Hong Kong Football Club Stadium (Chinese: 香港足球會球場) is a multi-purpose stadium located in Sports Rd, Happy Valley, Hong Kong. The main pitch is used for football and rugby (union) matches, and there is an adjoining hockey pitch. The playing surface has been synthetic since 2004.
The stadium (which is owned by the Hong Kong Football Club) holds 2,750 people, and hosts the annual Hong Kong Tens tournament and the HKFC International Soccer Sevens tournament.
Sports Road was the venue for the world famous Hong Kong Sevens from its inception in 1976 till it outgrew its home and was moved to the Hong Kong Government Stadium (now the Hong Kong Stadium) in 1982.
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