It is the home stadium of Gwangju FC of the K League and has a capacity of 40,245.

[1] Initially, the stadium was named Gwangju World Cup Stadium to host some matches of the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

In honour of the former South Korea national football team manager Guus Hiddink, who helped the team reach the World Cup semi-finals for the first time, the stadium is also called the Guus Hiddink Stadium.

[2] It was the venue of the 3rd Asia Song Festival, organised by Korea Foundation for International Culture Exchange in 2006.

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