Ri'ayet al-Shabab Stadium () is a multi-use

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in the

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n city of

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. It was opened in 1965 and has a capacity of 10,000 spectators. It is mostly used for

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matches and is currently the home ground of the

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club Al-Ittihad.

History

The stadium was opened in 1965 in the Sulaimaniyah district of Aleppo. It is owned and operated by the Aleppo directorate of the Ministry of Education.Ri'ayet al-Shabab Stadium, Aleppo
The stadium is mostly used for football matches of the Syrian 3rd division. During the Syrian Civil War, the stadium hosted all of the domestic matches of the football clubs in Aleppo who compete in the Syrian football league system, as it was the only stadium in the city not damaged during the war events, being located in a relatively secured neighborhood.

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