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Education City Stadium
Association football stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Education City Stadium (Arabic: إِسْتَاد المدينة التعليمية, romanized: ʾIstād al-Madīna at-Taʿlīmiyya) is a football stadium which is located in Al Rayyan, Qatar, and was built as a venue in time for the 2022 FIFA World Cup held in Qatar. The stadium is located within several university campuses at the Qatar Foundation's Education City.[2] Following the FIFA World Cup, the stadium will retain 25,000 seats for use by university athletic teams. On 3 September 2020, the stadium hosted its first official match, played in the 2020–21 Qatar Stars League season.[3]
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استاد المدينة التعليمية (Arabic) | |
![]() Interior view of the stadium before the 2022 FIFA World Cup Group H match between South Korea and Portugal. | |
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Full name | Education City Stadium |
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Coordinates | 25°18′39″N 51°25′28″E |
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Owner | Qatar Foundation |
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Record attendance | 44,667 (Morocco vs Spain, 6 December 2022) |
Surface | Grass |
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Opened | 15 June 2020 |
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Project manager | ASTAD |
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Qatar national football team (selected matches) |
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The stadium is located about 7 km north-west of Doha.[4]