Al-Gharafa Stadium
| Al-Gharafa Stadium Thani Bin Jassim Stadium |
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 ar-Rayyan , Qatar
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| Coordinates | 25 ° 20 '41 " N , 51 ° 26' 26" E |
| opening | 2003 |
| surface | Natural grass |
| capacity | 25,000 |
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The Al-Gharafa Stadium (also called Thani Bin Jassim Stadium , Arabic ملعب ثاني بن جاسم, DMG Malʿab Ṯānī b. Ǧāsim orملعب الغرافة / Malʿab al-Ġarāfa ) is a football stadium in the municipality of ar-Rayyan west of the Qatari capital Doha . It was built in 2003 and has a capacity of 25,000 spectators. The main users of the stadium are the football clubs al-Gharafa SC and Umm-Salal SC , which play their home games in the Qatar Stars League there .
The stadium was one of five venues for the 2011 Asian Cup . For the year 2022 it was originally intended as a venue for the soccer world championship . The planned conversion, which should increase the capacity to 44,740, does not take place either, it remains with a capacity of 25,000 spectators.