The Stade municipal de Nouadhibou (), or Municipal Stadium in english, is a

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Nouadhibou Nouadhibou (; ar, نواذيبو, Nwādībū, Berber: Nwadibu, formerly in French: ) is the second largest city in Mauritania and serves as a major commercial centre. The city itself has about 118,000 inhabitants expanding to over 140,000 in the ...

, Mauritania. It is used mostly for

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matches. The capacity has been 10,300 since the most recent renovation. The stadium is used by the

FC Nouadhibou FC Nouadhibou is a Mauritanian professional football club based in the commercial centre of Nouadhibou, that competes in the Ligue 1 Mauritania, the top flight of Mauritanian football. History The club was founded in 1999 by a group young peop ...

History

The stadium has been renovated in 2020 in order to prepare the

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hosted by Mauritania. its capacity goes from 1.000 to 10.300 people.

References

External links

Studium profile
– ''Soccerway.com'' Football venues in Mauritania Sports venues in Mauritania

Mauritania Mauritania (; ar, موريتانيا, ', french: Mauritanie; Berber: ''Agawej'' or ''Cengit''; Pulaar: ''Moritani''; Wolof: ''Gànnaar''; Soninke:), officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania ( ar, الجمهورية الإسلامية ...

Multi-purpose stadiums in Mauritania Sport in Nouadhibou {{Mauritania-struct-stub