Al Salam Stadium (), also was referred to as Al Salam Stadium () for sponsorship reasons following their acquisition of the stadium, is a multi-use stadium used mostly for
association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...
matches with an all-seated capacity of 30,000. The stadium is the home venue of
Egyptian Premier League
The Egyptian Premier League (), also known as the Nile League () for sponsorship reasons, after the addition of title sponsor Nile Developments, is a professional association football league in Egypt and the highest level of the Egyptian football ...
side
El Entag El Harby. The stadium was built in 2009 and hosted
Group B
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during the
2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup
The 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 17th edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup, which was hosted by Egypt from 24 September to 16 October 2009. The tournament was initially going to take place between 10 and 31 July. However, the 2009 FIFA Confede ...
, and also hosted matches in the
2019 Africa Cup of Nations
The 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (abbreviated as AFCON 2019 or CAN 2019), known as the Total SE, Total 2019 Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, was the 32nd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial international men's associati ...
.
Takeover by Al Ahly 2019–2022
On 4 December 2019,
Al Ahly
Al-Ahly Sporting Club (), commonly known as Al-Ahly, is an Egyptian professional sports club based in Cairo, Egypt. The club is mainly known for its professional football team which currently plays in the Egyptian Premier League, the highest ...
announced that they acquired the stadium from the
Egyptian Ministry of Military Production for 25 years until 2045 as part of the club's "2045 vision", with an option to return the stadium if Al Ahly's new proposed stadium is built. As a result, it was reported that the stadium's official name was officially changed from Al Salam Stadium to Al Ahly
WE Al Salam Stadium on 12 August 2020. However, El Entag El Harby president
Ashraf Amer announced only one day later that stadium's name will not change from Al Salam Stadium according to the agreement reached between Al Ahly, the Egyptian Ministry of Military Production, and Estadat.
Despite acquiring the stadium, Al Ahly confirmed that
El Entag El Harby, a club owned by the Egyptian Ministry of Military Production that used to play their home matches there, would be allowed to play at the stadium normally until the end of the
2019–20 season to avoid any possible problems or conflicts in the league's schedule, with the option to extend it for further seasons. Al Ahly also confirmed that all national teams would be allowed to play on the venue. Al-Ahly topped all African clubs with the largest social media following, with 33 million followers across all social media platforms as of 12 October 2022.
2019 Africa Cup of Nations
The stadium was one of the venues for the
2019 Africa Cup of Nations
The 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (abbreviated as AFCON 2019 or CAN 2019), known as the Total SE, Total 2019 Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, was the 32nd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial international men's associati ...
.
The following games were played at the stadium during the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations:
Gallery
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See also
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List of football stadiums in Egypt
The following is a list of Association football, football stadiums in Egypt, ordered by capacity. Currently all stadiums with a capacity of 10,000 or more are included, most large stadiums in Egypt are used for association football, with some also ...
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Lists of stadiums
The following are lists of stadiums throughout the world. Note that horse racing and motorsport venues are not included at some pages, because those are not stadiums but sports venues.
Combined lists
*List of stadiums by capacity
* List of c ...
References
External links
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2009 establishments in Egypt
Football venues in Egypt
Stadiums in Cairo
Egypt
Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe ...
Sports venues completed in 2009
Football in Cairo
21st-century architecture in Egypt