- Address: Cairo
- Country: Egypt
- Capacity: 30,000
- Opened: 2009
- Main use: Football
- Tenants:
Extra stadium info – Al-Ahly WE al-Salam Stadium
The stadium, which is also sometimes used for athletics, opened as one of the largest sports venues by capacity in Egypt. It was one of the FIFA U-20 World Cup venues in 2009. The football tournament was won by Ghana after defeating Brazil in front of tens of thousands of fans in Cairo. The first FIFA U-20 World Cup match at the venue took place on 25 September 2009. Venezuela won the game against Nigeria and Yonathan Alexander Del Valle Rodríguez scored the only goal of the game.
The 2019 Africa Cup of Nations
The venue named Al-Ahly WE al-Salam Stadium hosted various matches for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. The national football teams of Algeria, Benin, Burundi, the Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Madagascar, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania and Tunisia played at the venue during the tournament. The African championship for national football teams was won by Algeria after beating Senegal.
Al-Ahly and Zamalek
The stadium named Al-Ahly WE al-Salam Stadium hosted numerous home games for Al-Ahly. The football club became the first African sports club with 10 million followers on its main social media page. The rivalry of Al-Ahly Sporting Club with Zamalek Sporting Club is famous. The rivalry between both clubs is considered one of the fiercest in African football. Several matches between Al-Ahly and Zamalek attracted attendances above 100,000. Al-Ahly won the African championship for football clubs various times.
The world championship for football clubs
In 2005, Al-Ahly became the first club from Egypt in the world championship for football clubs. They lost their first match in the tournament in Tokyo in front of 28,000 people. One year later, Al-Ahly played in the world championship again. This time, they finished third place for the first time in their history after defeating Club América from the United Mexican States 2-1.
Al-Ahly versus Club América
Al-Ahly started with 10 Egyptian football players in their first FIFA Club World Cup game against Club América. The Egyptians Amir Abdelhamid Mohamed, Emad el-Nahhas, Emad Mohamed Abdelnaby Ibrahim Moteab, Hossam Mohamed Ashour Sanad Atia, Islam Mahmoud Mohamed el-Sayed el-Shater, Mohamed Ali Abu el-Yazid Shawky, Mohamed Mohamed Mohamed Aboutrika, Shady Mohamed Abdel Fattah, Tarek el-Said Mohamed Aly Abdo and Wael Kamel Gomaa el-Hawty started for Al-Ahly. Flávio da Silva dos Santos Amado, who played 86 matches for the national football team of Angola, also started for Al-Ahly.