Grand Stade de Casablanca
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Grand Stade de Casablanca is a proposed title of the planned football
stadium
to be built in Casablanca
, Morocco
. Once completed in 2016, it will be used mostly for football
matches and will serve as the home of Raja Casablanca, Wydad Casablanca and Morocco national football team
. The stadium was designed with a capacity of 80,000 spectators. Once completed, it will replace Stade Mohamed V
.
The stadium will be one of the highest capacity stadium in Africa.
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...
stadium
Stadium
A modern stadium is a place or venue for outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.)Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event...
to be built in Casablanca
Casablanca
Casablanca is a city in western Morocco, located on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Grand Casablanca region.Casablanca is Morocco's largest city as well as its chief port. It is also the biggest city in the Maghreb. The 2004 census recorded a population of 2,949,805 in the prefecture...
, Morocco
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
. Once completed in 2016, it will be 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 and will serve as the home of Raja Casablanca, Wydad Casablanca and Morocco national football team
Morocco national football team
The Morocco national football team , nicknamed أسود الأطلس , is the national team of Morocco and is managed by Eric Gerets. Winners of the African Nations Cup in 1976, they were the first African team to win a group at the World Cup, which they did in 1986, finishing ahead of Portugal, Poland, and...
. The stadium was designed with a capacity of 80,000 spectators. Once completed, it will replace Stade Mohamed V
Stade Mohamed V
Stade Mohamed V is part of a big athletic complex situated in the heart of the city of Casablanca, Morocco, in the western part of Maarif district...
.
The stadium will be one of the highest capacity stadium in Africa.