.
Opened on 11 July 1998 with an exhibition match between Malaysia and Brazilian club Santos, it replaced the original Merdeka Stadium, which had 45,000 seats. The seating capacity of the new stadium is currently set at 87,411. The stadium was designed by Arkitek FAA (now Populous) and had a construction cost of RM800 million.
A category four stadium by the Asian Football Confederation and one of the biggest stadiums by capacity in Asia (the biggest in Malaysia), Bukit Jalil National Stadium hosted several matches of the 1998 Commonwealth Games, including its opening and closing ceremonies, as well as the 2007 and 2018 finals of the AFC Asian Cup. It was elected the most beautiful stadium of Asia in a 2018 online poll by L'Équipe. By its fifteenth birthday, Bukit Jalil National Stadium had welcomed more than 20 million spectators. The stadium is one of the potential venues for the 2030 FIFA World Cup, which Malaysia is bidding to co-host.
