Zabana Stadium | |
Full name | Ahmed Zabana Stadium |
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Former names | Parc Municipal des Sports Henri Fouquès-Duparc Municipal 19 June 1965 |
Location | El Hamri, Oran, Algeria |
Coordinates | 35°41′00″N 0°38′10″W / 35.683315°N 0.636221°W / 35.683315; -0.636221 |
Owner | APC of Oran |
Capacity | 40,000 |
Record attendance | 60,000 Algeria-Brazil (17 June 1965) |
Surface | Artificial turf |
Construction | |
Built | 1955 |
Opened | 5 May 1957 (67 years ago) (1957-05-05) |
Renovated | 1974, 1988, 2005, 2008, 2013 |
Tenants | |
MC Oran (football) Stade Oranais (rugby) Algeria rugby union team |
Ahmed Zabana Stadium (Arabic: ملعب أحمد زبانة) is a multi-purpose stadium in Oran, Algeria. It is currently used mostly for football matches. It is the home ground of MC Oran. The stadium holds 40,000.
History
The stadium was built in 1955 in the El Hamri district of Oran, known as Lyautey at the time, by mayor Henri Fouquès-Duparc. The stadium was inaugurated on 5 May 1957 with a capacity of 40,000 spectators, making it the biggest stadium in Africa at the time. After the independence of Algeria it was renamed Municipal Stadium. After it was named again Stade du 19 Juin 1965 in commemoration of the military coup of Ahmed Ben Bella by Houari Boumediene made at that date.
In 1992, the stadium was then renamed again to Stade Ahmed Zabana by the Algerian president at this time Mohamed Boudiaf, in honor of Algerian revolutionary Ahmed Zabana.
In January 2008, it was renovated to make it compatible with the practice of Rugby union. It was equipped with artificial turf (fifth generation) to replace natural grass in poor condition. In the 2016-17 domestic league season, tenants MC Oran drew an average home attendance of 12,000.
Matches
These are some historically important matches that have been played in the stadium around its history:
Football matches
Clubs
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Stade Reims v AS Saint-Étienne
SC Bel Abbès v Stade Rennais UC
RC Paris v US Forbach
Stade Reims v Real Madrid
SC Bel Abbès v AS Saint Eugène
OGC Nice v Atlético Madrid
Olympique Lyonnais v Stade de Reims
SC Bel Abbès v SS La Marsa
FC Sochaux-Montbéliard v Stade Rennais
Stade Reims v Real Madrid
Stade Reims v Real Madrid
Pérregaux GS v GS Alger
Real Madrid v Vasco da Gama
MC Oran v FV Frankfurt
Mouloudia d'Oran v FC Magdeburg
MC Oran v Raja Casablanca
JS Kabylie v ASO Chlef
MC Alger v JS Kabylie
ASE Alger Centre v AS Sûreté Nationale
ASE Alger Centre v FC Constantine
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National
Football events
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France v Belgium
Turkey v Greece
Belgium v Greece
France v Turkey
Greece v France
Belgium v Turkey
Nigeria v Mali
DR Congo v Gabon
Mali v DR Congo
Gabon v Nigeria
Nigeria v DR Congo
Benin v Egypt
Ghana v Mali
Nigeria v Mali
Ghana v Egypt
Italy v Portugal
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Algeria NT
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Algeria v Nîmes Ol.
Algeria v Czechoslovakia Ol.
Algeria v Czechoslovakia Ol.
Algeria v United Arab Republic
Algeria v Romania Ol.
Algeria v Brazil
Algeria v AS Angoulême
Algeria v AS Béziers
Algeria v Mali
Algeria v Legia Warsaw
Algeria v Soviet Union
Algeria v France Ol.
Algeria v Santos FC
Algeria v AS Saint-Étienne
Algeria v France Ol.
Algeria v Sheffield Wednesday
Algeria v Paris SG
Algeria v Botafogo FR
Algeria v Tunisia
Algeria v Portuguesa
Algeria v Sierra Leone
Algeria v Senegal
Algeria v Mali
Algeria v Upper Volta
Algeria v SD Vojvodina
Algeria v Guinea-Bissau
Algeria v Rwanda
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Rugby Union matches
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Rugby NT official matches | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Statistic matches of Algeria football NT
Stadium | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | First Match | Most Recent |
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Municipal / 19 June / Ahmed Zabana Stadium | 29 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 53 | 35 | +18 | 48.28% | 16 October 1962, v. Nîmes Ol. | 4 September 2005, v. Nigeria |
See also
- List of football stadiums in Algeria
- List of African stadiums by capacity
- List of association football stadiums by capacity
- Miloud Hadefi Stadium
Notes & references
Notes
References
- "Stade Ahmed Zabana".
- Stadium profile - mondedufoot
External links
- Photos at cafe.daum.net/stade
- Ahmed Zabana Stadium file at goalzz.com
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Preceded by | World Military Cup Final Venue 1960 |
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Preceded by | CAF Champions League Final Venue 1989 |
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Preceded by | African U-20 Championship Final Venue 2013 |
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Preceded by none
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North African Tri Nations Final Venue 2016 |
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