Prince Faisal bin Fahd Sports City explained

Stadium Name:Prince Faisal bin Fahd Sports City Stadium
Nickname:Al-Malazz Stadium
City:Riyadh
Country:Saudi Arabia
Broke Ground:1969
Opened:1971
Renovated:2024-2026
Operator:Ministry of Sport (Saudi Arabia)
Surface:Grass
Seating Capacity:22,188(to be expanded to 44,500)

Prince Faisal bin Fahd Sports City (Arabic: مدينة الأمير فيصل بن فهد الرياضية ) is a stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It is currently used mostly for football matches. Named after Prince Faisal bin Fahd bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, the stadium has a capacity of 22,500 people.[1] Al-Hilal, Al Nassr and Al-Shabab used to play their matches in this stadium before getting privates stadiums. In 1972, it hosted the opening ceremony for the Arabian Gulf Cup. In the 2011–2012 it became one of the first stadiums in the Kingdom to use electronic ticketing for the Saudi Football League.

International football matches

Date CompetitionTeam Res Team
10 Sep 2018International Friendlyalign=center 2–2
11 Oct 2018International Friendlyalign=center 0–4
10 Nov 2019International Friendlyalign=center 0–0

See also

References

  1. Web site: Saudi newspaper fourm . 2012-05-03 . https://archive.today/20120906210553/http://www.naif9.com/vb/showthread.php?t=43266 . 2012-09-06 . dead .