Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium () is a multi-use

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. It is currently used mostly for

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matches. The stadium has an actual capacity of 22,968 people. It serves as the home ground of

CS Constantine Club Sportif Constantinois ( ar, النادي الرياضي القسنطيني), also known as CS Constantine or simply CSC for short, is an Algerian football club based in Constantine, Algeria. The club was founded in 1898, and its colours are ...

and

MO Constantine Mouloudia Olympic of Constantine ( ar, مولودية قسنطينة), known as MO Constantine or simply MOC for short, is an Algerian football club based in Constantine, founded in 1939 by the reformer Abd al Hamid Ben Badis. The club colors ar ...

History

Two years after the start of its construction in 1971, the largest stadium in Constantine opened its doors on the 11th anniversary of the country's independence, on July 5, 1973. It then took the name of Chahid Slimane Daoudi dit Hamlaoui, a nationalist militant who died during the Algerian war. The first match in this stadium took place on Wednesday, April 3, 1974, during the final of the military championship. November 17, 1978, the Chahid-Hamlaoui stadium hosted the first friendly match of the Algerian national team, which met its Congolese counterpart, this match ended with a victory for the Greens by 3–0. In the early 1980s, the Chahid-Hamlaoui stadium hosted the matches of the Algerian national team during the 1982 World Cup qualifiers, where it witnessed the first qualification in the history of the Algerian team for the World Cup. The stadium hosted the matches of Sudan, Niger, and finally, Nigeria, all of which saw victory for Algeria, including the last game against Nigeria, with the two goals of

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and

Rabah Madjer Rabah Mustapha Madjer ( ar, رابح مصطفى ماجر; born 15 December 1958) is an Algerian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He reached stardom as a Porto player during the 1980s, being widely regarded as one of th ...

. In 2007, it benefited from renovations including the installation of a natural lawn as well as the rehabilitation of its changing rooms. The work was carried out in particular to improve the conditions of the stadium's residents, but also to see the Algerian national team evolve. In 2020, the stadium benefited from a major rehabilitation project in anticipation of the

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, organized by Algeria between 8 and 31 January 2023. The rehabilitation works included the construction of a natural grass lawn, the placement of a giant screen with a high-quality image, the restoration of the stands, the reinforcement of the roof, the development of new entrances and aisles of this structure, as well as the endowment portals by electronic ticketing equipment.

Tenants and events

2022 African Nations Championship

The stadium was renovated in 2022 to host some of the games of the

. It hosted three matches of

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and one match in the

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, though it was initially planned to host five games at the group stage. But Morocco, one of the teams at group c, had withdrawn from the tournament on 12 January 2023, after hosts Algeria refused to allow the squad to take a

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from

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via their national

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and official carrier sponsor,

Royal Air Maroc Royal Air Maroc (; ar, الخطوط الملكية المغربية, , literally ''Royal Moroccan Lines'' or ''Royal Moroccan Airlines''; ber, ⴰⵎⵓⵏⵉ ⴰⵢⵍⴰⵍ ⴰⴳⵍⴷⴰⵏ ⵏ ⴰⵎⵓⵔⴰⴽⵓⵛ, ''Amuni Aylal Age ...

. As a result, the three games of Morocco at the group got canceled.

Algeria national football team matches

The Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui has hosted six games of the

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, against

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and

Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...

in 1980,

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in 1981,

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in 1989, and the

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