Karbala Sports City

Karbala International Stadium (Arabic: ملعب كربلاء الدولي‎) is the largest sports stadium[3] in the city of Karbala and the middle-Euphrates area. It can accommodate more than 30 thousand spectators and was opened on 12 May 2016.

Karbala International Stadium
ملعب كربلاء الدولي[1]
Full nameKarbala International Stadium
LocationKarbala, Iraq
Coordinates32.565082°N 44.004240°E / 32.565082; 44.004240
OwnerGovernment of Iraq
Capacity30,000[2]
Field size105 m × 68 m
SurfaceTrack & Field (Grass)
Construction
Built2013–2016
Opened12 May 2016
Construction cost$100 Million
Services engineerBahadır Kul Architects (BKA)
Main contractorsBahadır Kul Architects (BKA)
Tenants
Karbalaa FC

Description

Karbala International Stadium's construction started in January 2013 and the construction was at an overall cost of $100,000,000 funded by the government of Iraq. It is a grass surfaced football (soccer) arena with a total area of 34,000m 2. It can seat up to 30,000 spectators and has other sports-related facilities. It was designed and built by Bahadır Kul Architects.[4] It is owned by the Iraqi national government and is home to Karbalaa FC.

It opened on 12 May 2016 with a football match between Karbalaa FC and the Iraq's 2007 AFC Asian Cup-winning team in the presence of 30 thousand spectators, including the governor of Karbala and the Iraqi Minister of Youth and Sports, and the game ended 0–0.[5] On 13 November 2017, the first international friendly match was held on the pitch between the Iraqi and Syrian national teams; the match ended in a draw.

See also

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-01-20. Retrieved 2017-06-13.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Karbala International Stadium – StadiumDB.com". stadiumdb.com.
  3. "تعادل إيجابي بين العراق وسوريا في ملعب كربلاء الدولي".
  4. Stadyumu, Bahadır Kul, Makroser, Yazılım, Architect, Mimarlık, Konya Stadyumu, Mersin Stadyumu, Kayseri. "BKA | Bahadır KUL Architect". bkaarchitecture.com. Archived from the original on 2018-03-03. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
  5. "Report". rudaw.net.
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