The Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani Stadium (), also known as

Al-Wakrah SC Al-Wakrah Sport Club () is a Qatari multi sports club, multi-sports club based in the city of Al Wakrah. Their professional association football, football team competes in the Qatar Stars League. They play their home games at the Al Janoub ...

Stadium, is a

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in Al Wakrah, Qatar. It is currently used mostly for

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matches. It is the home venue of

Al-Wakrah Sports Club Al-Wakrah Sport Club () is a Qatari multi sports club, multi-sports club based in the city of Al Wakrah. Their professional association football, football team competes in the Qatar Stars League. They play their home games at the Al Janoub ...

. The stadium has a capacity of 12,000. A new stadium named

Al Janoub Stadium Al-Janoub Stadium (), formerly known as Al-Wakrah Stadium (), is a retractable roof, retractable-roof association football, football stadium in al-Wakrah, Qatar that was inaugurated on 16 May 2019. This was the second of the eight stadiums inaug ...

was built in the vicinity in time for the

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and it is used as

’s home. During the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the site was used as the training base for

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