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Stade Olympique de Radès

Full name	Stade Olympique de Radès
Former names	Stade 7 November (2001-2011)
Location	Radès, Tunisia
Coordinates	36°44′52″N 10°16′22″E / 36.74778°N 10.27278°E / 36.74778; 10.27278Coordinates: 36°44′52″N 10°16′22″E / 36.74778°N 10.27278°E / 36.74778; 10.27278
Owner	Government of Tunisia
Capacity	60,000
Field size	Athletics track: 400 m
Surface	Grass
Construction
Built	1998–2001
Opened	6 July 2001
Renovated	2005
Construction cost	170 million Dinar
Architect	Rob Schuurman
Tenants
Tunisia national football team ES Tunis Club Africain

Stade Olympique de Radès (Arabic: الملعب الأولمبي برادس‎) is a multi-purpose stadium in Rades, Tunisia about 10 kilometers south-east of the city center of Tunis, in the center of the Olympic City. It is currently used mostly for football matches and it also has facilities for athletics. The stadium holds 60,000 and was built in 2001 for the 2001 Mediterranean Games and is considered to be one of the best stadiums in Africa.

Built for the 2001 Mediterranean Games, the 60,000-seat covered area covers 13,000 m2 and consists of a central area, 3 adjoining grounds, 2 warm-up rooms, 2 paintings and an official stand of 7,000 seats. The press gallery is equipped with 300 desks.

It was inaugurated in July 2001 for the final of the Tunisian Cup between CS Hammam-Lif and ES Sahel (1-0).

Club Africain and ES Tunis play their major league matches here. Before the construction of this stadium, the Tunis derby used to be played in the 45,000 seat-capacity Stade El Menzah. It is also the stadium of Tunisia national football team since 2001.

This stadium has hosted matches of the 2004 African Cup of Nations which was won by the Tunisian team.

Ligue de Football Professionnel, which wants to relocate the Trophée des Champions opposing the Olympique de Marseille (OM) to Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), announces that the 2010 edition takes place at the stadium on 28 July 2010; It ended in a draw (0-0) in the presence of 57,000 spectators.

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