June 11 Stadium
Africa's Graveyard | |
Former names | June 11 Stadium |
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Location | Tripoli, Libya |
Capacity | 80,000 |
Field size | 72 metres (79 yd) by 107 metres (117 yd)[1] |
Surface | Grass |
Opened | 1970 |
Tenants | |
Libya national football team Al-Ahli Tripoli Al-Ittihad |
11 June Stadium (Arabic: ملعب 11 يونيو) is a multi-purpose stadium in Tripoli, Libya. It is the seventh largest stadium in Africa. It can hold 88,000 spectators.
It is the main venue used by the Libyan national football team in its FIFA World Cup and African Nations Cup qualifying matches as well as friendlies and other international games.
The stadium hosted many games of the 1982 African Cup of Nations held in Libya along with the 28 March Stadium in Benghazi; it was the venue for the final between Ghana and Libya. It hosted the 2002 Italian Supercup between Juventus and Parma, which Juventus won, 2–1.
Its name is a reference to the date of the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Libya, June 11, 1970.
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Coordinates: 32°51′35.53″N 13°8′9.16″E / 32.8598694°N 13.1358778°E
Preceded by National Stadium Lagos |
African Cup of Nations Final Venue 1982 |
Succeeded by Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny Abidjan |
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