Stade Olympique Hamadi Agrebi, opened as Stade 7 November, is a

multi-purpose stadium A multi-purpose stadium is a type of stadium designed to be easily used by multiple types of events. While any stadium could potentially host more than one type of sport or event, this concept usually refers to a specific design philosophy tha ...

Radès Radès ( ar, رادس) is a harbour city in Ben Arous Governorate, Tunisia. Situated south-east of the capital Tunis, some consider it a Tunis suburb, and parts of the harbor installations of Tunis are located in Radès. Rades is divided into ...

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about 10 kilometers south-east of downtown

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, in the center of the Olympic City. It is currently used mostly for football matches and it also has facilities for athletics. The stadium has a capacity of up to 60,000 spectators and was built in 2001 for the

2001 Mediterranean Games The XIV Mediterranean Games ( ar, ألعاب البحر الأبيض المتوسط 2001), commonly known as the 2001 Mediterranean Games, were the 14th Mediterranean Games held in Tunis, Tunisia, from 2-15 September 2001, where 2,991 athletes ( ...

. The stadium and is considered to be one of the best stadiums in Africa.

History

It was inaugurated in July 2001 for the final of the Tunisian Cup between CS Hammam-Lif and Étoile du Sahel (1-0).

Club Africain Club Africain ( ar, النادي الإفريقي) is a Tunisian football club based in Tunis that competes in the Tunisian Championship. It fields several sports teams, including football, handball, basketball, swimming and volleyball. The foo ...

and Espérance de Tunis play their major league matches here. Before the construction of this stadium, the Tunis derby used to be played in the 45,000 seat-capacity

Stade El Menzah Stade El Menzah is a multi-purpose stadium, located in the north of Tunis, Tunisia. History Stade Vélodrome is the historical stadium that preceded Stade El Menzah. It was built in 1927 in the same location and became the stadium of US Tunis a ...

. It is also the main stadium of the

Tunisia national football team The Tunisia national football team ( ar, منتخب تونس لكرة القدم; ) represents Tunisia in men's international association football. The team is a member of both FIFA and CAF, the Confederation of African Football. It is govern ...

. This stadium hosted matches of the 2004 African Cup of Nations which was won by Tunisia. The 2010 Trophée des Champions between

Olympique de Marseille Olympique de Marseille (, ; oc, Olimpic de Marselha, ), also known simply as Marseille or by the abbreviation OM (, ), is a French professional men's football club based in Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Founded in 1899, the club p ...

and Paris Saint-Germain took place at the stadium on 28 July 2010. The two teams drew 0-0 in the presence of 57,000 spectators.

Certificate

The stadium has an

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Class 1 Certificate, which means that the stadium meets the best standards and qualities in its field.

Name

At the time of its creation, the stadium was named 7 November Stadium, the date that

Zine El Abidine Ben Ali Zine El Abidine Ben Ali ( ar, زين العابدين بن علي, translit=Zayn al-'Ābidīn bin 'Alī; 3 September 1936 – 19 September 2019), commonly known as Ben Ali ( ar, بن علي) or Ezzine ( ar, الزين), was a Tunisian politician ...

assumed the Presidency on 7 November 1987 in a bloodless

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that ousted President

Habib Bourguiba Habib Bourguiba (; ar, الحبيب بورقيبة, al-Ḥabīb Būrqībah; 3 August 19036 April 2000) was a Tunisian lawyer, nationalist leader and statesman who led the country from 1956 to 1957 as the prime minister of the Kingdom of ...

. But, following his ousting in 2011, it took the name of the ''Stade Olympique de Radès''. In August 2020, following the death of Hammadi Agrebi, Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh renamed the stadium in his name. This announcement surprises the mayor of Radès who indicates that the municipal council will meet to make a decision. But, the Ministry of Local Affairs responds that the stadium is placed under the direction of the Ministry of Youth and Sports and not under the direction of the municipality of Radès, so the name of the stadium is officially changed. The municipality of Rades did not raise the issue again, as the

Tunisian Football Federation The Tunisian Football Federation ( ar, الجامعة التونسية لكرة القدم, french: Fédération Tunisienne de Football, FTF) is the governing body of football in Tunisia. It was established in 1957. It became a member in the FI ...

, the

Confederation of African Football The Confederation of African Football, or CAF for short (french: link=yes, Confédération Africaine de Football, ar, link=yes, الاتحاد الأفريقي لكرة القدم, al-Ittiḥād al-Afrīqī li-Kurat al-Qadam), is the administ ...

and FIFA started using the new name for the stadium, which made it the usual name since then.

Gallery

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and

ES Zarzis Esperance Sportive de Zarzis ( ar, الترجي الرياضي الجرجيسي, often referred to as ''ESZ'') is a football club from Zarzis in Tunisia and founded in 1934 by Haj Ali Bouchhioua . Achievements Performance in national & domest ...

File:Tunisia - Netherlands (Stade de Radès) 2.jpg, During a friendly match between Tunisia and the Netherlands in 2009 File:Tunisia - Netherlands (Stade de Radès - supporters exiting the stadium).jpg, Another view of the stadium during the Tunisia-Netherlands match File:Tunisia - Netherlands (Stade de Radès - supporters exiting the stadium) 2.jpg, Supporters exiting the stadium File:Stade de Radés à la finale de la coupe de Tunisie de football 2009.jpg, During the 2009 Tunisian Cup Final between CS Sfaxien and US Monastir File:Mozambique-Tunisia match 2009.jpg, During a

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match between Tunisia and Mozambique File:MatchOM-PSG RadesTunisie.jpg, During the 2010 Trophée des Champions between Marseille and Paris Saint-Germain File:Radès Olympic stadium.jpg, During the 2012 CAF Champions League Final between Espérance de Tunis and

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