Al Ahed Stadium Explained

Stadium Name:Al Ahed Stadium
Native Name:ملعب نادي العهد الرياضي
Native Name Lang:ar
Location:Bourj el-Barajneh, Lebanon
Coordinates:33.8406°N 35.4897°W
Owner:Al Ahed FC
Operator:Al Ahed FC
Surface:Edel Grass (Artificial turf)[1]
Tenants:Al Ahed FC
Seating Capacity:2,000

Al Ahed Stadium (Arabic: ملعب نادي العهد الرياضي) is a football field located in the Al-Ouzai area of Bourj el-Barajneh, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon. The stadium can accommodate about 2,000 spectators,[2] [3] and is owned by Al Ahed FC, which uses it as a training ground.

In 2018, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Hezbollah, a Shia political party and militant group based in Lebanon, in a speech of using the Al Ahed Stadium as a missile cluster.[4] Gebran Bassil, the Lebanese Minister of Foreign Affairs, denied the claims.[5] [6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FIFA Field Certificate. 29 October 2012. 4 March 2020.
  2. Web site: al-ahed club. www.goalzz.com. 2018-08-18.
  3. Web site: Al Ahed Stadium. klaiber-it.de. Timo Klaiber. Europlan-Online. 2018-09-18.
  4. Web site: The Hezbollah Club. Levy. Uri. 4 October 2018. BabaGol. en-US. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190217142256/https://www.babagol.net/blog/2018/9/30/the-hezbollah-club. 17 February 2019. 16 February 2019.
  5. Web site: زاسبيكين من ملعب العهد: ما تدعيه إسرائيل غير صحيح ويجب أن نكون حذرين. 1 October 2019. Elnashra News. ar. 9 November 2019.
  6. Web site: باسيل يجول في ملعب العهد ويدحض مزاعم إسرائيل. 1 October 2018. Elsport News. ar. 9 November 2019.