Hammadi Agerbi Stadium

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Hammadi Agerbi Stadium
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Club Africain fans at the city derby against Espérance Tunis
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place TunisiaTunisia Radès , Tunisia
Coordinates 36 ° 44 '52 "  N , 10 ° 16' 22"  E Coordinates: 36 ° 44 '52 "  N , 10 ° 16' 22"  E
opening 2001
First game Club Sportif de Hammam-Lif - Étoile Sportive du Sahel (1-0)
capacity 60,000
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The Hammadi Agrebi Stadium ( Arabic ملعب حمادي العقربي, French Stade Hammadi Agrebi ) is a stadium in Radès in Tunisia , about 14 kilometers south of the capital Tunis . It is currently mainly used for soccer games, but is also suitable for athletics events . The stadium was built for the 2001 Mediterranean Games and is now rated as one of the best stadiums in Africa.

The ensemble of 60,000 covered places extends over 13,000 m² and consists of a central area, three secondary playing fields and a grandstand with 7,000 seats. The press stand is equipped with 300 seats.

The stadium was inaugurated in July 2001 at the Tunisian Cup final between Club Sportif de Hammam-Lif and Étoile Sportive du Sahel (1-0). Here Espérance Sportive de Tunis and the Club Africain Tunis play their major championship games (among themselves and against Étoile Sportive du Sahel and CS Sfax ). In addition, it has been the Tunisian national stadium since 2001 and hosted a total of six games of the 2004 African Cup of Nations , including the final.

In July 2010 the stadium hosted the Trophée des Champions .

The original name Stadium of November 7th was changed after the Tunisian Revolution and was called Stadium of January 14th to August 2020. The name referred to the anniversary of the 2011 revolution, on which the former President Ben Ali , who died on November 7th In 1987 he took over the office of President, fled the country and a political transition was set in motion.

On August 22nd the name was changed again and is called Hammadi Agrebi Stadium. It was named after the national soccer player Hammadi Agrebi , who died on August 21, 2020 . He came from the youth of CS Sfax and was active as a professional for the club for 16 years.

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Individual evidence

  1. Renaming 2020 , report on boxscorenews.com from August 22, 2020, page in English, accessed on August 25, 2020