Karbala Sports City


Karbala International Stadium is the largest sports stadium in the city of Karbala and the middle-Euphrates area. It can accommodate more than 30 thousand spectators and was opened on 12 May 2016.

Description

Karbala International Stadium's construction started in January 2013 and the construction was at an overall cost of $100,000,000 funded by the government of Iraq. It is a grass surfaced football arena with a total area of 34,000m2. It can seat up to 30,000 spectators and has other sports-related facilities. It was designed and built by Bahadır Kul Architects. It is owned by the Iraqi national government and is home to Karbalaa FC.
It opened on 12May 2016 with a football match between Karbalaa FC and the Iraq's 2007 AFC Asian Cup-winning team in the presence of 30 thousand spectators, including the governor of Karbala and the Iraqi Minister of Youth and Sports, and the game ended 0–0. On 13November 2017, the first international friendly match was held on the pitch between the Iraqi and Syrian national teams; the match ended in a draw.