Grand Hamad Stadium

Grand Hamad Stadium
اســتــاد حــمــد الــكــبــيــر
Al-Arabi Stadium
Full name Grand Hamad Stadium
Location Doha, Qatar
Coordinates 25°15'31"N 51°31'19"E
Owner Al-Arabi Sport Club
Capacity 15.000
Surface Grass
Tenants
Al-Arabi SC

Grand Hamad Stadium (Arabic: استاد حمد الكبير), also known as the Al-Arabi Sports Club Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Doha, Qatar. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The football team Al-Arabi SC play there. The stadium holds 13,000 people. The stadium was used extensively during the 2006 Asian Games, and was a venue for several different sports; these include football, table tennis, rugby sevens and fencing. Iraq national football team played their 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) games at the ground. Now they use the Stadium as a home for Yemen national football team in 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC).

FIFA World Cup Qualification Matches

Fifa World Cup Qualification Matches that were held in the stadium.

Date Team #1 Res. Team #2 Round
25 March 2001 Malaysia4-3 PalestineGroup 3
11 November 2011 Iraq1-0 China PRGroup 1
29 February 2012 Iraq7-1 SingaporeGroup 1
12 June 2012 Iraq1-1 OmanGroup B
16 October 2012 Iraq1-2 AustraliaGroup B
14 November 2012 Iraq1-0 JordanGroup B
11 June 2013 Iraq0-1 JapanGroup B
12 March 2015 Yemen3-1 Pakistan First Round
8 September 2015 Yemen0-4 Bahrain Group H
17 November 2015 Yemen1-3 Uzbekistan Group H

Friendly (national team) Matches

Friendly (national Team) Matches that were held in the stadium.

Date Team #1 Res. Team #2
06 November 2011 Iraq1-0 Lebanon
29 May 2013 Oman1-1 Lebanon
25 March 2014 Yemen2-0   Nepal
11 April 2014 Philippines3-0   Nepal
30 October 2014 Philippines3-0   Nepal

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Coordinates: 25°15′31″N 51°31′14″E / 25.258708°N 51.520509°E / 25.258708; 51.520509

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