The following is a list of football stadiums in Algeria , ordered by capacity. Currently stadiums with a capacity of 5,000 or more are included, most large stadiums in Algeria are used for football (soccer), with some also used for athletics and rugby union.
# | Stadium | Capacity | Location | Home Team | Opened |
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1 | Ali La Pointe Stadium [5] | 40,000 | Douera, Algiers | MC Alger | 5 July 2024 |
All of these stadiums have been to postpone the start of the works due to the economic crisis. [6] [7]
# | Stadium | Capacity | Location | Home Team | Opened |
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1 | New Constantine Stadium | 50,000 | Constantine | CS Constantine | TBA |
2 | New Sétif Stadium [8] | 50,000 | Sétif | ES Sétif | TBA |
3 | New Chlef Stadium | 40,000 | Chlef | ASO Chlef | TBA |
4 | New Mostaganem Stadium | 35,000 | Mostaganem | ES Mostaganem / WA Mostaganem | TBA |
5 | New Béchar Stadium | Béchar | JS Saoura | TBA | |
6 | New Ouargla Stadium | Ouargla | CR Béni Thour | TBA | |
7 | New Bejaïa Stadium | 30,000 | Bejaïa | JSM Béjaïa MO Béjaïa | TBA |
The 5 July 1962 Stadium, is a football and athletics stadium located in Algiers, Algeria. The stadium was inaugurated in 1972 with a capacity of 95,000. It served as the main stadium of the 1975 Mediterranean Games, the 1978 All-Africa Games, the 2004 Pan Arab Games, and the 2007 All-Africa Games. The stadium was one of two venues for the 1990 African Cup of Nations. It hosted 9 matches of the tournament, including the final, which had a second record attendance of 105,302 spectators. The home team Algeria defeated Nigeria 1–0 in the final to win the tournament. The record attendance is of 110,000 spectators in a friendly match between Algeria and Serbia on 3 March 2010. It also hosted the 2000 African Championships in Athletics. After a formal compliance with current safety standards in 1999, the stadium was reduced to an 64,200 capacity, and following a new phase of renovation in 2003,. The future capacity will be 80,000 with possible further renovations.
Union Sportive de la Médina d'Alger ; known as USM Alger or simply USMA for short, is a football club based in the inner suburbs of Algiers. The club was founded in 1937 and its colours are red and black. Their home stadium, Omar Hamadi Stadium, has a capacity of 10,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.
Omar Hamadi Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Bologhine, Algiers, Algeria. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of USM Alger. The stadium has a capacity of 10,000 people.
Entente Sportive Sétifienne, known as Entente de Sétif, commonly referred to as ES Sétif or ESS for short, is an Algerian professional football club based in Sétif. The club was founded in 1958 and its colours are black and white. Their home stadium, the 8 May 1945 Stadium, has a capacity of 18,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.
Club Sportif Constantinois, also known as CS Constantine or simply CSC for short, is an Algerian football club based in Constantine, Algeria. The club was founded in 1898, and its colours are green and black. Their home stadium, Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium, has a capacity of 22,968 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.
Paradou Athletic Club, known as Paradou AC or simply PAC for short, is an Algerian football club based in Algiers. The club was founded in 1994 by members of the Hydra AC junior team, the club colours are blue and yellow. Their home stadium, Ahmed Fellak Stadium, has a capacity of some 5,000 spectators but the club receives its opponents in Omar Benrabah Stadium. The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.
Miloud Hadefi Stadium, is a multi-use stadium in Belgaïd, in the Bir El Djir suburb of Oran, Algeria. Completed in 2019, it is used mostly for football matches. It can hold 40,143 spectators. The value of construction work of the stadium was about 142.3 million US$, it is an olympic stadium with the athletics track and it is a part of the Miloud Hadefi Olympic Complex which is the first big complex in Algeria exceeding the Mohamed Boudiaf Olympic Complex in Algiers and it is also the first stadium entirely covered in Algeria. The stadium expected to be special for the Algeria national football team with Stade du 5 Juillet and Nelson Mandela Stadium, and also clubs of Oran especially MC Oran.
