Ghazl El Mahalla Stadium () is a
multi-purpose stadium
A multi-purpose stadium is a type of stadium designed to be easily used for multiple types of events. While any stadium could potentially host more than one type of sport or event, this concept usually refers to a design philosophy that stres ...
located in
El Mahalla El Kubra
El Mahalla El Kubra (, ) – commonly shortened to ' – is the largest city of the Gharbia Governorate and in the Nile Delta, with a population of 535,278 as of 2012. It is a large industrial and agricultural city in Egypt, located in the middle ...
, Egypt. It is used mainly for
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...
and serves as the home stadium of
Ghazl El Mahalla, but it also hosts
Baladeyet El Mahalla and
Said El Mahalla home matches. The stadium hosted three matches during the
1974 Africa Cup of Nations
The 1974 African Cup of Nations was the ninth edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of Africa ( CAF). It was hosted by Egypt.
Just like in 1972, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. Za ...
. The stadium has a seating capacity of 20,000.
External links
About the stadium- ''WeladElBalad''
Football venues in Egypt
Multi-purpose stadiums in Egypt
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