The Stade Amédée-Domenech 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 Brive-la-Gaillarde,

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. It is currently used mostly for

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matches and is the home stadium of

CA Brive Club Athlétique Brive Corrèze Limousin, also referred to as CA Brive, Brive () or CAB, is a French professional rugby union club based in Brive-la-Gaillarde, in the Corrèze department. They compete in the first-tier Top 14 competition. Bri ...

. The stadium is able to hold 16,000. Its official name was the Stadium until 2004, but it was called Stade Amedee-Domenech after the French international rugby player

Amédée Domenech Amédée Domenech (May 3, 1933, Narbonne – September 21, 2003 Brive-la-Gaillarde) was a French rugby union prop. He played for RC Vichy between 1954 and 1955. After one year he moved to CA Brive and helped the club to gain promotion to the fir ...

died in 2003. The Stade Amédée-Domenech is the theatre of the matches of the Brive rugby team since 1921. There were some interruptions. From 1938 to 1941, the Brive rugby XIII team has played to the Stadium, and at the beginning of the Second World War, the field was invaded by army's machines. And till 1957 to 1960, there were refection works in the Stadium, which was damaged. There were important rugby matches in the Stadium. In October 1991, a Rugby World Cup match between Romania and Fiji, and two years later, the France national team played there against Romania. There were also football matches in the Stade Amedee-Domenech. The local football team,

ESA Brive L'Etoile Sportive Aiglons Briviste-la-Gaillarde (The Sporting Star Eagles Briviste), commonly known as ESA Brive, is a French football club based in Brive-la-Gaillarde, who currently play in the Championnat de France Amateurs 2 Group F. History ...

, has played important matches of the French Cup, especially in 2004, against the

AJ Auxerre Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise (), commonly known as AJ Auxerre or simply Auxerre (), is a French football club based in the commune of Auxerre in Burgundy. The club was founded in 1905 and currently plays in Ligue 1, the first division ...

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 F ...

. It is the most important stadium of the

Limousin Limousin (; oc, Lemosin ) is a former administrative region of southwest-central France. On 1 January 2016, it became part of the new administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It comprised three departments: Corrèze, Creuse, and Haute-Vienn ...

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