Al Ahed Stadium

Al Ahed Stadium (Arabic: ملعب نادي العهد الرياضي‎) is a football field located in the Al-Ouzai area of Bourj el-Barajneh, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon. The stadium can accommodate about 2,000 spectators,[2][3] and is of Al Ahed FC's property, who uses it as a training ground.

Al Ahed Stadium
ملعب نادي العهد الرياضي
LocationBourj el-Barajneh, Lebanon
Coordinates33°50′26″N 35°29′23″E
OwnerAl Ahed FC
OperatorAl Ahed FC
Capacity2,000
SurfaceEdel Grass (Artificial turf)[1]
Tenants
Al Ahed FC

In 2018, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Hezbollah, a Shia political party and militant group based in Lebanon, in a speech of using the Al Ahed Stadium as a missile cluster.[4] Gebran Bassil, the Lebanese Minister of Foreign Affairs, denied the claims.[5][6]

References
  1. "FIFA Field Certificate". 29 October 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  2. "al-ahed club". www.goalzz.com. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  3. klaiber-it.de, Timo Klaiber. "Al Ahed Stadium". Europlan-Online. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  4. Levy, Uri (4 October 2018). "The Hezbollah Club". BabaGol. Archived from the original on 17 February 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  5. "زاسبيكين من ملعب العهد: ما تدعيه إسرائيل غير صحيح ويجب أن نكون حذرين". Elnashra News (in Arabic). 1 October 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
  6. "باسيل يجول في ملعب العهد ويدحض مزاعم إسرائيل". Elsport News (in Arabic). 1 October 2018. Retrieved 9 November 2019.


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