Borg El Arab Stadium
The Borg El Arab Stadium, located about 25 kilometers west of Alexandria in Egypt, is the country's largest stadium and the continent's second-largest. It was commissioned in 2005 and is known as the El Geish Stadium – Alexandria. The stadium has an all-seater capacity of 86,000, making it Egypt's largest.
This grass-surfaced stadium with a field size of 105 by 70 meters is also the world's 27th largest stadium and the 9th largest association football stadium. There are running paths all the way around the pitch. The stadium's ground features four huge floodlights and one covered stand. This stadium was created as part of a larger initiative to construct five international-standard stadiums for Egypt's bid to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Despite the fact that the stadium, along with the Cairo International Stadium and the Gaza Mubarak Stadium, is home to the Egyptian national football team, it has yet to be the home ground of any of Egypt's football clubs.
This is due to the fact that they have yet to reach the 20,000+ threshold in any of their current games and are well-known for it. Every year, the Egyptian Cup final matches are placed in the stadium. In addition, Al-Ahly, an Egyptian club, plays some of their home games at the stadium.
The stadium is unique in that it was entirely constructed and built by the Egyptian Armed Forces Corps of Engineers, and was first opened to the public in 2007. The stadium is claimed to be modeled after the Stade de France in France.
Apart from the opening ceremony of the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup, the stadium only held one match, the opening match between Egypt and Trinidad & Tobago. It was also the stadium's first international competition.
Since 2012, this stadium has hosted the majority of the Egyptian National's home games. In October 2017, the stadium recorded a record crowd of 86,000 football supporters during the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying match between Egypt and Congo. Mohamed Salah scored two goals in Egypt's victory over Congo.
The stadium currently hosts the Egypt Cup, Egypt Super Cup, and Egyptian Premier League.
Capacity: 86,000 seats
Location: Egypt
