Yud-Alef Stadium, Municipal sports stadium in Ashdod, Israel

Yud-Alef Stadium is a football ground in District A of Ashdod, Israel, with several stands surrounding the pitch and a dedicated VIP section. Five public gates serve as entry points, and the ground holds around 7,800 spectators.

Football was first played on the site in the 1961/62 season, when Hapoel and Maccabi Ashdod hosted league matches on a pitch chosen for its natural kurkar slope. A wall went up in 1966 and the large western stand was finished in 1971. The ground was renamed Yud-Alef on 17 July 1973, when it hosted the Maccabiah Games final, honouring the eleven Israeli athletes killed at Munich.

Each year the stadium hosts the main event of Georgian Jewry Day and, every June, the municipal conference of dancers. For over 40 years an annual festival has brought together thousands of immigrant schoolchildren, including religious and special-needs schools, who learn and dance to Israeli songs. On Independence Day, kindergarten children in white shirts gather here with small flags for circle dances.

The stadium sits on Histadrut Street in District A and is straightforward to reach from most parts of the city. On busy match days, arriving early is a good idea since nearby parking tends to fill up fast.

The name Yud-Alef is not a person's name but simply the Hebrew word for the number eleven, written using two letters of the alphabet. This means the stadium's name is itself a quiet and permanent count of the athletes it remembers.