Manahan Stadium, Football stadium in Manahan, Surakarta, Indonesia
Manahan Stadium is a football stadium with an athletics track in central Surakarta, its pale gold facade banded in red and pierced by rows of small circular perforations, with "STADION MANAHAN" mounted in red capitals above the entrances. A sweeping canopy covers the main stand on thin pillars, and the pitch, ringed by a reddish running track, is bordered by a band of yellow and orange seats. Since the 2018–2020 renovation it holds 20,003 spectators.
The groundbreaking took place on 25 April 1991 with Siti Hartinah Suharto, wife of President Suharto, present; the stadium opened on 21 February 1998. It closed in 2018 for a FIFA-standard renovation costing 301 billion rupiah and reopened on 15 February 2020. In 2023 it hosted the U-17 World Cup final, where Germany beat France on penalties.
Persis Solo has played home matches at Manahan since 2006, and the Indonesian national team has appeared here three times in friendlies: 4:1 against Palestine in 2011, 2:0 against the Philippines in 2013 and 3:0 against Malaysia in 2016. The stadium's Javanese name is Setadhiyon Manahan.
The stadium is centrally located in Surakarta with good access to nearby airports, hotels, and shopping centers. Visitors can easily reach it by public transport or private vehicle, and parking is readily available on-site.
The stadium hosted the 2023 U-17 World Cup final on 2 December 2023, when Germany beat France 4:3 on penalties after a 2:2 draw; the semi-final between Argentina and Germany had ended 4:2 on penalties the same week. For the tournament the natural grass was replaced with hybrid turf and the fences in front of the stands were removed.
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