Education City Stadium
Education City Stadium (Arabic: إِسْتَاد المدينة التعليمية, romanized: ʾIstād al-Madīna at-Taʿlīmiyya) is a football stadium which is located in Al Rayyan, Qatar, and was built as a venue in time for the 2022 FIFA World Cup held in Qatar. The stadium is located within several university campuses at the Qatar Foundation's Education City. Following the FIFA World Cup, the stadium will retain 25,000 seats for use by university athletic teams. On 3 September 2020, the stadium hosted its first official match, played in the 2020–21 Qatar Stars League season.
| استاد المدينة التعليمية (Arabic) | |
Interior view of the stadium before the 2022 FIFA World Cup Group H match between South Korea and Portugal. | |
| Full name | Education City Stadium |
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| Location |
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| Coordinates | 25°18′39″N 51°25′28″E |
| Public transit | Education City (المدينة التعليمية) |
| Owner | Qatar Foundation |
| Capacity |
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| Record attendance | 44,667 (Morocco vs Spain, 6 December 2022) |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 15 June 2020 |
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| Project manager | ASTAD |
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| Tenants | |
| Qatar national football team (selected matches) | |
The stadium is located about 7 km north-west of Doha.
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