Cairo Stadium
Location	Nasr City, Cairo
Opened	1958
Renovated	2004
Owner
Surface	Grass
Tenants	Al-Ahly El Zamalek Egypt national football team
Capacity	100,050(all seater)

Cairo International Stadium (Arabic: ستاد القاهرة الدولي) or "Stad El-Qahira El-Dawly", is an Olympic-standard, multi-use stadium with an all-seated capacity of 74,100. It is the Middle East and Africa's largest and foremost Olympic-standard facility befitting the role of Cairo, Egypt as the center of events in the region. Located in Nasr City; a suburb north east of Cairo, it was completed in 1960, and was inaugurated by the late President Nasser on the 23rd of July national day celebrations that year. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1280x960, 324 KB) (All user names refer to en. ... Al-Ahly (Arabic: النادى الاهلى للرياضة البدنية ) is an Egyptian football club founded in April, 1907 in Cairo, Egypt. ... Zamalek Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي الزمالك) is an Egyptian sports club. ... First international Italy 2 - 1 Egypt (Gent, Belgium; 28 August 1920) Biggest win Egypt 15 - 0 Laos (Indonesia; November 1963) Biggest defeat Italy 11 - 3 Egypt (Amsterdam, Netherlands; 10 June 1928) World Cup Appearances 2 (First in 1934) Best result Round 1, 1934 and 1990 African Nations Cup Appearances 20... Arabic redirects here. ... The new Wembley Stadium in London is the most expensive stadium ever built; it has a seating capacity of 90,000 This article is about the building type. ... A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ... A world map showing the continent of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. ... For other uses, see Cairo (disambiguation). ... Nasr City is a district of Cairo,Egypt. ... For other uses, see Cairo (disambiguation). ... Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 2005 in preparation for the 2006 African Cup of Nations it underwent a major renovation, and was brought up to 21st century world standard along with all its multi-game Olympic facilities. The 2006 African Cup of Nations was the 25th edition of the African Cup of Nations, the soccer championship of Africa (CAF). ...

The Stadium is located about 10 km west of Cairo International Airport and about 30 km (30 min) from downtown Cairo. Cairo International Airport (IATA: CAI, ICAO: HECA) (Arabic: مطار القاهرة الدولي) is the major civilian airport in Cairo, Egypt. ...

Cairo Stadium is known for its tremendous atmosphere and its very large capacity. This was never more evident than during the 2006 African cup of Nations, which were held in Egypt. When Egypt had their matches in Cairo Stadium, the stadium seemed to nearly erupt. Before seats were added to all sections in 2005, the stadium was notorious for holding more people than it was intended to. It is rumored to have hosted over 120 thousand fans for a match between El-Zamalek (football team) football club and El Ahly football club. Without seats, fans were able to squeeze together and sit in aisles. Al-Ahly (Arabic: النادى الاهلى للرياضة البدنية ) is an Egyptian football club founded and headed by the English gentleman Mitchell Ince in April, 1907 in Cairo, Egypt. ...

Cairo Stadium is a strong symbol of Egyptian football. Nearly all of the most important Egyptian matches are held there. It carries an extremely rich history which includes many timeless soccer moments that ranges from Hossam Hassan's famous header to secure Egypt's attendance in Italia 90 World Cup, numerous Africa Cup of Nations tournaments which included the latest 2006 trophy, and the famous derby matches between Ahly and Zamalek.

It has also served as the main stadium of the 1991 All-Africa Games. The All-Africa Games, sometimes called the African Games or Pan African Games, are a regional multi-sport event held every four years, organized by the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA). ...

It has a larger capacity than many stadiums like wembley and nou camp.

External links

• Photos at worldstadiums.com
• Photos at fussballtempel.net

See also

• Girls At The Cairo National Stadium

Coordinates: 30°4′8.81″N, 31°18′44.40″E A photo from the opening of the video Girls At The Cairo National Stadium (2006) (in Hebrew: בנות באצטדיון הלאומי של קהיר) is a video created by artist and filmmaker Nimrod Kamer (in Hebrew: נמרוד קמר). The videos goal (as stated by its creator) is to document a cultural phenomenon and general atmosphere. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...