ستاد القاهرة الدولي | |
Full name | Cairo International Stadium |
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Former names | Nasser Stadium |
Location | Nasr City, Cairo |
Public transit | Stadium station Fair zone station Stadium Monorail station |
Capacity | 75,000 |
Record attendance | 130,000 (1969)[citation needed] |
Surface | Desso GrassMaster |
Construction | |
Built | 1955–1960 |
Opened | 23 July 1960 |
Renovated | 2005, 2019 |
Architect | Werner March |
Structural engineer | ACE Moharram Bakhoum |
Tenants | |
Egypt national football team (1960–2024) Zamalek (1960–present) Al Ahly (1960–present) |
The Cairo International Stadium (Arabic: ستاد القاهرة الدولي), formerly known as Nasser Stadium, is an Olympic-standard, multi-use stadium with an all-seated capacity of 75,000.[1] The architect of the stadium is the German Werner March, who designed the Olympic Stadium in Berlin from 1934 to 1936. The engineering and construction supervision of the stadium was performed by ACE Moharram Bakhoum. It is the 69th largest stadium in the world and the 3rd largest stadium in Egypt. Located in Nasr City; a suburb north east of Cairo, it was completed in 1960, and was inaugurated by President Gamal Abd El Nasser on 23 July that year which coincided with the eighth anniversary of the Egyptian Revolution of 1952 [citation needed]