Stade Taïeb Mhiri
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Full name | Stade Municipal Taïeb mhiri |
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Former names | Stade Henri Couderc (1938–1956) |
Location | Sfax, Tunisia |
Coordinates | 34°44′01″N 10°44′47″E / 34.73361°N 10.74639°ECoordinates: 34°44′01″N 10°44′47″E / 34.73361°N 10.74639°E |
Owner | Government of Tunisia |
Capacity | 14,000[1] |
Surface | Grass |
Construction | |
Opened | 1938 |
Renovated | 2004 |
Tenants | |
CS Sfaxien |
The Stade Taïeb Mhiri is a multi-purpose stadium in Sfax, Tunisia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Club Sportif Sfaxien. Built in 1938, it holds 14,000 people and was used for the 2004 African Cup of Nations.
It was named as Stade Henri Coudrec, who was one of the French notable personalities and vice-president of the municipality of Sfax, before taking the name of Taieb Mhiri, who was a Tunisian politician and the interior minister from 1956 until his death in 1965.
References[]
External links[]
- Photos of Stadiums in Tunisia at cafe.daum.net/stade
- Stadium description at bbc.co.uk
Categories:
- Buildings and structures completed in 1938
- Football venues in Tunisia
- Multi-purpose stadiums in Tunisia
- Sfax
- CS Sfaxien
- North African sports venue stubs
- Tunisian sport stubs
- Tunisian building and structure stubs