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5 July Stadium
ملعب 5 جويلية

Full name	5 July 1962 Stadium
Location	Route du 5 Juillet Algiers,Algeria
Coordinates	36°45′35.6″N02°59′42.7″E / 36.759889°N 2.995194°E /36.759889; 2.995194
Owner	Ministry of Youth and Sport
Capacity	64,200[1]
Record attendance	114,000Algeria-Nigeria (1990)
Surface	AirFibr (hybrid grass)
Construction
Built	1970
Opened	17 June 1972; 52 years ago (1972-06-17)
Renovated	1999, 2003, 2008, 2015, 2017, 2022
Tenants
USM Alger Algeria national football team

The5 July 1962 Stadium (Arabic:ملعب 5 جويلية 1962), (the name refers to 5 July 1962, the dayAlgeria declared independence), is afootball andathletics stadium located inAlgiers,Algeria. The stadium was inaugurated in 1972 with a capacity of 95,000. It served as the main stadium of the1975 Mediterranean Games, the1978 All-Africa Games, the2004 Pan Arab Games, and the2007 All-Africa Games. The stadium was one of two venues for the1990 African Cup of Nations (the other venue was the19 May 1956 Stadium inAnnaba). It hosted 9 matches of the tournament, including the final, which had a second record attendance of 105,302 spectators. The home team Algeria defeated Nigeria 1–0 in the final to win the tournament. The record attendance is of 110,000 spectators in a friendly match between Algeria and Serbia on 3 March 2010.^[2] It also hosted the2000 African Championships in Athletics. After a formal compliance with current safety standards in 1999, the stadium was reduced to 64,200 capacity, and following a new phase of renovation in 2003.^[1] The future capacity will be 80,000 with possible further renovations.^[3]

Opened in 1972 by PresidentHouari Boumediene, it is home then the first tournament international networking selection Maghreb with players such qu'Allal, Filali, Bamous, Faras, Lalmas, Guedioura, Chekroun, theAC Milan with the Prati Albertosi, the Brazilian club Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras with the famous Ademir da Guia. The White Pele beforeZico, and the Spanish club ofValencia. It alsoNacer Guedioura, father of the current Algerian internationalAdlène Guedioura who is the author of the first goal Official of this stadium during the final Cup of Algeria opposed the juniorUSM Alger toRC Kouba and which ended with a score of 1-0 for theUSM Alger.

Then follow theGames Mediterranean, which are organized in 1975, the stadium had a capacity of 110,000 seats. But the record attendance was achieved in 1990, when the final of theAfrican Cup of Nations, which contrasts theAlgeria andNigeria (1-0), with 105,302 spectators. After compliance with current safety standards1999, the stadium is reduced to 80,200 places around, and following a new phase of renovation in2003, the capacity is further reduced to 76,200 seats.

In 2008, 5 July 1962 Stadium once again experienced work, which shall include a new lawn and renovation of the stadium infrastructure. The works ended in the month of August 2009. The soccer friendly match between the national football teams ofAlgeria andUruguay was held on August 12, 2009 on the occasion of the reopening of the stadium. The Algerians with a record of final 110,000 spectators during the friendly matchAlgeria–Serbia (lost 0–3, March 3, 2010). This is the first game of the Algerian national team since its qualification for the 2010 World Cup obtained in Sudan.

In March 2015, the natural sport turf has been replaced by thehybrid grass technologyAirFibr.

After the coming of independence, there was great popular enthusiasm in Algeria for football. The construction of a large stadium in Algeria was an encouraging step for football and a step towards its support after independence by the late PresidentHouari Boumediene. The date of the launching of the works during 1970 and the work lasted two years. The stadium was opened on 17 June 1972 in a friendly tournament involving 4 teams:the Arab Maghreb,AC Milan,Hungary andPalmeiras. The first goal of the stadium was for the Moroccan player Filali for the Maghreb team against Hungary, as the first official game on the pitch was the final of theCup of Algeria 1972 between the two teams of the capitalUSM Alger andHamra Annaba was the first official goal of the stadium to theHamra Annaba player Tadjet where he won the meeting and the cup, as for the first game for the Algerian team on the pitch was in front of the Turkish team and won the Algerian team 1–0.

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