30 June Stadium


The 30 June Stadium is a stadium used mostly for football matches and also sometimes for athletics located in Cairo. It was built by the Egyptian Air Defense Forces. The stadium is the main venue of the Air Defense Sport Village. The stadium has a capacity of 30,000 and it is one of the venues of the Egyptian Premier League. It is the home ground of the Egyptian Premier League side Pyramids F.C.
In March 2019 it was announced that the stadium will host all bar one of the fixtures of Group C in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, as well as one Group A and Group D match and one match each in the round of 16, the quarter finals, and the semi-finals.

Accidents

Twenty-two football fans died on 8 February 2015 in a confrontation with the police at the gates of Egyptian stadium during a league match between two Cairo clubs, Zamalek and Enppi. The death toll was expected to rise. Most of the dead were suffocated when the crowd stampeded after police used tear gas to clear the fans trying to force their way into the stadium.

2019 Africa Cup of Nations

The stadium is one of the venues for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.
The following games were played at the stadium during the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations:
DateTime Team #1ResultTeam #2RoundAttendance
23 June 201919:002–0Group C7,249
23 June 201922:002–0Group C8,071
27 June 201919:000–1Group C25,765
27 June 201922:003–2Group C7,233
30 June 201921:000–4Group A4,364
1 July 201918:001–4Group D7,530
1 July 201921:000–3Group C13,224
7 July 201921:003–0Round of 168,205
10 July 201918:001–0Quarter-finals5,798
14 July 201918:001–0 Semi-finals9,143