New Administrative Capital Stadium
ستاد مصر | |
Egypt Stadium | |
| File:New Administrative Capital Stadium.jpg Misr Stadium under construction in April 2022 | |
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| Location | New Administrative Capital, Egypt |
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| Owner | Government of Egypt |
| Capacity | 93,940 |
| Record attendance | 85,350 |
| Surface | Desso GrassMaster |
| Construction | |
| Built | 2019–2023 |
| Opened | 22 March 2024 |
| Construction cost | E£900 million[1] |
| Architect | SHESA Architects |
| Main contractors | Orascom Construction |
| Tenants | |
| Egypt national football team (2024–present) | |
Misr Stadium (Arabic: ستاد مصر, aliases: Egypt Stadium),[2] also known as the New Administrative Capital Stadium, is a stadium in Egypt's Olympic Sports City in the New Administrative Capital. It has a capacity of over 93,940 people, making it the largest stadium in the country and the second largest in Africa.[3][4]
It is part of the Egypt International Olympic City, a large sports complex that has been under construction since 2015. It will have a training ground, two indoor halls (one of them a 15,000-capacity arena), an Olympic-size swimming pool, and other buildings, and is being built with an eye toward the country's possible bids for the Olympic Games or the FIFA World Cup.[5][6]
History
[edit | edit source]Construction of the stadium began in 2019 as part of a large Olympic sports complex. It was designed by Italian firms SHESA Architects and MJW Structures with partnership with Cosmos-E engineers and consultants,[7] who had also worked on Juventus Stadium in Turin and the Paul Biya stadium in Yaoundè, Cameroon. Orascom Construction were the main contractor, Design Review and Construction Supervision by ACE Consulting Engineers (Moharram and Bakhoum), Owner and Project Management EAAF.
The stadium was completed in late 2023, and hosted the Egypt national football team training camp before the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.[3][5] It was inaugurated on 22 March 2024, when Egypt hosted New Zealand in a friendly match, beating them 1–0.[8][9]
Design
[edit | edit source]The Misr Stadium is built on an elliptical ground plan. The roof is stylistically based on the headdress and the royal necklace of Nefertiti, the ancient Egyptian queen. The Stadium has a running track.[5]
Matches
[edit | edit source]The stadium hosted its first match on 22 March 2024, between Egypt and New Zealand, as the opener of 2024 ACUD Cup, which was part of the first 2024 FIFA Series.
| Egypt File:Flag of Egypt.svg | 1–0 | File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand |
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| Mohamed File:Soccerball shade.svg 29' (pen.) | Report |
See also
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