Khaled Bichara Stadium (Egyptian Arabic: ستاد خالد بشارة), previously known as El Gouna Stadium, is a multi-use stadium used mostly for football matches in El Gouna, Egypt, which has a seating capacity of 12,000. It is the home stadium of El Gouna.[1] On 15 February 2020, El Gouna announced that the stadium has been renamed to Khaled Bichara Stadium, after former club CEO Khaled Bichara who died in a car accident in late January 2020.[2]
Former names | El Gouna Stadium |
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Location | El Gouna, Egypt |
Coordinates | 27°21′36″N 33°39′36″E / 27.36000°N 33.66000°E |
Capacity | 12,000 |
Surface | grass |
Construction | |
Opened | 2009 |
Renovated | 2018 |
Tenants | |
El Gouna |
References
edit- ^ "Stadiums in Egypt". World Stadiums. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
- ^ @GounaFC (15 February 2020). "El Gouna FC is honored to announce that El Gouna Stadium has been officially renamed to "Khaled Bichara Stadium"" (Tweet) – via Twitter.