Battleground Thailand: Final Group F stop brings the Sailors to Thammasat Stadium

In Battlegrounds Asia, we look into the history and lore of the stadiums that will host the Lion City Sailors’ second foray into the AFC Champions League (ACL), Asia’s top-tier club competition. 

In the third part of this series, we dive headfirst into the Thammasat Stadium where the Sailors will battle Bangkok United.

Located in the city of Rangsit, Pathum Thani, some 40 kilometres north of the busy Thai capital of Bangkok, is the rustic-looking Thammasat Stadium. 

Located within a school

Roughly half the size of the Rajamangala Stadium – the biggest football stadium in Thailand – the Thammasat Stadium has a capacity of 25,000 spectators.

Opened in 1998, the stadium first opened its doors to that year’s Asian Games, hosting four group-stage matches of its women’s football tournament.  

Interestingly located within the Thammasat University’s Rangsit…