The 30 June Stadium is a stadium used mostly for football matches and also sometimes for athletics located in Cairo. It was built by the

Egyptian Air Defense Forces The Egyptian Air Defence Forces (EADF) () is the Anti-aircraft warfare branch of the Egyptian Armed Forces. It is responsible for protecting the Egyptian airspace against any hostile air attacks. The EADF was established in accor ...

. The stadium is the main venue of the Air Defense Sport Village. The stadium has a capacity of 30,000 and it is one of the venues of the

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. It is the home ground of the Egyptian Premier League side

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In March 2019 it was announced that the stadium will host all bar one of the fixtures of Group C in the

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, as well as one Group A and Group D match and one match each in the round of 16, the quarter-finals, and the semi-finals.

Accidents

Twenty-eight football fans died on 8 February 2015 in a confrontation with the police at the gates of Egyptian stadium during a league match between two Cairo clubs,

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and

ENPPI ENPPI Sporting Club (), simply known as ENPPI, is an Egyptian football club based in East Cairo, that competes in the Egyptian Premier League and plays home matches at Petrosport stadium in New Cairo. The club is related to ENPPI (Engineering For ...

. Most of the dead were crushed to death and suffocated when the crowd stampeded after police used

tear gas Tear gas, also known as a lachrymatory agent or lachrymator (), sometimes colloquially known as "mace" after the Mace (spray), early commercial self-defense spray, is a chemical weapon that stimulates the nerves of the lacrimal gland in the ey ...

to clear the fans trying to force their way into the stadium. Egypt's hardcore fans are notorious for violent behavior at matches, and Egypt has designated some as terrorist groups.

2019 Africa Cup of Nations

The stadium was one of the venues for the

. The following games were played at the stadium during the tournament:

References

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