Mohamed Ferhani Stadium () is a
multi-purpose stadium in
Bab El Oued,
Algiers
Algiers ( ; ar, الجزائر, al-Jazāʾir; ber, Dzayer, script=Latn; french: Alger, ) is the capital and largest city of Algeria. The city's population at the 2008 Census was 2,988,145Census 14 April 2008: Office National des Statistiques ...
,
Algeria. 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 is the home ground of
Espérance de Bab El Oued
Espérance de Bab El Oued ( ar, أمل باب الواد, lit=Hope of Bab El Oued) is a women's professional football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, th ...
. The stadium has a capacity of 3,800 people.
History
Bab El Oued equipped itself with a municipal stadium in 1950. This stadium took the name of
Marcel Cerdan. A bust in his honor is also inaugurated at the entrance to the stadium. The stadium welcomes the teams of Sporting Club Algérois as well as the premises of Bab el Oued Athletic Sport and
USM Alger. Apart from football the venue hosts boxing matches or wrestling galas. A basketball court is also set up there. The pitch still exists today, its metal structures have been replaced by hard stands.
External links
Surlatouche.fr
References
{{USM Alger
Ferhani
Buildings and structures in Algiers Province
Multi-purpose stadiums in Algeria
Sport in Algiers