Haras El-Hodood Stadium (Border Guard Stadium) is a

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, Egypt. It is used mostly for football matches, and was used for the

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. The stadium holds 22,000 people. The pitch is surrounded by an athletics track, rectangular in shape & therefore having 90 degrees corners, rather than the conventional curve. The stadium is home to Haras El-Hodood and El Raja Marsa Matruh.

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