The Great Manmade River Stadium (GMR or GMMR stadium) is a football stadium

Soccer-specific stadium

Soccer-specific stadium is a term used mainly in the United States, Canada, Australia and South Korea coined by Lamar Hunt, to refer to a sports stadium either purpose built or fundamentally redesigned for soccer and whose primary function is to host soccer matches, as opposed to a multipurpose...

 situated just a few metres away from the 11 June Stadium in the heart of Tripoli

Tripoli

Tripoli is the capital and largest city in Libya. It is also known as Western Tripoli , to distinguish it from Tripoli, Lebanon. It is affectionately called The Mermaid of the Mediterranean , describing its turquoise waters and its whitewashed buildings. Tripoli is a Greek name that means "Three...

's sporting city. The stadium is named after the Great Manmade River

Great Manmade River

The Great Man-Made River is a network of pipes that supplies water from the Sahara Desert in Libya, from the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System fossil aquifer. It is the world's largest irrigation project....

. The stadium has a capacity of around 20,000 and is currently the home of Libyan Premier League

Libyan Premier League

The Libyan Premier League is the highest division of Libyan football championship, organised by Libyan Football Federation. The players that play in this league are mainly professional...

 clubs Al Wahda, Al Tersana and Alamn Alaam.

The stadium was opened on 17 May 2000, and was celebrated with a friendly match between Middlesbrough F.C.

Middlesbrough F.C.

Middlesbrough Football Club , also known as Boro, are an English football club based in Middlesbrough, who play in the Football League Championship. Formed in 1876, they have played at the Riverside Stadium since August 1995, their third ground since turning professional in 1889...

 and A.S. Bari

A.S. Bari

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This ground has hosted matches at international level, and the most celebrated results on this ground were won by the likes of Al Madina, who defeated ES Tunis 2-1, and on 19 September 2006, Al Ittihad defeated Al Nahdha

Al-Nahda (Omani football club)

Al-Nahda Sports Club is an Omani football club based in Al-Buraimi, Oman. The club only has a brief history and was formed in 2003. In the few years the club has been competing they have had a considerable amount of achievements, including qualifying for the 2008 AFC Cup and reaching the...

 of Oman

Oman

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 in the 2006-07 Arab Champions League

Arab Champions League

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The stadium was originally built for motorbiking and dirtbiking, and later was converted to a football stadium. The stadium was built by King Idrees

Idris I of Libya

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