Olympic Stadium of Oran

Stade Abdelkader Fréha
Location Bir El Djir
Oran, Algeria
Coordinates 35°41′00″N 0°38′10″W / 35.683315°N 0.636221°WCoordinates: 35°41′00″N 0°38′10″W / 35.683315°N 0.636221°W
Capacity 40,000
Surface Grass
Construction
Built 1 June 2010
Construction cost 142,3 millions USD
Main contractors China Metallurgical Group Corporation
Tenants
MC Oran

Stade Abdelkader Fréha (Arabic: ملعب عبد القادر فريحة‎) is a multi-use stadium in Oran, Algeria, that is currently under construction. Once completed in 2014, it will be used mostly for football matches and will host the home matches of MC Oran. The stadium will have a capacity of 40,000 people. It replaces their current stadium Ahmed Zabana Stadium.

History

On December 20, 2006, the stadium was planned for a capacity of 75,000 seats but was reduced to 40.000.[1] On December 5, 2011, the minister of Youth and Sports, El Hachemi Djiar, announced that the stadium would be completed before the end of 2012.[2] He also added that the entire project would be finished in 2015.

In 2014, the Algerian authority decided that the stadium will take the name of the legendary football player of MC Oran, Abdelkader Fréha.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Le stade olympique amputé de 35.000 places". La Voix de l'Oranie. Sofiane. December 21, 2006.
  2. ↑ Djiar à Oran: Le stade olympique livré avant fin 2012; Le Quotidien d'Oran, December 5, 2011
  3. ↑ Le nouveau stade d’Oran sera baptisé Abdelkader Fréha; El Watan, May 22, 2014.

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