Salah Al Din Stadium

Salah Al Din Stadium
ملعب صلاح الدين

Location	Tikrit, Iraq
Coordinates	34°37′24.7″N 43°37′34.5″E
Owner	Ministry of Youth and Sports (Iraq)
Capacity	30,000
Field size	105 m × 68 m
Surface	Grass
Construction
Broke ground	April 2018
Opened	TBD
Construction cost	$ 90 million USD
Services engineer	Panigada – Engineering s.r.i
Tenants
Salahaddin FC

Salah Al Din Stadium (Arabic: ملعب صلاح الدين) is a football specific stadium in Tikrit, Iraq, that is currently under construction. Once completed, it will be used mostly for football matches and will host the home matches of Salahaddin FC as a replacement for their venue Tikrit Stadium. The stadium will have a capacity of 30,000 spectators and will cost approximately $90 million USD funded entirely by Iraqi government.

Design and facilities

The design of the facility combines modernity and simplicity. The main stadium has a capacity of 30,000 seats and is specifically assigned to the practice of football. It does not contain an athletic track in order to provide a special visual experience for the spectators in the stadium, who are located as close to the field as possible. In parallel, the sports complex includes 2 training grounds (of 2000 and 500 seats respectively), which are equipped with running tracks. A 75-room hotel is being built within the stadium's perimeter. The entire project is expected to cover an area of 15 hectares.

Transportation and access

The stadium is situated on the outskirts of the city of Tikrit on the right side of the Mosul-Baghdad highway.

See also

• List of football stadiums in Iraq