Stade El Menzah

Espérance Sportive de Tunis Club Africain Tunis

• Mediterranean Games in 1967
• African Cup of Nations 1994
• African Cup of Nations 2004

The Stade El Menzah ( officially: Stade Olympique d'El Menzah, Arabic الملعب الأولمبي بالمنزه ) is a multi-purpose stadium in the Tunisian capital Tunis and the venue of the Tunisian football clubs Esperance and Club Africain.

The stadium was built to host the 1967 Mediterranean Games and opened and is located in the north of Tunis. It is designed as an oval and consists exclusively of seating ( 44,200 ) and box seats ( 800). The stadium has a running track. In addition, also includes sports facilities for various other sports and to form the same sports complex, which includes the stadium belongs.

Events

The stadium was in 1994, when Tunisia Zaire stepped in for the short term, and in 2004 the venue of games the African Cup. Was it for the first fought by Tunisia edition ten games, including the final were, a decade later played five games at the Stade El Menzah.

Other highlights in the history of the stadium were the appearance of Michael Jackson's HIStory World Tour as part of its 1996 and by Mariah Carey, who sang in 2006 in front of 40,000 spectators.

In addition, the station until the construction of the stadium of the 7th of November in Radès in 2001 venue for the Tunisian national football team was.