Al-Fayhaa Stadium (Damascus)

Al-Fayhaa Stadium (Arabic: مَلْعَب ٱلْفَيْحَاء, romanizedMalʿab al-Fayḥāʾ) is a multi-use stadium in Damascus, Syria, currently used mostly for football matches. It serves as the home venue of the Syria national football team. The stadium was able to hold up to 15,000 spectators. However, in April 2020, it was converted into an all-seater stadium with a capacity of 12,000 seats.[citation needed]

Al-Fayhaa Stadium
مَلْعَب ٱلْفَيْحَاء
A panoramic image of the stadium
Map
LocationDamascus, Syria
Coordinates33°31′42″N 36°17′54″E / 33.528365°N 36.298259°E / 33.528365; 36.298259
OwnerGovernment of Syria
OperatorGeneral Sports Federation of Syria
Capacity12,000
Field size105 m × 68 m (344 ft × 223 ft)
SurfaceGrass
Scoreboardyes
Construction
Opened1976
Renovated2020
Tenants
Al-Jaish SC
Barada SC
Syria national football team

History

edit

In 1976, the stadium was opened as part of the al-Fayhaa Sports Complex, to host the 5th Pan Arab Games of 1976. The complex covers an area of 250,000 m2 (2,700,000 sq ft). In addition to the football stadium, the complex is also home to the al-Fayhaa Sports Arena, an outdoor Olympic swimming pool, indoor swimming pool, six outdoor tennis courts, two regular-sized football training pitches, two mini-football fields and an athletes' hotel. The headquarters of the Syrian Football Association is also located in the complex.[1]

References

edit