Ghazi Stadium (Dari: ورزشگاه غازى; Pashto: غازي لوبغالی) is a multi-purpose stadium located southeast of the Shahr-e Naw neighborhood in Kabul, Afghanistan, across from Chaman-e-Hozori and Id Gah Mosque. The stadium is mainly used for local football training and matches.[3] Nearby are the Afghanistan Football Federation Stadium, the Kabul International Cricket Stadium, and other grounds and facilities for sports.
Full name | Ghazi Stadium |
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Location | District 16, Kabul, Afghanistan |
Coordinates | 34°31′07″N 69°11′38″E / 34.51861°N 69.19389°E |
Owner | Afghanistan National Olympic Committee |
Capacity | 25,000[2] |
Surface | Artificial turf |
Construction | |
Built | 1923 |
Opened | 1923 |
Renovated | 2011[1] |
Tenants | |
Afghanistan national football team Afghanistan women's national football team Afghan Premier League (selected clubs) Kabul Premier League Women Kabul League |
Ghazi Stadium was built during the reign of King Amanullah Khan in 1923, who is regarded as Ghazi (Hero) for the Afghan victory in the Third Anglo-Afghan War and gaining independence for his nation after the Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919. It was last renovated in 2011.[1] The stadium has the capacity to accommodate 25,000 spectators.
The first international football event held in Ghazi Stadium was between Afghanistan and Iran on January 1, 1941, the game was a draw with neither team scoring.[2] In 1963, American musician Duke Ellington held a concert here as part of his tour sponsored by the US State Department.[4]
In the year 2000 the stadium was once used by the Taliban government as a venue for public execution of a convicted murderer.
The stadium has also housed training facilities for the country's national women's boxing team, as documented in the film The Boxing Girls of Kabul.[5]