Gelora Bung Karno Stadium

Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium
Stadion Utama Gelora Bung Karno
Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in 2023
Map
Former namesSenayan Main Stadium
LocationGelora, Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta, Indonesia
Coordinates6°13′6.88″S 106°48′9.04″E / 6.2185778°S 106.8025111°E / -6.2185778; 106.8025111
Public transit
OwnerGovernment of Indonesia
OperatorGelora Bung Karno Complex Management Center
Executive suites4
Capacity77,193
Record attendance150,000
Field size105 by 68 m (344 by 223 ft)
SurfaceZeon Zoysia
Construction
Broke ground8 February 1960; 64 years ago (1960-02-08) (entire complex)
Opened21 July 1962; 61 years ago (1962-07-21)
Renovated2016–2018
Closed2016–2018
Reopened14 January 2018; 6 years ago (2018-01-14)
Construction cost$12,500,000 (1958, entire complex)
IDR769.69 billion (2016–2018)
ArchitectFriedrich Silaban
Tenants
Indonesia national football team
Persija Jakarta
Website
gbk.id/venue/stadion-utama-gelora-bung-karno-1

Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium (Indonesian: Stadion Utama Gelora Bung Karno; literally "Bung Karno Sports Arena Main Stadium"), formerly Senayan Main Stadium and Gelora Senayan Main Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium located at the center of the Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex in Central Jakarta, Indonesia. It is mostly used for football matches. The stadium is named after Sukarno, the then-president of Indonesia, who sparked the idea of building the sports complex.

When first opened prior to the 1962 Asian Games, the stadium had a seating capacity of 110,000. It has been reduced twice during renovations: first to 88,306 in 2006 for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup and then to 77,193 single seats as part of renovations for the 2018 Asian Games and Asian Para Games, where it hosted the ceremonies and athletics competitions. Due to the most recent renovation which saw all remaining bleachers replaced by single seats, it is the 28th largest association football stadium in the world and the 8th largest association football stadium in Asia.

History

The stadium during the 2007 AFC Asian Cup.
The stadium under construction, April 1962.

Under Sukarno: construction and inauguration

After the Asian Games Federation declared Jakarta to host the 1962 Asian Games in 1958, the minimum requirement that yet to be met by the Jakarta was the availability of a multi-sport complex. In response to this, President Sukarno issued Presidential Decree No. 113/1959 dated 11 May 1959 about the establishment of the Asian Games Council of Indonesia (DAGI) led by Minister of Sports Maladi. Sukarno, as an architect and civil engineering graduate, proposed a location near M. H. Thamrin Boulevard and Menteng, namely the area of Karet, Pejompongan, or Dukuh Atas. Friedrich Silaban, a renowned architect who accompanied Sukarno to review the location by helicopter, disagreed with the selection of Dukuh Atas because he argued the construction of a sports complex in the center the future downtown area will potentially create a massive traffic congestion. Sukarno agreed and instead assigned the Senayan area with an area of approximately 300 hectares.

Construction began on 8 February 1960 and finished on 21 July 1962, in time to host the following month's Asian Games. It was built as part of Sukarno's construction sprees before the 1962 Asian Games and the centerpiece of the Sports Complex. Its construction was partially funded through a special loan from the Soviet Union. The stadium's original capacity was 110,000 people. The stadium is well known for its gigantic ring-shaped facade (a.k.a. "temu gelang"), which also was designed to shade spectators from the sun, and increase the grandeur of the stadium. The idea came from Sukarno himself and although Soviet architects didn't want to implement temu gelang at first due to its unusual design, but Sukarno insisted and he got his way in the end.

Although the stadium is popularly known as Gelora Bung Karno Stadium (Stadion Gelora Bung Karno) or GBK Stadium, its official name is Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium (Stadion Utama Gelora Bung Karno), as there are other stadiums in the Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex, such as the Sports Palace and the secondary stadium. It was known as Senajan (EYD: Senayan) Main Stadium from its opening through the 1962 Asiad until the complex's name was changed to Gelora Bung Karno by a Presidential Decree issued on 24 September 1962, twenty days after the games ended.

Under Soeharto: Gelora Senayan

The stadium with new seats, January 2018.

During the New Order era, the complex was renamed "Gelora Senayan Complex" and the stadium was renamed "Gelora Senayan Main Stadium" in 1969. The name changes was part of the "de-Sukarnoization" policy by military junta government under Suharto.

At the 1985 Perserikatan Final, Match Persib Bandung against PSMS Medan which was held at this stadium became an amateur match with the largest attendance of 150,000 spectators. The match was finally won by PSMS Medan.

