Bahrain National Stadium
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The Bahrain National Stadium ' onMouseout='HidePop("86932")' href="/topics/Arabic_transliteration">transliterated
: Stād al-Bahrayn al-Watanī) is the national stadium
of Bahrain
, located in East Riffa. It can accommodate 35,000 people and is used mostly for football
matches. It was built in 1982. Various aspects of the stadium will be renovated, such as the seats and roof.
Arabic transliteration
Different approaches and methods for the romanization of Arabic exist. They vary in the way that they address the inherent problems of rendering written and spoken Arabic in the Latin alphabet; they also use different symbols for Arabic phonemes that do not exist in English or other European...
: Stād al-Bahrayn al-Watanī) is the national stadium
National stadium
Many countries have a national football stadium, which typically serves as the primary or exclusive home for one or more of a country's national representative sports teams. The term is most often used in reference to an association football stadium. Usually, a national stadium will be in or very...
of Bahrain
Bahrain
' , officially the Kingdom of Bahrain , is a small island state near the western shores of the Persian Gulf. It is ruled by the Al Khalifa royal family. The population in 2010 stood at 1,214,705, including 235,108 non-nationals. Formerly an emirate, Bahrain was declared a kingdom in 2002.Bahrain is...
, located in East Riffa. It can accommodate 35,000 people and is used mostly for football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
matches. It was built in 1982. Various aspects of the stadium will be renovated, such as the seats and roof.