Al-Kut Olympic Stadium (Arabic: ملعب الكوت الأولمبي) is a multi-purpose stadium in
Al Kut
Kūt ( ar, ٱلْكُوت, al-Kūt), officially Al-Kut, also spelled Kutulamare or Kut al-Imara, is a city in eastern Iraq, on the left bank of the Tigris River, about south east of Baghdad. the estimated population is about 389,400 people.
It ...
,
Iraq
Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and K ...
. It is currently used mostly for football matches and also has facilities for athletics. The stadium has an official capacity of 20,000.
It was officially inaugurated on 28July 2018 with a football match between
Al-Kut SC
Al-Kut Sport Club ( ar, نادي الكوت الرياضي), is an Iraqi football club based in Wasit, that plays in Iraq Division Two.
History 1991–2006 : Ups and downs
The 1991–92 season, the club was playing in Iraqi Premier League for f ...
and
Al-Mosul FC.
The stadium hosted the
2019 Iraqi Super Cup
The 2019 Iraqi Super Cup was the 9th edition of the Iraqi Super Cup. The match was contested between the Baghdad rivals, Al-Shorta SC, Al-Shorta and Al-Zawraa SC, Al-Zawraa, at Al-Kut Olympic Stadium in Kut. It was played on 14 September 2019 as ...
on 14September 2019 between
Al-Zawraa SC
Al-Zawraa Sports Club ( ar, نادي الزوراء الرياضي) is an Iraqi sports club based in Utayfia, Karkh District (near Tigris River), Baghdad. Their football team compete in the Iraqi Premier League, the top-flight of Iraqi footba ...
and
Al-Shorta SC. The latter won the competition for the first time in its history by winning on penalties (4-3) after the match ended 1-1. That match, the stadium's stands were sold out despite the fact that both teams hail from
Baghdad
Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the Sassanid Persian capital of Ctesiphon. I ...
(177 km from
Al Kut
Kūt ( ar, ٱلْكُوت, al-Kūt), officially Al-Kut, also spelled Kutulamare or Kut al-Imara, is a city in eastern Iraq, on the left bank of the Tigris River, about south east of Baghdad. the estimated population is about 389,400 people.
It ...
).
History
Construction was launched in 2013 under the leadership of Iraqi ''Al Karama Company'', which is affiliated to the
Ministry of Industry and Minerals. Five years later, due to slowdowns and delays in project delivery, it was agreed to assign the contract to the Italian-Swedish company ''Sport System'' to finalise construction in 8 months. This allowed the work to be fully completed and the project to be inaugurated in 2018.
See also
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List of football stadiums in Iraq
The following is a list of football stadiums in Iraq, ordered by capacity.
Current stadiums
Future stadiums
Stadiums which are currently in development include:
See also
* List of Asian stadiums by capacity
* List of association football s ...
*
2019 Iraqi Super Cup
The 2019 Iraqi Super Cup was the 9th edition of the Iraqi Super Cup. The match was contested between the Baghdad rivals, Al-Shorta SC, Al-Shorta and Al-Zawraa SC, Al-Zawraa, at Al-Kut Olympic Stadium in Kut. It was played on 14 September 2019 as ...
References
Football venues in Iraq
Multi-purpose stadiums in Iraq
Athletics (track and field) venues in Iraq
Sports venues completed in 2018
2018 establishments in Iraq
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