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Tahnoun Bin Mohamed 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 ...
in
Al Ain Al Ain () is a city in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, and the seat of the administrative division of the Al Ain Region. The city is Oman–United Arab Emirates border, bordered to the east by the Omani town of Al-Buraimi. Al A ...
, United Arab Emirates. It is currently used mostly for
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matches and is one of the home grounds of
Al Ain Club Al Ain Football Club (; transliterated: Nady al-'Ayn) is a professional football club based in the city of Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It is one of many sport sections of the multi-sports club Al Ain Sports and Cultural Club (). ...
. The stadium holds approximately 15,000 people and was opened on 21 August 1987.This stadium played host to two
AFC Champions League The AFC Champions League Elite (abbreviated as the ACL Elite) is an annual continental club association football, football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation, and contested by Asia's List of top-division football clubs i ...
final matches one in 2003 and the other in 2005. In 30/5/2006 the Ittihad and Al Khaleej newspapers of the UAE stated that a new stadium would be built in the city of Al Ain and would be completed within the next five years.


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A virtual tour of the Al Ain stadiums
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