Nelson Mandela Stadium is a sports stadium located in Baraki, suburb of Algiers, Algeria. The value of construction work for the stadium cost around 300 million euros. With a seating capacity of 40,784, it will be the first association-football-specific stadium in Algeria, and be the first stadium in Algeria, to be eligible to host all the matches organized by FIFA including the World Cup and the second stadium entirely covered in Algeria after the new Miloud Hadefi Stadium in Oran. The Nelson Mandela stadium which extends over a total area of 68 hectares, including 5 hectares built, includes all the infrastructure essential to the organization of international football events.
Association Sportive Aïn M'lila, commonly known as AS Aïn M'lila or simply ASAM for short, is an Algerian football club based in Aïn M'lila. The club was founded in 1933 and its colours are red and black. Their home stadium, Touhami Zoubir Khelifi Stadium, has a capacity of 8,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue 2.
Widad Adabi Boufarik, known as WA Boufarik or simply WAB for short, is an Algerian football club based in the town of Boufarik. The club was founded in 1945 and its colours are black and orange. Their home stadium, Mohamed Reggaz Stadium, has a capacity of 8,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue 2.
Hilal Amel Moustakbel Riadhi Annaba, or simply HAMR Annaba, commonly called HAMRA Annaba is an Algerian football club based in Annaba. The club was founded on 1944 and its colours are red and white. Their home stadium, Colonel Abdelkader Chabou Stadium, has a capacity of 10,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Inter-Régions Division.
Ali La Pointe Stadium, is 40,000 capacity stadium currently under construction in Douera, Algeria, a suburb of Algiers. It is expected to serve as the home stadium of MC Alger.
The 20 August 1955 Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Béchar, Algeria. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of JS Saoura. The stadium holds 20,000 spectators after extension. The stadium was renovated several times, with the pitch being upgraded to synthetic turf in 2017. It has also been renovated in order to handle hosting international competitions.
The Algiers Derby is the name given to matches between MC Alger and USM Alger, both football clubs from Algiers, Algeria. It is the oldest club football derby in Algeria, with the first match being contested in 1940. MC Alger play at the Stade 5 Juillet 1962 and USM Alger at Stade Omar Hammadi. The two clubs have met in every domestic competition, including those held before independence.
New Sétif Stadium is a 50,000-seat stadium planned in Sétif, Algeria. Construction is currently suspended.
Stade Mustapha Tchaker in Blida is the current exclusive home stadium for the Algeria national football team. This has been the case since it was opened in 2002, Algeria have however also played many of their home games away from Tchaker throughout their history, both in friendly matches and for competitive tournaments.
Abdelkrim Kerroum Stadium, is a 20,000-seat stadium in Sig, Algeria. It is currently used for football matches and is the home ground of CC Sig.
Saïd Allik, in Tixeraïne, Birkhadem in Algeria, is an Algerian footballer turned trainer and then president of the USM Alger. He is appointed President of the Club Cr Belouzdad
The 2019 Algerian Super Cup was the 13rd edition of the Algerian Super Cup, a football match contested by the winners of the 2018–19 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 and 2018–19 Algerian Cup competitions. It was known as the Mobilis Supercoupe d'Algérie 2019 due to the start of a sponsorship deal with Mobilis ATM. The match was played on November 21, 2020 at Stade du 5 Juillet in Algiers, between 2018–19 Ligue 1 winners USM Alger and 2018–19 Algerian Cup winners CR Belouizdad.
Chabab Moustaqbal Baladiat de Thénia, known as CMB Thénia or CMBT for short, is an Algerian football club located in Thénia, Algeria. The club was founded in 1910 and its colours are red and white. Their home stadium, Stade de Thénia, has a capacity of 8,000 spectators. The club is currently playing the Ligue Nationale du Football Amateur.