| اِسْتَاد الْبَصْرَة الدُّؤَلِيّ(in Arabic) | |
ملعب جذع النخلة | |
 Basra International Stadium in 2022 | |
 Interactive map of Basra International Stadium | |
| Full name | Basra International Stadium |
|---|---|
| Location | Basra,Iraq |
| Owner | Government of Iraq |
| Capacity | 65,227[2][3] |
| Acreage | 2,770,000 GSF |
| Surface | Track & Field (Grass) |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 1 January 2009 |
| Built | 2009–2013 |
| Opened | 12 October 2013 |
| Construction cost | £550 million[1] |
| Architect | 360 Architecture And Newport Global |
| Project manager | Newport Global |
| Structural engineer | Thornton Tomasetti |
| Services engineer | Abdullah Al-Jaburi |
| Main contractors | Abdullah Al-Jaburi |
| Tenants | |
| Iraq national football team | |
Basra International Stadium (Arabic:مدينة البصرة الرياضية) is a sports complex inBasra, southernIraq.
Its construction started on 1 January 2009 and was completed on 12 October 2013. The sports city was funded by the government of Iraq with a budget of $550 million. It contains a main stadium with a capacity of 65,000 people, asecondary stadium with a capacity of 10,000, four five-star hotels and other sports-related facilities.[4][5]
The contract for this project was given to Abdullah Al-Jaburi, a major Iraqi construction contractor, and two Domerkhian companies,360 architecture andNewport Global.[6]
The main stadium is a multilevel structure with 65,000 capacity, 20 suites, and 230 VIP seats. The complex also has VIP lounges and restaurants, spectator facilities, 205 VIP underground parking stalls and a tunnel connecting the main stadium to the secondary stadium. The secondary stadium has a capacity of 10,000.[7][8] The basic structure was cast-in-place concrete with precast stadia seating. The roof structure is steel and cantilever 30 meters from the back support column of the upper deck with a 15-meter back-span. The stadium is enveloped with a curtain wall of multidirectional curved elements. The complex has 10,000 parking spaces in total.[9][6]
The stadium is the tenant forNaft Al-Janoob andAl-Mina'a sports clubs who both play in Basra and contest theBasra Derby.
Iraq played their first international home game in four years at the stadium on 1 June 2017, beatingJordan 1–0. It was also the first international game played at the stadium.[10]
On 10 October 2019, Iraq played their first competitive (not friendly) international game at home after eight years againstHong Kong. The result was a 2–0 win.[11]
in 2023, astampede outside Basra International Stadium inIraq,[12] hours before theArabian Gulf Cup final match betweenIraq andOman, resulted in at least one death and several injured.[13][14]
The official name isBasra International Stadium but an other appellation is also recurrent in Iraqi sports circles and commonly used inarabic as a nickname :ملعب جذع النخلة which literally meansPalm Trunk Stadium as well as Garage Huwayder or كراج حويدر.[15][16] This denomination, also reflected in the external facade of the stadium which is inspired by the undulating bark of thedate palm trees, is a clear reference to one of the characteristics of the city ofBasra, well known for the cultivation and planting of vast fields of date palm trees.[17][18]
