Al-Merrikh Stadium,also known as the Red Castle, is a multi-usestadiuminOmdurman,Sudan,used mostly for football matches and also sometimes for athletics. Established in 1962. The stadium is used mostly forfootballgames and is considered the home stadium of bothAl-Merrikh SCand theSudan national team.Currently, the stadium has a capacity of 43,000. In the 2016 CAF Champions League season, Al-Merrikh drew an average home attendance of 17,250. They usually draw much lower crowds for their domestic league games.
Red Castle | |
 | |
 | |
| Location | Omdurman,Sudan |
|---|---|
| Capacity | 43,000[1] |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 1962 |
| Opened | November 30, 1964 |
| Renovated | 2003 |
| Construction cost | 2 Million Dollars |
| Architect | Abdel-Moniem Mustafa |
| Tenants | |
| Al-Merreikh | |
Overview
editThe stadium officially opened on November 30, 1964. It had first opened in 1962 while still under construction to host a meeting betweenAl-Hilal ClubandAl-Mourada SCfor a national holiday in November 1962. It closed its doors after the festivities and was officially inaugurated two years later, on November 30, 1964, with a match between Al-Merrikh andDynamo Moscow.In 2003, the Board of Al-Merrikh, chaired by Jamal Al-Wali, undertook the renovation of the stadium to build a new gallery and include new seats. The cost of its new renovations was estimated at 2 million dollars.
Al-Merrikh Stadium is located on Al-Baladya Street, Al-Arda (Arabic:العرضة) in the city of Omdurman, Sudan.
The stadium was the neutral site of theWorld Cup qualifierbetweenAlgeriaandEgypton November 18, 2009, which Algeria won 1–0 to qualify for the2010 FIFA World Cup.[2]
References
edit- ^"Southern Sudan enjoys sports potential".Archived fromthe originalon 2013-08-05.Retrieved2013-08-05.
- ^"Algeria beats Egypt 1-0 to reach World Cup".Yahoo! Sports.2009-11-18.[permanent dead link]
External links
edit
- Photosatcafe.daum.net/stade
- World Stadiums: Al-MerrikhArchived2010-04-07 at theWayback Machine