Basra Sports City
Basra Sports City is a multi purpose in Basra, Iraq that opened in 2013. Its recorded capacity is 65,227.
Key facts
Basra Sports City is a multi purpose in Basra, Iraq that opened in 2013. Its recorded capacity is 65,227. It is owned by federal government of Iraq. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are Iraq men's national football team, Iraq men's national football team.
- Location
- Basra, Iraq
- Type
- Multi purpose
- Capacity
- 65,227
- Opened
- 2013
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- federal government of Iraq
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
- Playing surface
- Natural grass
Basra Sports City is at latitude 30.440278, longitude 47.780833, in Basra, Iraq. 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 | 30.440278 |
| Longitude | 47.780833 |
| City | Basra |
| Region | Basra |
| Country | Iraq |
| 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
Basra Sports City has carried 1 recorded name. Basra International Stadium (no sponsor) ran Present.
Data table for this chart
| Name | Sponsor | Period | Deal value | Term | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basra International Stadium | None | Present | Not published | Not published | Wikipedia, with citation | Source |
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | federal government of Iraq | 2013 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq men's national football team | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Iraq men's national football team | Not mapped | 2013 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
8 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 | 3208 | 2026-10 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | Basra International Stadium | 2026-09 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 42611 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 38042 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 38041 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venues | capacity | 65000 | 65227 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372066812 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Basra_International_Stadium | Basra International Stadium | 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:
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3500331
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basra_International_Stadium
- https://www.alarabiya.net/sport/saudi-sport/2018/02/28/%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%B1%D9%81-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D9%85%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A8-%D8%AC%D8%B0%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AE%D9%84%D8%A9-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B5%D8%B1%D8%A9