Hammadi Agrebi Stadium (), opened as 7 November 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 the sports city of Radès, located in

Radès Radès () 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 sub cities: ...

, in the southern suburb of the city

Tunis Tunis (, ') is the capital city, capital and largest city of Tunisia. The greater metropolitan area of Tunis, often referred to as "Grand Tunis", has about 2,700,000 inhabitants. , it is the third-largest city in the Maghreb region (after Casabl ...

. The stadium was established in 2001 to host the

2001 Mediterranean Games The XIV Mediterranean Games (), 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 (1,972 men and 1,019 women) from 23 countries participated. ...

. The stadium hosts the matches of the Tunisian national team, Esperance de Tunis and

Club Africain Club Africain (), known as CA for short, is a Tunisian professional football club based in Tunis. The club was founded in 1920 and its colours are red and white. Their home stadium, Hammadi Agrebi Stadium, has a capacity of 60,000 spectators. ...

. It is a covered amphitheater that can accommodate 60,000 spectators and covers 13,000 square meters. It includes a main field, 3 sub-stadiums, two warm-up halls, two bright blackboards, an honorary platform that can accommodate 7,000 spectators, and a press stand with 300 offices. The stadium was inaugurated in July 2001 under the name Stade 7 November in the framework of the 2000–01

Tunisian Cup The Tunisian Cup (), formerly known as Tunisian President Cup (1956–2011), is the premier Single-elimination tournament, knockout football competition in Football in Tunisia, Tunisian football, organized annually by the Tunisian Football Federati ...

final between

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and

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1–0. The

player, Anis Ben Chouikha, scored the first goal in the history of the stadium. It also hosted 6 matches of the

2004 African Cup of Nations The 2004 African Cup of Nations was held from 24 January to 14 February 2004 in Tunisia. It was the 24th edition of the biennial international men's football championship of Africa, organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Tun ...

(24 January–14 February 2004), which

Tunisia Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered by Algeria to the west and southwest, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Tunisia also shares m ...

crowned after its 2–1 victory over the

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in the final match.

History

The stadium was inaugurated on 6 July 2001 under the name Stade 7 November in the framework of the 2000–01

final between

and

(1–0). Hammadi Agrebi Stadium hosted the largest sporting events in Tunisia, most notably the

, in which the Tunisian national team won the gold medal of the football tournament after winning the final match 1–0 over

Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

. It also hosted six matches of the

, which

won after its 2–1 victory over the

in the final match. Six matches of the final leg of the

CAF Champions League The CAF Champions League, known for sponsorship purposes as the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and formerly the African Cup of Champions Clubs, is an annual football club (association football), club football competition organized by the Conf ...

were played on the stadium. In 2006, between the

CS Sfaxien Club Sportif Sfaxien (), known as CS Sfaxien or simply CSS for short, is a Tunisian football club based in Sfax. The club was founded in 1928 and its colours are black and white (Bianconero). Their home stadium, Taieb Mhiri Stadium, has a capac ...

and the Egyptian Al-Ahly SC, and in the years

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

and

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

, during which it faced Esperance de Tunis, respectively,

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twice and Al-Ahly SC twice. Two matches of the first leg of the

CAF Confederation Cup The CAF Confederation Cup, known as the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship purposes, is an annual association football football team, club competition established in 2004 and organized by Confederation of African Football, CAF ...

final were played on the stadium. In

between

and

Maghreb de Fès Maghreb Fez () is a Moroccan professional football club based in Fez, that competes in Botola, the top flight of Moroccan football. The club was founded in 1946. Maghreb Fez, commonly known as MAS, is one of the oldest sports clubs in Morocco. ...

, in

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

between

and

. Two matches of the

CAF Super Cup The CAF Super Cup, known as TotalEnergies CAF Super Cup for sponsorship reasons, is an annual African association football competition contested between the winners of the CAF Champions League and the CAF Confederation Cup. The competition was f ...

were played on the stadium: the

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

edition between

and

, and the

edition between Esperance de Tunis and

. The French Professional Football League, which wanted to relocate the

Trophée des champions The Trophée des Champions (, ) is a French association football trophy contested in an annual match between the champions of Ligue 1 and the winners of the Coupe de France. It is equivalent to the Super cup, super cups found in many other count ...

between

Olympique de Marseille Olympique de Marseille (, ; , ), also known simply as Marseille, or by the abbreviation OM (, ), is a French professional Association football, football club based in Marseille which competes in Ligue 1, the French football league system, top f ...

and

Paris Saint-Germain Paris Saint-Germain Football Club, commonly referred to as Paris Saint-Germain () or simply PSG, is a French professional Association football, football club based in Paris. They compete in Ligue 1, the French football league system, top d ...

, announced that the 2010 edition will take place at the stadium on 28 July 2010. In October 2015, the government of Habib Essid sparked a great controversy and opposition reactions against the backdrop of announcing its intention to mortgage the stadium, before retracting under public pressure. The stadium obtained the first class certificate from the International Athletics Federation, as the stadium most conforms to the standards and specifications in its field. In May 2020, the stadium was ranked tenth in the world, according to a poll by the Spanish newspaper

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for the most beautiful stadiums in the world, with 14,000 votes. The stadium recorded the largest number of audiences, estimated at sixty thousand spectators, on two occasions, the first in the final match of the

between

and the

, and the second on 22 May 2008 in the match between

and

Espérance Sportive de Zarzis Espérance Sportive de Zarzis ( known as ES Zarzis or simply ESZ for short, is a Tunisian football club based in Zarzis. The club was founded in 1934 by Haj Ali Bouchhioua and its colours are yellow, red and black. Their home stadium, Abdessa ...

within the framework of the

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Name

When it was built, the stadium was called the 7 November Stadium but, following the 2011 revolution, it took the name of Radès Olympic stadium. On 22 August 2020, following the death of Hammadi Agrebi, the head of government

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announced that he would rename the stadium to his name. This announcement surprises the mayor of

who indicates that the municipal council is meeting on 24 August to make a decision. In addition, a decree dated 12 July 2019 stipulates that it is not permitted to give the names of deceased persons to monuments until three years after the date of death. On 24 August, the Ministry of Local Affairs replied that the stadium was placed under the management of the Ministry of Youth and Sports (not that of the municipality of Radès) and that it did not fall within the framework of the decree of the 12 July 2019, so his name can be changed. A plaque was therefore installed on 1 September with the name of the Stade Olympique Hammadi Agrebi, before being removed. On 21 September, the municipality of Radès files an urgent complaint with the Administrative Court to annul the decision. At the end of 2020, the

Tunisian Football Federation The Tunisian Football Federation (, ) is the governing body of association football, football in Tunisia. It established on 29 March 1957. It became a member in the FIFA in 1960, and in the same year it also became a member of Confederation of Af ...

, the

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and

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use this name, even if the name "Olympic Stadium of Radès" remains common in the media, both Tunisian and foreign.

International tournament matches

2004 African Cup of Nations

Tunisia national football team

Events hosting

;Events *

* 2003 Tunis Four Nations Tournament *

* 2006 Tunisia LG Cup ;Matches * 2004 Africa Cup of Nations final * 2006 CAF Champions League final (Second leg) *

2008 CAF Super Cup The 2008 CAF Super Cup was the 16th CAF Super Cup, an annual football match in Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), between the winners of the previous season's two CAF club competitions, the CAF Champions League and t ...

2010 Trophée des Champions The 2010 Trophée des champions () was the 15th edition of the French super cup. The match was contested by the winners of Ligue 1 the previous season, Marseille, and the winners of the Coupe de France the previous season, Paris Saint-Germain. ...

* 2010 CAF Champions League final (Second leg) * 2011 CAF Confederation Cup final (First leg) *

2012 CAF Super Cup The 2012 CAF Super Cup (also known as the 2012 Orange (telecommunications), Orange CAF Super Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 20th CAF Super Cup, an annual association football, football match in Africa organized by the Confederation of Africa ...

* 2012 CAF Champions League final (Second leg) * 2013 CAF Confederation Cup final (First leg) * 2018 CAF Champions League final (Second leg) *

2019 CAF Champions League final The 2019 CAF Champions League Final was the final of the 2018–19 CAF Champions League, the 55th edition of Africa's premier club association football, football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 23rd edi ...

(Second leg) * 2021–22 Libyan Cup final * 2022-23 Libyan Premier League Final, Where Al Ittihad failed to show up.

Certificate

The Hammadi Agrebi Olympic Stadium obtains the Class 1 Certificate from the

International Association of Athletics Federations World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation and International Association of Athletics Federations and formerly abbreviated as the IAAF, is the international governing body for the sport of athletics, coverin ...

(IAAF), which means that it reaches the best standards and specifications in its field. It is one of the best stadiums in North Africa and one of the most beautiful stadiums on the African continent and in the Arab world.

References

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History

Name

International tournament matches

2004 African Cup of Nations

Tunisia national football team

Events hosting

Certificate

See also

References

External links