Stade Ahmed Zabana

Stade Ahmed Zabana
ملعب أحمد زبانة
Zabana

Full name Stade Ahmed Zabana
Former names Henri Fouques Duparc
Municipal
19 June 1965
Location Oran, Algeria
Built 1955
Opened 1957
Renovated 2005, January 2008
Owner APC of Oran
Surface Grass
Capacity 40.000
Tenants
MC Oran (football)
Stade Oranais (rugby)

Stade Ahmed Zabana (Arabic: ملعب أحمد زبانة‎) is a multi-purpose stadium in Oran, Algeria. It is currently used mostly for football matches. It is the home ground of MC Oran. The stadium holds 40,000. Currently, a new stadium, called Olympic Stadium, is being constructed.

History

The stadium was built in 1955 in Lyautey district (El-Hamri now) of Oran by mayor Henri Fouquès-Duparc. The stadium was open in 1957.

Matches

Real Madrid vs Stade Reims
may 15, 1960 :  France 1 - 1  Belgium
may 15, 1960 :  Turkey 1 - 0  Greece
may 19, 1960 :  Belgium 2 - 2  Greece
may 19, 1960 :  France 0 - 0  Turkey
may 22, 1960 :  Greece 3 - 2  France
may 22, 1960 :  Belgium 1 - 0  Turkey
 Algeria 0 - 3  Brazil (goals : Pelé, Dudu, Gérson)
Real Madrid vs Vasco da Gama
Real Madrid vs FC Nantes
 Algeria 1 - 1 Santos FC
MC Oran vs Raja CA Casablanca
JS Kabylie vs ASO Chlef
MC Alger vs JS Kabylie

External links

Preceded by
Stadio Artemio Franchi
Florence
World Military Cup
Final Venue

1960
Succeeded by
19 Mayıs Stadium
Ankara
Preceded by
Stade Mohamed V
Casablanca
CAF Champions League
Final Venue

1989
Succeeded by
Stade 5 Juillet 1962
Algiers