Stade 5 Juillet 1962
Alternate: 5 July 1962 Stadium
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Established
1970 (55 years old)
Capacity
64,200
Build Cost
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Country
Algeria
Location
Algiers. Algeria
Timezone
UTC +01:00 Central European Time (CET)
Coordinates
36°45′35.6″N 02°59′42.7″E
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Stade du 5 Juillet 1962 (English: 5 July 1962 Stadium, Arabic: ملعب 5 جويلية 1962) (the name refers to 5 July 1962, the day Algeria declared independence), is a football and athletics stadium located in Algiers, Algeria. The stadium was inaugurated in 1972 with a capacity of 95,000. It served as the main stadium of the 1975 Mediterranean Games, the 1978 All-Africa Games, the 2004 Pan Arab Games, and the 2007 All-Africa Games. The stadium was one of two venues of the 1990 African Cup of Nations (the other venue was the Stade 19 Mai 1956 in Annaba). It hosted 9 matches of the tournament, including the final match, which had a second record attendance of 105,302 spectators. In the final match, the home team Algeria defeated Nigeria 1–0 to win the tournament. The record attendance is of 110,000 spectators in the friendly match between Algeria and Serbia on 3 March 2010. It also hosted the 2000 African Championships in Athletics. After a formal compliance with current safety standards in 1999, the stadium was reduced to an 80,200 capacity, and following a new phase of renovation in 2003,. The future capacity will be 80,000 with possible further renovations.
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