Stade Olympique Hamadi Agrebi, opened as Stade 7 November, is a
multi-purpose stadium
A multi-purpose stadium is a type of stadium designed to be easily used by multiple types of events. While any stadium could potentially host more than one type of sport or event, this concept usually refers to a specific design philosophy tha ...
in
Radès
Radès ( ar, رادس) is a harbour city in Ben Arous Governorate, Tunisia. Situated south-east of the capital Tunis, some consider it a Tunis suburb, and parts of the harbor installations of Tunis are located in Radès.
Rades is divided int ...
,
Tunis
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about 10 kilometers south-east of downtown
Tunis
''Tounsi'' french: Tunisois
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, in the center of the Olympic City. It is currently used mostly for
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
matches and it also has facilities for athletics. The stadium has a capacity of up to 60,000 spectators and was built in 2001 for the
2001 Mediterranean Games
The XIV Mediterranean Games ( ar, ألعاب البحر الأبيض المتوسط 2001), commonly known as the 2001 Mediterranean Games, were the 14th Mediterranean Games held in Tunis, Tunisia, from 2-15 September 2001, where 2,991 athletes ( ...
. The stadium and is considered to be one of the best stadiums in Africa.
History
It was inaugurated in July 2001 for the final of the
Tunisian Cup
The Tunisian Cup , officially named the President's Cup, is the official competition of the Cup in Tunisian football and is considered the second most important local title after the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1. The first cup competition was h ...
between
CS Hammam-Lif
Club Sportif de Hammam-Lif ( ar, النادي الرياضي لحمام الأنف) or CSHL is a football club from Hammam-Lif in Tunisia. Founded in 1944, the team plays in green and white colours. Their ground is Stade Bou Kornine, which has ...
and
Étoile du Sahel
Étoile may refer to:
Places
;France
* Charles de Gaulle – Étoile, station of the Paris Métro
* Étoile-Saint-Cyrice, commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in France
* Étoile-sur-Rhône, commune in the Drôme department in France
* L'Ét ...
(1-0).
Club Africain and
Espérance de Tunis :''See also Esperance (disambiguation)''
Espérance is one of the two French words that can be translated into "hope", the other being "espoir". Whereas the latter is closer to the idea of "dream" or "fantasy" and corresponds to most of the commo ...
play their major league matches here. Before the construction of this stadium, the
Tunis derby
In Tunisian football, the Tunis derby is the local derby between the two major clubs in the city of Tunis, Tunisia – Club Africain and Espérance. The derby is played in Tunis in the Hammadi Agrebi stadium due to its larger capacity of 6 ...
used to be played in the 45,000 seat-capacity
Stade El Menzah. It is also the main stadium of the
Tunisia national football team
The Tunisia national football team ( ar, منتخب تونس لكرة القدم; ) represents Tunisia in men's international association football. The team is a member of both FIFA and CAF, the Confederation of African Football. It is governe ...
.
This stadium hosted matches of the
2004 African Cup of Nations which was won by Tunisia.
The
2010 Trophée des Champions between
Olympique de Marseille and
Paris Saint-Germain
Paris Saint-Germain Football Club (), commonly referred to as Paris Saint-Germain, Paris, Paris SG or simply PSG is a professional football club based in Paris, France. They compete in Ligue 1, the top division of French football. As Fr ...
took place at the stadium on 28 July 2010. The two teams drew 0-0 in the presence of 57,000 spectators.
Certificate
The stadium has an
IAAF
World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation (from 1912 to 2001) and International Association of Athletics Federations (from 2001 to 2019, both abbreviated as the IAAF) is the international governing body for ...
Class 1 Certificate, which means that the stadium meets the best standards and qualities in its field.
Name
At the time of its creation, the stadium was named 7 November Stadium, the date that
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali ( ar, زين العابدين بن علي, translit=Zayn al-'Ābidīn bin 'Alī; 3 September 1936 – 19 September 2019), commonly known as Ben Ali ( ar, بن علي) or Ezzine ( ar, الزين), was a Tunisian politician ...
assumed the Presidency on 7 November 1987 in a bloodless
coup d'état
A coup d'état (; French for 'stroke of state'), also known as a coup or overthrow, is a seizure and removal of a government and its powers. Typically, it is an illegal seizure of power by a political faction, politician, cult, rebel group, m ...
that ousted President
Habib Bourguiba
Habib Bourguiba (; ar, الحبيب بورقيبة, al-Ḥabīb Būrqībah; 3 August 19036 April 2000) was a Tunisian lawyer, nationalist leader and statesman who led the country from 1956 to 1957 as the prime minister of the Kingdom of T ...