Reformasi–present

After the fall of the dictatorship, the complex name was reverted by President Abdurrahman Wahid in a decree effective since 17 January 2001. The stadium's capacity was then reduced further to 88,306 as a result of renovations for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup.

The stadium served as the main venue of the 2018 Asian Games and Asian Para Games, hosting the ceremonies and athletics. It underwent renovations in preparation for the events; to comply with FIFA standards, all of the stadium's existing seating was replaced, including its remaining bleachers, making it an all-seater with a capacity of 77,193. The new seats are coloured in red, white, and grey—resembling a waving flag of Indonesia. A new, brighter LED lighting system was also installed, with 620 fixtures, and an RGB lighting system was installed on the stadium's facade. Improvements were also made to the stadium's accessibility.

Sporting events

GBK Stadium hosted the 2007 Asian Cup final between Iraq and Saudi Arabia. Other competitions held there are several AFF Cup finals and domestic cup finals.

International

Tournament results

1979 Southeast Asian Games

Date Time (UTC+07) Team #1 Res. Team #2 Round Attendance
22 September 1979  Indonesia 3–0  Singapore Group stage N/A
23 September 1979  Thailand 1–0  Burma Group stage N/A
23 September 1979  Singapore 0–2  Malaysia Group stage N/A
23 September 1979  Indonesia 1–3  Thailand Group stage N/A
25 September 1979  Malaysia 0–0  Burma Group stage N/A
25 September 1979  Singapore 2–2  Thailand Group stage N/A
26 September 1979  Burma 1–2  Singapore Group stage N/A
26 September 1979  Indonesia 0–0  Malaysia Group stage N/A
28 September 1979  Malaysia 1–0  Thailand Group stage N/A
28 September 1979  Indonesia 2–1  Burma Group stage N/A
29 September 1979  Indonesia 0–0 (3–1 p)  Thailand Second place play-off N/A
30 September 1979  Indonesia 0–1  Malaysia Gold medal match 85,000

1987 Southeast Asian Games

Date Time (UTC+07) Team #1 Res. Team #2 Round Attendance
10 September 1987  Singapore 0–0  Malaysia Group stage N/A
10 September 1987  Thailand 3–1  Brunei Group stage N/A
12 September 1987  Malaysia 2–2  Burma Group stage N/A
12 September 1987  Indonesia 2–0  Brunei Group stage N/A
14 September 1987  Singapore 0–0  Burma Group stage N/A
14 September 1987  Indonesia 0–0  Thailand Group stage N/A
16 September 1987  Thailand 0–2  Malaysia Semi-finals N/A
17 September 1987  Indonesia 4–1  Burma Semi-finals 75,000
19 September 1987  Thailand 4–0  Burma Bronze medal match N/A
20 September 1987  Indonesia 1–0 (a.e.t.)  Malaysia Gold medal match 120,000

1997 Southeast Asian Games

Date Time (UTC+07) Team #1 Res. Team #2 Round Attendance
5 October 1997  Vietnam 0–1  Malaysia Group stage N/A
5 October 1997  Indonesia 5–2  Laos Group stage N/A
7 October 1997  Malaysia 4–0  Philippines Group stage N/A
7 October 1997  Indonesia 2–2  Vietnam Group stage N/A
9 October 1997  Laos 4–1  Philippines Group stage N/A
9 October 1997  Indonesia 4–0  Malaysia Group stage N/A
12 October 1997  Indonesia 2–0  Philippines Group stage N/A
12 October 1997  Vietnam 2–1  Laos Group stage N/A
14 October 1997  Vietnam 3–0  Philippines Group stage N/A
14 October 1997  Laos 1–0  Malaysia Group stage N/A
16 October 1997  Thailand 2–1  Vietnam Semi-finals N/A
16 October 1997  Indonesia 2–1  Singapore Semi-finals N/A
18 October 1997  Vietnam 1–0  Singapore Bronze medal match N/A
18 October 1997  Indonesia 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(2–4 p)
 Thailand Gold medal match 110,000

2002 AFF Championship

Date Time (UTC+07) Team #1 Res. Team #2 Round Attendance
15 December 2002 17:05  Indonesia 0–0  Myanmar Group stage 40,000
15 December 2002 19:35  Vietnam 9–2  Cambodia Group stage N/A
17 December 2002 16:05  Philippines 1–6  Myanmar Group stage N/A
17 December 2002 18:35  Indonesia 4–2  Cambodia Group stage 20,000
19 December 2002 16:05  Myanmar 5–0  Cambodia Group stage N/A
19 December 2002 18:35  Vietnam 4–1  Philippines Group stage N/A
21 December 2002 16:05  Cambodia 1–0  Philippines Group stage N/A
21 December 2002 18:35  Indonesia 2–2  Vietnam Group stage 30,000
23 December 2002 18:35  Indonesia 13–1  Philippines Group stage 50,340
27 December 2002 16:00  Vietnam 0–4  Thailand Semi-finals N/A
27 December 2002 19:00  Indonesia 1–0  Malaysia Semi-finals 50,000
29 December 2002 16:00  Vietnam 2–1  Malaysia Third place play-off N/A
29 December 2002 19:00  Indonesia 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(2–4 p)
 Thailand Final 100,000

