Beirut Municipal Stadium, Municipal stadium in central Beirut, Lebanon.
Beirut Municipal Stadium is a sports venue in central Beirut with a capacity of around 18,000 seats. It features two main grandstands facing each other and serves as the principal location for Lebanese football competitions and international matches.
Beirut Municipal Stadium was built by the French colonial authorities in 1935. The inaugural match featured DPHB (Chemin de fer de Beyrouth), with players such as Camille Cordahi and Joseph Nalbandian taking part.
Al-Ahed and Al-Ansar both play their home matches at the stadium, which opened in 1935 with a match featuring DPHB (Beirut Railway Club). Camille Cordahi and Joseph Nalbandian took part in that inaugural game, a detail tied to the ground's early years.
The stadium sits in the administrative district of Beirut with good connections to public transportation. Multiple entrance gates allow smooth access and help distribute visitors evenly across the grounds.
The stadium opened in 1935 with a match involving DPHB, the Beirut railway club, and players such as Camille Cordahi and Joseph Nalbandian took part. Today it is the regular home ground of both Al Ahed and Al Ansar, so the two clubs share the same pitch.
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