. But, following
his ousting in 2011, it took the name of the ''Stade Olympique de Radès''.
In August 2020, following the death of
Hammadi Agrebi, Prime Minister
Elyes Fakhfakh
Elyes Fakhfakh ( ar, إلياس الفخفاخ; born 1972) is a Tunisian politician. He served as the Minister of Tourism and, starting on 19 of December 2012, as the Minister of Finances as well, under Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali.Asma GhribiEly ...
renamed the stadium in his name. This announcement surprises the mayor of Radès who indicates that the municipal council will meet to make a decision. But, the
Ministry of Local Affairs responds that the stadium is placed under the direction of the
Ministry of Youth and Sports
A Ministry of Sports or Ministry of Youth and Sports is a kind of government ministry found in certain countries with responsibility for the regulation of sports, particularly those participated in by young people.
The Ministry of Youth and Sp ...
and not under the direction of the municipality of Radès, so the name of the stadium is officially changed. The municipality of Rades did not raise the issue again, as the
Tunisian Football Federation
The Tunisian Football Federation ( ar, الجامعة التونسية لكرة القدم, french: Fédération Tunisienne de Football, FTF) is the governing body of football in Tunisia. It was established in 1957. It became a member in the FI ...
, the
Confederation of African Football
The Confederation of African Football, or CAF for short (french: link=yes, Confédération Africaine de Football, ar, link=yes, الاتحاد الأفريقي لكرة القدم, al-Ittiḥād al-Afrīqī li-Kurat al-Qadam), is the administ ...
and
FIFA
FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was found ...
started using the new name for the stadium, which made it the usual name since then.
Gallery
CA MAS AFR LIGUEFOOT Nov2011 11.JPG, The main entrance to the stadium
File:CA - Radès.jpg, During a match between Club Africain and ES Zarzis
Esperance Sportive de Zarzis ( ar, الترجي الرياضي الجرجيسي, often referred to as ''ESZ'') is a association football, football club from Zarzis in Tunisia and founded in 1934 by Haj Ali Bouchhioua .
Achievements
Performance ...
File:Tunisia - Netherlands (Stade de Radès) 2.jpg, During a friendly match between Tunisia and the Netherlands in 2009
File:Tunisia - Netherlands (Stade de Radès - supporters exiting the stadium).jpg, Another view of the stadium during the Tunisia-Netherlands match
File:Tunisia - Netherlands (Stade de Radès - supporters exiting the stadium) 2.jpg, Supporters exiting the stadium
File:Stade de Radés à la finale de la coupe de Tunisie de football 2009.jpg, During the 2009 Tunisian Cup Final between CS Sfaxien
Club Sportif Sfaxien ( ar, النادي الرياضي الصفاقسي) is a Tunisian professional association football club founded in 1928.
History
The club was founded in 1928 as ''Club Tunisien'', playing in green and red stripes. The tea ...
and US Monastir
File:Mozambique-Tunisia match 2009.jpg, During a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification match between Tunisia and Mozambique
File:MatchOM-PSG RadesTunisie.jpg, During the 2010 Trophée des Champions between Marseille and Paris Saint-Germain
File:Radès Olympic stadium.jpg, During the 2012 CAF Champions League Final between Espérance de Tunis :''See also Esperance (disambiguation)''
Espérance is one of the two French words that can be translated into "hope", the other being "espoir". Whereas the latter is closer to the idea of "dream" or "fantasy" and corresponds to most of the commo ...
and Al Ahly
AL, Al, Ål or al may stand for:
Arts and entertainment Fictional characters
* Al (''Aladdin'') or Aladdin, the main character in Disney's ''Aladdin'' media
* Al (''EastEnders''), a minor character in the British soap opera
* Al (''Fullmetal ...
See also
*
Salle Omnisport de Rades
Salle is the French word for 'hall', 'room' or 'auditorium', as in:
* Salle des Concerts Herz, a former Paris concert hall
*Salle Favart, theatre of the Paris Opéra-Comique
*Salle Le Peletier, former home of the Paris Opéra
*Salle Pleyel, a Par ...
References
External links
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Football venues in Tunisia
Sport in Radès
Club Africain
Espérance Sportive de Tunis