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Prince Faisal bin Fahd Sports City (Arabic: مدينة الأمير فيصل بن فهد الرياضية) is a stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It is currently used mostly for football matches. Named after Prince Faisal bin Fahd bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, the stadium has a capacity of 22,500 people. Al-Hilal, Al Nassr and Al-Shabab used to play their matches in this stadium before getting privates stadiums. In 1972, it hosted the opening ceremony for the Arabian Gulf Cup. In the 2011–2012 it became one of the first stadiums in the Kingdom to use electronic ticketing for the Saudi Football League. According to the World Cup file the current stadium will be demolished and a new one will be built nearby the old location under the same name.

International football matches

Date	Competition	Team	Res	Team
10 Sep 2018	International Friendly	Saudi Arabia	2–2	Bolivia
11 Oct 2018	International Friendly	Iraq	0–4	Argentina
10 Nov 2019	International Friendly	Saudi Arabia	0–0	Paraguay

See also

• List of football stadiums in Saudi Arabia

References

1. "Saudi newspaper fourm". Archived from the original on 2012-09-06. Retrieved 2012-05-03.

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