Stade Olympique de Radès

Tunisian national football team Espérance Sportive de Tunis Club Africain Tunis

  • Mediterranean Games in 2001
  • African Cup of Nations 2004

The stadium of January 14 (Arabic ملعب 14 جانفي, French Stade 14 Janvier ) is a stadium in Radès in Tunisia, about 14 kilometers south of the capital Tunis. It is currently used mostly for football matches, but is also suitable for track and field events. The stadium was built for the Mediterranean Games in 2001 and is today rated as one of the best African stadiums.

The ensemble of 60,000 covered seats covers 13,000 square meters and consists of a central area, three side pitches and a rostrum with 7,000 seats together. The press box is equipped with 300 seats.

The stadium was inaugurated in July 2001 at the Tunisian Cup final between Club Sportif de Hammam- Lif and Étoile Sportive du Sahel (1-0 ). Here Espérance Sportive de Tunis and wear of Club Africain Tunis her big championship games ( among themselves and against Etoile Sportive du Sahel and the CS Sfax ) from. It is also the Tunisian National Stadium since 2001 and has hosted a total of six games of the Africa Cup of 2004, including, among others, the final.

In July 2010, the stadium was the venue for the Trophée des Champions.

The original name of the stadium of November 7, was changed after the Tunisian revolution and since then is called Stadium of January 14, after the date on which the former president Ben Ali, who had taken over the office of President on 7 November 1987 from the fled the country and a political transition was set in motion and is now considered the anniversary of the Revolution of 2011.

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