Location Cairo, Egypt Capacity 30,000 Phone +20 102 786 6769 | Surface Grass Opened 2012 Team Wadi Degla SC | |
Address El-Moshir Tantawy Axis, Al Hay Al Asher, Nasr City, Cairo Governorate, Egypt Similar Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo Military Academy, Cairo International Stadium, Arab Contractors Stadium, Alexandria Stadium | ||
30 June Stadium is a stadium located in Cairo. It was built by the Egyptian Air Defense Forces. This stadium is the main stadium of the Air Defense Sport Village. The stadium has a capacity of 30,000 and it is one of the venues of the Egyptian Premier League.
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Accidents
Twenty-two football fans died on 8 February 2015 in a confrontation with the police at the gates of Egyptian stadium during a league match between two Cairo clubs, Zamalek and Enppi. The death toll was expected to rise. Most of the dead were suffocated when the crowd stampeded after police used tear gas to clear the fans trying to force their way into the stadium.
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