Camille Chamoun Stadium

Camille Chamoun Stadium
Data
place	Beirut , Lebanon Hafez El-Asad Street, Bir Hassan
Coordinates	33 ° 52 '1.5 "  N , 35 ° 29' 46.1"  E Coordinates: 33 ° 52 '1.5 "  N , 35 ° 29' 46.1"  E
start of building	1955
opening	1957
First game	Lebanon - Petrolul Ploieşti
Renovations	1997
surface	Natural grass
costs	$ 100 million
architect	British Trafalgar House Engineering Group
capacity	49,000
playing area	102 m × 70 m
Societies)
Al Nejmeh Lebanese national soccer team
Events
Football Asian Cup 2000

The Camille Chamoun Stadium ( Arabic ملعب المدينة الرياضية) is a stadium in Beirut , Lebanon , with a grass pitch and running track.

The Lebanese first division soccer team Al Nejmeh plays its home games in this stadium. It serves as the national stadium for the Lebanese national soccer team. The stadium holds 49,000 spectators, making it the largest in Lebanon.

The opening game took place in 1957 between the Lebanese national football team and Petrolul Ploieşti , which Lebanon won 1-0.

The stadium was named after Camille Chamoun . He was President of Lebanon from 1952 to 1958 and Christian leader during the Lebanese Civil War .

The stadium hosted 13 games in the 2000 Asian Cup , including the third place match and the final.

Web links

• FootballFans.eu: Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium
• Football temple : Cité Sportive Camille Chamoun, Bayrût
• Soccerway: Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium
• Stadium world: Camille Chamoun, national team
• Stadium Database: Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium
• World Stadiums: Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium
• Worldstadia: Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut