Al Ahed Stadium (Arabic: ملعب نادي العهد الرياضي) is a football field located in the Al-Ouzai area of Bourj el-Barajneh, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon. The stadium can accommodate about 2,000 spectators,[2][3] and is owned by Al Ahed FC, which uses it as a training ground.
ملعب نادي العهد الرياضي | |
 A 2021–22 Lebanese Premier League match at Al Ahed Stadium | |
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| Location | Bourj el-Barajneh, Lebanon |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 33°50′26″N 35°29′23″E / 33.84056°N 35.48972°E |
| Owner | Al Ahed FC |
| Operator | Al Ahed FC |
| Capacity | 2,000 |
| Surface | Edel Grass (Artificial turf)[1] |
| Tenants | |
| Al Ahed FC | |
In 2018, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Hezbollah, a Shia political party and militant group based in Lebanon, in a speech of using the Al Ahed Stadium as a missile cluster.[4] Gebran Bassil, the Lebanese Minister of Foreign Affairs, denied the claims.[5][6]
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- ^ "FIFA Field Certificate". 29 October 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ "al-ahed club". www.goalzz.com. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ klaiber-it.de, Timo Klaiber. "Al Ahed Stadium". Europlan-Online. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
- ^ Levy, Uri (4 October 2018). "The Hezbollah Club". BabaGol. Archived from the original on 17 February 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- ^ "زاسبيكين من ملعب العهد: ما تدعيه إسرائيل غير صحيح ويجب أن نكون حذرين". Elnashra News (in Arabic). 1 October 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
- ^ "باسيل يجول في ملعب العهد ويدحض مزاعم إسرائيل". Elsport News (in Arabic). 1 October 2018. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
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