King Fahd International Stadium
- Al -Hilal
- Al -Nasr
- Al -Shabab
- Saudi Arabian national football team
- Junior World Cup 1989
- Final King Fahd Cup 1992
- Final King Fahd Cup 1995
- Final AFC Champions League 1996
- Final Confederations Cup 1997
- Final AFC Champions League 2000
The King Fahd Stadium (Arabic إستاد الملك فهد الدولي, DMG istad al - malik al- Fahd duwalī, English King Fahd International Stadium ) is a multi-purpose stadium with a track and field facility in Riyadh, capital of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The building is located northeast of the city. The building was named after King Fahd ibn Abd al - Aziz. The monarch was from 1982 until his death in 2005 head of state of Saudi Arabia.
The Saudi Arabian Fußballerstligisten Al -Hilal, Al Nasr and Al -Shabab deny their home games in this stadium, which reminds with its tent-like canopy at the Munich Olympic Stadium. In 1987, the stadium opening took place and serves the Saudi Arabian national football team as National Stadium. The stadium holds 67,000 spectators and today is the largest in Saudi Arabia.
Was designed the sports venue by London architects Ian Fraser, John Roberts and Partners. For the PTFE fiberglass membrane roof, the German firm Schlaich Berger and Partner was responsible. The stands of the stadium are covered by a tent roof with an area of 47,000 square meters. The roof structure is perched on 24 masts; has a diameter of 247 meters and offers viewers the shade in the hot desert climate. Since it is Saudi Arabian women generally prohibited to attend sporting events of men, there are for foreigners extent an exemption, that there are in the stadium for them a small spectator area near the press box.