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Prince Faisal bin Fahd Sports City

Coordinates: 24°39′45″N 46°44′23″E / 24.6626°N 46.7397°E / 24.6626; 46.7397
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Prince Faisal bin Fahd Sports City Stadium
Al-Malazz Stadium
Map
AddressRiyadh
Saudi Arabia
OperatorMinistry of Sport (Saudi Arabia)
Capacity22,188 (to be expanded to 44,500)
SurfaceGrass
Construction
Broke ground1969
Opened1971
Renovated2024-2026
Website
Prince Faysal Bin Fahad stadium

Prince Faisal bin Fahd Sports City (Arabic: مدينة الأمير فيصل بن فهد الرياضية) is a stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It is currently used mostly for football matches. Named after Prince Faisal bin Fahd bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, the stadium has a capacity of 22,500 people.[1] Al-Hilal, Al Nassr and Al-Shabab used to play their matches in this stadium before getting privates stadiums. In 1972, it hosted the opening ceremony for the Arabian Gulf Cup. In the 2011–2012 it became one of the first stadiums in the Kingdom to use electronic ticketing for the Saudi Football League.According to the World Cup file the current stadium will be demolished and a new one will be build near by the old location under the same name.

International football matches

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Date Competition Team Res Team
10 Sep 2018 International Friendly  Saudi Arabia 2–2  Bolivia
11 Oct 2018 International Friendly  Iraq 0–4  Argentina
10 Nov 2019 International Friendly  Saudi Arabia 0–0  Paraguay

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Saudi newspaper fourm". Archived from the original on 2012-09-06. Retrieved 2012-05-03.

24°39′45″N 46°44′23″E / 24.6626°N 46.7397°E / 24.6626; 46.7397