Altawra Sports City Stadium ( ar, مدينة الثورة الرياضية), also known as the Ali Mohsen al-Muraisi Stadium ( ar, ملعب علي محسن المريسي), is a
multi-purpose stadium in
San‘a’
Sanaa ( ar, صَنْعَاء, ' , Yemeni Arabic: ; Old South Arabian: 𐩮𐩬𐩲𐩥 ''Ṣnʿw''), also spelled Sana'a or Sana, is the capital and largest city in Yemen and the centre of Sanaa Governorate. The city is not part of the Governo ...
,
Yemen. It is currently used mostly for
football
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matches. The stadium holds 30,000 people and was opened in 1986. It is currently the home ground of the
Yemen national football team.
During the
Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen Saudi may refer to:
* Saudi Arabia
* Saudis, people from Saudi Arabia
* Saudi culture, the culture of Saudi Arabia
* House of Saud
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at the
Yemen War, the stadium was destroyed by a Saudi Arabian's air strike. In 2016, the stadium suffered bomb damage again.
References
External links
Altawra Sports City Stadium on footballgroundmap.com
Football venues in Yemen
Athletics (track and field) venues in Yemen
Sport in Sanaa
Yemen
Multi-purpose stadiums in Yemen
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