June 11 Stadium

Tripoli International Stadium

Africa's Graveyard
Former names	June 11 Stadium
Location	Tripoli, Libya
Capacity	80,000
Field size	72 metres (79 yd) by 107 metres (117 yd)
Surface	Grass
Opened	1970
Tenants
Libya national football team Al-Ahli Tripoli Al-Ittihad

11 June Stadium (Arabic: ملعب 11 يونيو‎‎) is a multi-purpose stadium in Tripoli, Libya. It is the seventh largest stadium in Africa. It can hold 88,000 spectators.

It is the main venue used by the Libyan national football team in its FIFA World Cup and African Nations Cup qualifying matches as well as friendlies and other international games.

June 11 Stadium

The stadium hosted many games of the 1982 African Cup of Nations held in Libya along with the 28 March Stadium in Benghazi; it was the venue for the final between Ghana and Libya. It hosted the 2002 Italian Supercup between Juventus and Parma, which Juventus won, 2–1.

Its name is a reference to the date of the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Libya, June 11, 1970.

References

Preceded by National Stadium Lagos

African Cup of Nations Final Venue 1982

Succeeded by Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny Abidjan