2004 AFF Championship

Date Time (UTC+07) Team #1 Res. Team #2 Round Attendance
28 December 2004 19:45  Indonesia 1–2  Malaysia Semi-finals first leg N/A
8 January 2005 19:45  Indonesia 1–3  Singapore Finals first leg N/A

2007 AFC Asian Cup

Date Time (UTC+07) Team #1 Res. Team #2 Round Attendance
10 July 2007 17:15  Indonesia 2–1  Bahrain Group D 60,000
11 July 2007 19:30  South Korea 1–1  Saudi Arabia Group D 15,000
14 July 2007 19:30  Saudi Arabia 2–1  Indonesia Group D 88,000
15 July 2007 19:30  Bahrain 2–1  South Korea Group D 9,000
18 July 2007 17:15  Indonesia 0–1  South Korea Group D 88,000
22 July 2007 20:15  Saudi Arabia 2–1  Uzbekistan Quarter-finals 12,000
29 July 2007 19:30  Iraq 1–0  Saudi Arabia Final 60,000

2008 AFF Championship

Date Time (UTC+07) Team #1 Res. Team #2 Round Attendance
5 December 2008 17:00  Singapore 5–0  Cambodia Group stage 18,000
5 December 2008 19:30  Indonesia 3–0  Myanmar Group stage 40,000
7 December 2008 17:00  Singapore 3–1  Myanmar Group stage 21,000
7 December 2008 19:30  Cambodia 0–4  Indonesia Group stage 30,000
9 December 2008 19:30  Indonesia 0–2  Singapore Group stage 50,000
16 December 2008 19:00  Indonesia 0–1  Thailand Semi-finals first leg 70,000

2010 AFF Championship

Date Time (UTC+07) Team #1 Res. Team #2 Round Attendance
1 December 2010 17:00  Thailand 2–2  Laos Group stage N/A
1 December 2010 19:30  Indonesia 5–1  Malaysia Group stage 62,000
4 December 2010 17:00  Thailand 0–0  Malaysia Group stage N/A
4 December 2010 19:30  Laos 0–6  Indonesia Group stage N/A
7 December 2010 19:30  Indonesia 2–1  Thailand Group stage 65,000
16 December 2010 19:00  Philippines 0–1  Indonesia Semi-finals first leg 70,000
19 December 2010 19:00  Indonesia 1–0  Philippines Semi-finals second leg 88,000
29 December 2010 19:00  Indonesia 2–1  Malaysia Finals second leg 88,000

2011 Southeast Asian Games

Date Time (UTC+07) Team #1 Res. Team #2 Round Attendance
3 November 2011 16:00  Vietnam 3–1  Philippines Group stage N/A
3 November 2011 19:00  Laos 2–3  Myanmar Group stage N/A
7 November 2011 16:00  Singapore 0–0  Malaysia Group stage N/A
7 November 2011 19:00  Indonesia 6–0  Laos Group stage N/A
9 November 2011 16:00  Malaysia 2–1  Thailand Group stage N/A
9 November 2011 19:00  Cambodia 1–2  Singapore Group stage N/A
11 November 2011 14:00  Singapore 0–2  Indonesia Group stage N/A
11 November 2011 17:00  Thailand 4–0  Cambodia Group stage N/A
13 November 2011 16:00  Malaysia 4–1  Cambodia Group stage N/A
13 November 2011 19:00  Indonesia 3–1  Thailand Group stage N/A
17 November 2011 16:00  Thailand 0–2  Singapore Group stage N/A
17 November 2011 19:00  Indonesia 0–1  Malaysia Group stage N/A
19 November 2011 16:00  Malaysia 1–0  Myanmar Semi-finals N/A
19 November 2011 19:00  Vietnam 0–2  Indonesia Semi-finals N/A
21 November 2011 16:00  Myanmar 4–1  Vietnam Bronze medal match N/A
21 November 2011 19:30  Malaysia 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p)
 Indonesia Gold medal match N/A

