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Doha Stadium
איצטדיון דוחאPeace Stadium 
Location Sakhnin, Israel Broke ground 2004 Opened 2006 Owner Town of Sakhnin Operator Town of Sakhnin Surface Grass Construction cost US $15,000,000 Capacity 8,500 Tenants Bnei Sakhnin (2006-present)
Ahva ArrabaDoha Stadium (Hebrew: איצטדיון דוחא, Etztadion Doha; Arabic: ستاد دوحة) is the current home of Bnei Sakhnin.
Located in the small Arab Galilee town of Sakhnin, it was built with public funds largely from the State of Israel and the Qatar National Olympic Committee, and was named after the Qatari city of Doha. The decision by the Qataris to build the stadium in Israel came after a meeting between Member of Knesset Ahmed Tibi and Secretary-General of the Qatar National Olympic Committee Sheikh Saoud Abdulrahman Al-Thani after Tibi expressed his concern on the conditions for sport in Sakhnin. The involvement of Qatar was to show that relations between the two nations are peaceful and with a similar interest.[1]
In July 2009, the north stand was opened with additional of 3,500 seats.[2] There are plans to expand the stadium's capacity to 15,000.
Footnotes
- ^ Nahmias, Ro'ei (2006-01-14). "Why "Doha" Stadium and not "HaShalom"?" (in Hebrew). Yedioth Ahronoth. http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/1,7340,L-3200229,00.html. Retrieved 2007-10-08.
- ^ "The construction of the Doha stadium's north stand was completed" (in Hebrew). One.co.il. 2009-07-27. http://one.co.il/Msites/Biz/InsideArticle.aspx?id=141388&bz=6. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
Israeli Premier League Clubs Stadiums Acre Municipal Stadium · Bloomfield Stadium · Doha Stadium · Haberfeld Stadium · Ironi Stadium · Kiryat Eliezer Stadium · Levita Stadium · Ramat Gan Stadium · Sar-Tov Stadium · Teddy Stadium · Vasermil Stadium · Winter Stadium · Yud-Alef StadiumFormer clubs Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan · Hapoel Ashkelon · Hapoel Jerusalem · Hapoel Kfar Saba · Hapoel Nazareth Illit · Hapoel Ra'anana · Hapoel Ramat Gan · Hapoel Tzafririm Holon · Maccabi Ahi Nazareth · Maccabi Herzliya · Maccabi Kiryat GatCompetition Seasons 1999–2000 · 2000–01 · 2001–02 · 2002–03 · 2003–04 · 2004–05 · 2005–06 · 2006–07 · 2007–08 · 2008–09 · 2009–10 · 2010–11 · 2011–12Coordinates: 32°52′00.09″N 35°18′39.06″E / 32.8666917°N 35.31085°E
Categories:- Football venues in Israel
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