ملعب ميلود هدفي | |
Full name | Miloud Hadefi Stadium |
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Location | Belgaïd, Bir El Djir Oran, Algeria |
Coordinates | 35°43′42.3″N 0°32′57.4″W / 35.728417°N 0.549278°W |
Owner | Ministry of Youth and Sport |
Operator | Ministry of Youth and Sport |
Capacity | 40,143 |
Record attendance | 45,000[1] France-Italy (4 July 2022)[2] |
Field size | 105 by 68 metres (115 by 74 yd) |
Surface | AirFibr (hybrid grass) |
Construction | |
Broke ground | 1 June 2010 |
Built | 2010–2021 |
Opened | 17 June 2021 |
Construction cost | 142,3 million US$ |
Main contractors | China Metallurgical Group Corporation |
Tenants | |
MC Oran (2021–present) Algeria national football team (selected matches) |
Miloud Hadefi Stadium (Arabic: ملعب ميلود هدفي), is a multi-use stadium in Belgaïd, in the Bir El Djir suburb of Oran, Algeria. Completed in 2019, it is used mostly for football matches. It can hold 40,143 spectators. The value of construction work of the stadium was about 142.3 million US$,[3] it is an olympic stadium with the athletics track and it is a part of the Miloud Hadefi Olympic Complex which is the first big complex in Algeria exceeding the Mohamed Boudiaf Olympic Complex in Algiers and it is also the first stadium entirely covered in Algeria. The stadium expected to be special for the Algeria national football team with Stade du 5 Juillet and Nelson Mandela Stadium, and also clubs of Oran especially MC Oran.
The Miloud Hadefi Stadium and all the complex which extends over a total area of 105 hectares, including all the infrastructure essential to the organization of international sports and football events.[4] The stadium was used as the opening and closing ceremony venue of the 2022 Mediterranean Games. The inaugural match of the stadium was held on 17 June 2021, when Algeria beat Liberia 5-1 in a friendly game.[5]