2018 AFC U-19 Championship

Date Time (UTC+07) Team #1 Result Team #2 Round Attendance
18 October 2018 16:00  United Arab Emirates 2–1  Qatar Group stage 2,124
18 October 2018 19:00  Indonesia 3–1  Chinese Taipei Group stage 17,320
21 October 2018 16:00  Chinese Taipei 1–8  United Arab Emirates Group stage 4,781
21 October 2018 19:00  Qatar 6–5  Indonesia Group stage 38,217
24 October 2018 19:00  Indonesia 1–0  United Arab Emirates Group stage 30,022
28 October 2018 16:00  Qatar 7–3 (a.e.t.)  Thailand Quarter-finals 16,758
28 October 2018 19:30  Japan 2–0  Indonesia Quarter-finals 60,154

2018 AFF Championship

Date Time (UTC+07) Team #1 Result Team #2 Round Attendance
13 November 2018 19:00  Indonesia 3–1  Timor-Leste Group stage 15,138
25 November 2018 19:00  Indonesia 0–0  Philippines Group stage 15,436

2022 AFF Championship

Date Time (UTC+07) Team #1 Result Team #2 Round Attendance
23 December 2022 16:30  Indonesia 2–1  Cambodia Group stage 25,332
29 December 2022 16:30  Indonesia 1–1  Thailand Group stage 49,985
6 January 2023 16:30  Indonesia 0–0  Vietnam Semi-finals first leg 49,595

Other uses

  • The Grand Catholic mass led by Pope John Paul II, on 9 October 1989.
  • The 100th anniversary of Indonesian National Awakening day, 20 May 2008
  • The political rally for both parliamentary and also presidential elections in 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, and 2024. The 2019 final day campaign for both presidential candidates was held in this stadium. The final campaign was held on 7 and 13 April 2019 respectively. Each final campaign was attended by more than 77,000 supporters, arguably the most attended a one-day campaign rally in the history of the Indonesian presidential campaign.
  • Christmas event jointly organized by the Indonesian Bethel Church for the whole district since 2006 until now (only absent in 2012)
  • Indonesia Tiberias Church Christmas Services since 2000 until now (except in 2016 and 2017)
  • HKBP Jubileum (147th in 2007 and 150th in 2011)
  • The 85th anniversary of Nahdlatul Ulama (2011)
  • Caliphate Conference of Hizb ut-Tahrir Indonesia, 6 June 2013
  • Admission exams for thousands Indonesian Ministry of Health civil servants applicants on 3 November 2013
  • One of the venues in Jakarta used for COVID-19 vaccination serving 60,000 doses of vaccines, 11 July 2021.

Concerts

SMTown Live World Tour III at the GBK Stadium, 2012.
Date Artists Events Attendance
2 April 1972 Bee Gees Trafalgar Tour 60,000
4–5 December 1975 Deep Purple 150,000
30 December 1988 Mick Jagger 70,000
1–2 December 1993 Michael Jackson Dangerous World Tour Concert cancelled due to Michael Jackson's rehabilitation
21 September 2011 Linkin Park A Thousand Suns World Tour 25,000
3 June 2012 Lady Gaga Born This Way Ball Concert cancelled due to security measures
22 September 2012 Kangta
BoA
TVXQ
Super Junior
Super Junior-M
f(x)
Shinee
Girls' Generation
Exo
SM Town Live World Tour III 50,000
9 March 2013 Super Junior
Eru
Sistar
Teen Top
2PM
BEAST
SHINee
INFINITE
Music Bank World Tour 25,000
25 August 2013 Metallica Metallica Summer Tour 2013 60,000
13 December 2013 Slank
23 August 2014 Super Junior-M
Noah
Mahadewa
Ungu
Kotak
Repvblik
Agnez Mo
Ayu Ting Ting
Al, El, Dul
Regina Ivanova
Fatin Shidqia
Novita Dewi
Nowela Auparay
Husein Alatas
JKT48
Bastian Steel
RCTI 25th Anniversary
25 March 2015 One Direction On the Road Again Tour 43,032
11 September 2015 Bon Jovi Bon Jovi Live! 40,000
8 November 2018 Guns N' Roses Not in This Lifetime... Tour 31,167
3 May 2019 Ed Sheeran ÷ Tour 48,959
28 November 2020 Raisa Raisa: Live in Concert Concert cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
25 February 2023 45,000
11–12 March 2023 Blackpink Born Pink World Tour 113,740
12 August 2023 Dewa 19 All Stars Stadium Tour
23 September 2023 SM Town Live 2023: SMCU PALACE @JAKARTA TBA
15 November 2023 Coldplay Music of the Spheres World Tour 78,541

Transport

Istora Mandiri MRT station, the nearest Jakarta MRT station to the stadium complex.

KRL Commuterline provides transport service through Palmerah railway station within walking distance from the compound, while Jakarta MRT provides service through Istora Mandiri station. Two corridors of TransJakarta BRT also serve this area. An extension of the Jabodebek LRT is also planned to serve the western perimeter of the compound.

Gallery

See also


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