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Stade Mohammed V

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Stade Mohammed V
ملعب محمد الخامس
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Former names
  • Stade Marcel Cerdan (1955–1956)
  • Stade d'Honneur (1956–1981)
LocationRue al-Azrak Ahmed, Maârif, Casablanca, Morocco
OwnerThe City of Casablanca
Capacity45,000[2]
Record attendance110,000
Field size105 m × 68 m
SurfaceGrass
Construction
Opened6 March 1955[1]
Renovated1981, 2000, 2007, July 2015, 2024–2025
Tenants

Stade Mohammed V (Arabic: ملعب محمد الخامس)[3][4] is a multi-purpose stadium which is named after King Mohammed V and situated at the heart of Casablanca, Morocco, in the western part of the Maârif neighborhood. The stadium has a seating capacity of 45,000 and it is the oldest football stadium in Morocco.[5]

It was inaugurated on March 6, 1955 under the name of the Marcel-Cerdan stadium, in homage to the famous Franco-Moroccan world champion boxer, before being renamed "Stade d'Honneur" a year later. It received its current name on the occasion of the 1983 Mediterranean Games organized in Casablanca, in honor of Mohammed V, Sultan of the Cherifian Empire from 1927 to 1957 and King of Morocco from 1957 to 1962.

It primarily hosts association football matches, serving as the home ground of the Morocco national football team and local rival football clubs Wydad AC and Raja CA. In 1997, the stadium set a record of attendance of 110,000 during the Casablanca football derby and a match between the Moroccan and Ghana national teams. The same record attendance was repeated during Morocco's match against Argentina in 2004.[6]

History

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The stadium at the 1961 Pan-Arab Games
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The "Magana Stand"

On March 6, 1955, the stadium was inaugurated under the name Stade Marcel Cerdan in honour of the French boxer, with a capacity of 30,000. The following year, after the independence of Morocco, it took the name of Stade d'Honneur.[7] This stadium witnessed Morocco qualify for the 1970 FIFA World Cup, which was their first ever World Cup.

At the end of the 1970s, in preparation for the 1983 Mediterranean Games which were held in Casablanca, the stadium was closed for a major renovation; with an increase of the seating capacity, installation of an electronic scoreboard and construction of a 12,000-capacity indoor gymnasium and a 3,000-capacity Olympic-sized swimming pool around the stadium. It reopened in 1981 under its current name, Stade Mohammed V.[7]

Today, the complex has the stadium itself, the gymnasium, the swimming pool, a 650 m2 media centre, a conference room, a meeting room, a care centre, and an anti-doping centre.[7]

Stade Mohammed V is located right in the centre of Casablanca. The international airport in Casablanca, also named after Mohammed V, is 25 kilometres from the stadium and the Casa-Voyageurs rail station is 5 kilometres from the stadium. The stadium has a parking lot with a capacity of 1,000 cars.

In the 2006–07 season, the stadium was renovated again with the inclusion of a semi-artificial lawn of a high standard. It reopened in April 2007.

A reform agreement was signed in 2015 between the Ministry of Youth and Sports, Royal Moroccan Football Federation, the Casablanca City Council and the Ministry of the Interior, allocating a budget of 220 million Moroccan dirhams.[8][9]

This amount was mainly allocated to rehabilitate the stadium to meet international standards, such as the quality of the chairs, grass and other equipment of the other facilities, including the electronic clock, clothing stores, rest areas, the press platform and the corridors, in addition to repairs in its surroundings.

Currently, Stade Mohammed V is built on an area of 12 hectares (12,262 square metres), and is considered a masterpiece of Moroccan sports, as it accommodates about 80,000 spectators and includes a large sports hall containing 12,000 seats, and includes facilities for many sports, such as basketball, handball, volleyball, gymnastics, and boxing, and an Olympic swimming pool.[10]

In July, it was announced that Stade Mohammed V was among the six stadiums which would benefit from a rehabilitation program with a view to the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations. This vast project which will be carried out by SONARGES includes the removal of the athletics track and an extension of the stands in order to bring it into compliance with FIFA standards.[11][12]

Stade Mohammed V is set to make history for hosting the first-ever African Football League final.[13]

On 1 November 2023, Abdel Latif Naciri, Vice President of the Casablanca Community Council, confirmed that Stade Mohammed V will undergo a rehabilitation process immediately after the end of the African League competitions.[14]

Usage

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Matches

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Date Team #1 Result Team #2 Competition
6 October 1985 File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 3–0 File:Flag of Libya.svg Libya 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification
10 October 1993 1–0 File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
28 April 2004 0–1 File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Friendly
29 March 2022 4–1 File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg DR Congo 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

International events

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The stadium hosted the following international events:

Incident

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See also

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References

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