Zayed Sports City Stadium

Zayed Sports City Stadium
The Zayed Sports City Stadium in January 2007
Data
place	Abu Dhabi , United Arab Emirates
Coordinates	24 ° 24 '57.8 "  N , 54 ° 27' 13.1"  E Coordinates: 24 ° 24 '57.8 "  N , 54 ° 27' 13.1"  E
owner	Mubadala Development Company
operator	Abu Dhabi Entertainment Company
opening	1980
Renovations	2009
surface	Natural grass
costs	550 million AED (approximately 128 million € )
capacity	43,000 seats
Events
International matches of the national soccer team of the United Arab Emirates (since 1980) UAE President's Cup Finals (1980-2014, 2018) Golf Cup 1994 Soccer Asia Cup 1996 Junior World Cup 2003 2007 Golf Cup FIFA Club World Cup 2009 FIFA Club World Cup 2010 FIFA Club World Cup 2017 FIFA Club World Cup 2018 Football Asian Cup 2019 Special Olympics World Summer Games 2019

The Zayed Sports City Stadium ( Arabic ستاد مدينة زايد الرياضية; English Zayed Sports City Stadium ) is a football stadium with an athletics facility in Abu Dhabi , the capital of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi , United Arab Emirates . It is the home ground of the United Arab Emirates national football team . There is no football club that regularly uses the stadium.

history

The stadium was opened in 1980 when it offered 60,000 seats. After a few renovations, there are now only 43,000 places available. Despite this, it is still the largest stadium in the country. The sports facility is located just outside the city center in the southeast of Abu Dhabi. It forms the center of the Zayed Sports City complex. Here is also the headquarters of the national football association, the United Arab Emirates Football Association and the national football team of the United Arab Emirates.

In 1996, Asian soccer matches were played on the facility . In 2003, several matches of the Junior World Cup took place here, including the final between Spain and Brazil . The Zayed Sports City Stadium was also one of the two venues for the 2009 FIFA Club World Cup . For this purpose, extensive renovation work was carried out in 2009. In 2017 the FIFA Club World Cup returned to the stadium. The stadium was also used for the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup and the 2019 Asian Cup .

Web links

Commons : Sheikh Zayed Stadium  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• zsc.ae: stadium on the site of the Zayed Sports City (English)
• fifa.com: Zayed Sports City International Stadium - Abu Dhabi ( Memento from July 19, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
• stadiumdb.com: Sheikh Zayed Stadium

Individual evidence

1. ↑ zsc.ae: data on the stadium (English)