Sabah Al Salem Stadium

Sabah Al Salem Stadium

The Castle of Cups
Full name	Sabah Al Salem Stadium
Location	Mansuriyah, Kuwait City, Kuwait
Owner	Public Authority For Youth And Sport
Operator	Al Arabi Kuwait
Capacity	26,000[1]
Surface	Grass
Construction
Built	1977
Opened	5 Jan 1979

Sabah al-Salem Stadium Stadium from the outside Al Arabi home ground

Sabah al-Salem Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Kuwait City, Kuwait. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Al Arabi Kuwait. The stadium holds 28,000 people. Subah al-Salem Stadium was going to host the Gulf Cup of Nations.

This Stadium is the homeground for Al Arabi

Matches of the Asian Cup 1980

This Stadium hosted many of this tournouments matches; however, the most important match is the final.

Kuwait  v  South Korea

1980-09-30 18:30

Kuwait	3 – 0	South Korea
Al-Houti  7' Al-Dakhil  30'  67'

Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City Attendance: 28,000

Coordinates: 29°21′25″N 48°0′1″E / 29.35694°N 48.00028°E

References

1. was 22,000. After the second match of Al-Arabi and Kuwait SC in Kuwait Premier League 2014/2015 it was estimated that over 25,500 people attended and the whole stadium was filled