The Stade Taïeb Mhiri is a
multi-purpose stadium
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in
Sfax
Sfax (; ar, صفاقس, Ṣafāqis ) is a city in Tunisia, located southeast of Tunis. The city, founded in AD849 on the ruins of Berber Taparura, is the capital of the Sfax Governorate (about 955,421 inhabitants in 2014), and a Mediterranean ...
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Tunisia
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. It is currently used mostly for
football
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matches and is the home stadium of
Club Sportif 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 team ...
. Built in 1938, it holds 14,000 people and was used for the
2004 African Cup of Nations
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.
It was named as Stade Henri Coudrec, who was one of the
French notable personalities and vice-president of the municipality of Sfax, before taking the name of
Taieb Mhiri, who was a Tunisian politician and the interior minister from 1956 until his death in 1965.
References
External links
Photos of Stadiums in Tunisiaa
cafe.daum.net/stadeStadium descriptionat
bbc.co.uk
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Buildings and structures completed in 1938
Sfax Taieb
Multi-purpose stadiums in Tunisia
Sfax
CS Sfaxien
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