- Address: Radès
- Country: Tunisia
- Capacity: 60,000
- Opened: 6 July 2001
- Main use: Football
- Tenants: Club Africain (football), ES Tunis (football)
Extra stadium info – Stade Olympique Hammadi Agrebi
The stadium, which is also used for athletics, opened with a football match. In 2004, the venue hosted its first-ever final of the African championship for national football teams. 60,000 people in showed up for the game. Tunisia won the final after beating Morocco 2-1. Francileudo Silva dos Santos scored the first goal for Tunisia and Ziad Jaziri scored the second Tunisian goal. Youssef Mokhtari scored the only goal for Morocco. Morocco reached the final after beating Mali and Tunisia reached the final after defeating Nigeria.
The national football team of Tunisia
The national football team of Tunisia, nicknamed Aigles de Carthage (Eagles of Carthage), played numerous matches at the stadium named Stade Olympique Hammadi Agrebi. In 1978, they played their first-ever FIFA World Cup games. Tunisia won their first-ever FIFA World Cup match 3-1. It was a game against the United Mexican States, commonly known as Mexico. Tunisia became the first African team with a FIFA World Cup victory after defeating the Mexicans. The Tunisians lost their second FIFA World Cup game. Their third world championship game ended in a goalless draw.
Tunisia versus Algeria
On 11 January 2015, the Stade Olympique Hammadi Agrebi hosted its first-ever football match between Tunisia and their rivals Algeria. It was the 20th friendly between the national football teams. The game ended in a 1-1 draw. On 26 March 2019, Algeria won their next friendly against Tunisia. No goals were scored against the Algerian goalkeeper Alexandre Roger Oukidja that day.
Club Africain and Espérance Sportive de Tunis
Club Africain and Espérance Sportive de Tunis both use the stadium for home games. ES Tunis was founded in 1919 and Club Africain was founded in 1920. In 1942, Espérance Sportive de Tunis were crowned Tunisian football champions for the first time in their history. Five yearts later, Club Africain won their first-ever Tunisian top-flight football league title. Club Africain won their first continental championship title in 1992 and ES Tunis won their first continental championship title in 1994. In 2004, Espérance Sportive de Tunis became the first Tunisian football club with 20 top-flight league titles.
