Abbasiyyin Stadium
Abbasiyyin Stadium is a stadium in Damascus, Syria that opened in 1957. Its recorded capacity is 30,000.
Key facts
Abbasiyyin Stadium is a stadium in Damascus, Syria that opened in 1957. Its recorded capacity is 30,000. It is owned by Cabinet of Syria. It is operated by General Sports Federation of Syria. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are Al-Shorta SC, Al-wathbaa, Damascus Al-Ahli Club, Syria men's national association football team, Al-Wahda SC Damascus.
- Location
- Damascus, Syria
- Type
- Stadium
- Capacity
- 30,000
- Opened
- 1957
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- Cabinet of Syria
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
- Playing surface
- Natural grass
Abbasiyyin Stadium is at latitude 33.52286, longitude 36.32004, in Damascus, Syria. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.
Data table for this chart
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Latitude | 33.52286 |
| Longitude | 36.32004 |
| City | Damascus |
| Region | Damascus |
| Country | Syria |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Technology
| Feature | Recorded as | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface | Natural grass | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
See the venue technology guides for how these work.
Naming rights
No naming history is recorded for this venue.
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Cabinet of Syria | 1957 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Operator | General Sports Federation of Syria | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Shorta SC | Not mapped | 1957 to present | Current | Source |
| Al-wathbaa | Not mapped | 1957 to present | Current | Source |
| Damascus Al-Ahli Club | Not mapped | 1957 to present | Current | Source |
| Syria men's national association football team | Not mapped | 1957 to present | Current | Source |
| Al-Wahda SC Damascus | Not mapped | 1957 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
16 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.
| Date | Table | Field | From | To | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 October 2026 | venue_features | (created) | not set | 2069 | 2026-10 |
| 24 September 2026 | org_aliases | (deleted) | Government of Syria | not set | 2026-09 |
| 24 September 2026 | venue_roles | (deleted) | 34361 | not set | 2026-09 |
| 24 September 2026 | venue_roles | (deleted) | 34360 | not set | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 34361 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 34360 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | org_aliases | (created) | not set | 2561 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372059487 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Abbasiyyin_Stadium | Abbasiyyin Stadium | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 20984 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 11108 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 11107 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 11106 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 11105 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 11104 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 11103 | 2026-09 |
Sources and licenses
Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The site as a whole is built from these sources:
- Wikidata: CC0 1.0. Data from Wikidata, released under CC0 1.0 Universal.
- OpenStreetMap: ODbL 1.0. © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0). See https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright.
- Wikipedia: CC BY-SA 4.0. Text from Wikipedia, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.
Row-level sources used for this venue: