Khalifa International Stadium

Khalifa International Stadium

استاد خليفة الدولي (Arabic)
Location	Al Waab Street 7C7X+C8Q Al Rayyan, Qatar
Coordinates	25°15′49″N 51°26′53″E / 25.26361°N 51.44806°E / 25.26361; 51.44806
Public transit	Sport City (المدينة الرياضية)
Owner	Qatar Football Association
Capacity	45,857
Record attendance	45,344 (England vs Iran, 21 November 2022)
Surface	Grass
Construction
Opened	1976
Renovated	2005, 2017
Architect	Dar Al-Handasah (2017)
Tenants
Qatar national football team (1976–present)

Khalifa International Stadium (/kəˈliːfə/, Arabic: استاد خليفة الدولي, ALA-LC: Istād Khalīfah al-Duwalī) is a multi-purpose stadium located in Al Rayyan, Qatar, around 9 kilometres (6 miles) west from the centre of Doha. Its ground comprises a running track and a grass pitch. Opened in 1976, the stadium was named after then Emir of Qatar Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani. Under the ownership of the Qatar Football Association, it serves as the primary home ground of the Qatar men's national football team. Its current fully-roofed, 45,857-seat configuration was opened in 2017, following a previous reconfiguration in 2005 that incorporated the stadium into the Aspire Zone complex and added a roofed grandstand; boosting its capacity from 20,000 to 40,000.

Khalifa has hosted numerous international association football and athletics events throughout its history. Track and field events at the 2006 Asian Games, 2011 Pan Arab Games, and 2019 World Athletics Championships were held at the stadium, and World Athletics has since organised the annual Doha Diamond League event there as part of its Diamond League series. In the future, Khalifa is planned to host track and field events at the 2030 Asian Games. In association football, the stadium hosted matches during the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup, the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship, the 2011 and 2023 AFC Asian Cup, and three editions of the Arabian Gulf Cup. The final of the Emir of Qatar Cup is also occasionally played at the stadium.