Khalifa International Stadium
Khalifa International Stadium is a stadium in Ar Rayyan, Qatar that opened in 1976. Its recorded capacity is 45,857.
Key facts
Khalifa International Stadium is a stadium in Ar Rayyan, Qatar that opened in 1976. Its recorded capacity is 45,857. It is owned by Qatar Football Association and Qatar Football Association. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are Qatar men's national football team, Qatar men's national football team, 2006 Asian Games, athletics at the 2011 Pan Arab Games, Al-Mu'aidar Sports Club, 2019 Asian Athletics Championships, 2019 Doha Diamond League.
- Location
- Ar Rayyan, Qatar
- Type
- Stadium
- Capacity
- 45,857
- Opened
- 1976
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- Qatar Football Association, Qatar Football Association
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
- Playing surface
- Natural grass
Khalifa International Stadium is at latitude 25.263611, longitude 51.448056, in Ar Rayyan, Qatar. 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 | 25.263611 |
| Longitude | 51.448056 |
| City | Ar Rayyan |
| Region | Ar Rayyan |
| Country | Qatar |
| 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 | Qatar Football Association | 1976 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Owner | Qatar Football Association | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qatar men's national football team | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Qatar men's national football team | Not mapped | 1976 to present | Current | Source |
| 2006 Asian Games | Not mapped | 1976 to present | Current | Source |
| athletics at the 2011 Pan Arab Games | Not mapped | 1976 to present | Current | Source |
| Al-Mu'aidar Sports Club | Not mapped | 1976 to present | Current | Source |
| 2019 Asian Athletics Championships | Not mapped | 1976 to present | Current | Source |
| 2019 Doha Diamond League | Not mapped | 1976 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
13 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 | 1883 | 2026-10 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | capacity | 50500 | 45857 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372210129 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Khalifa_International_Stadium | Khalifa International Stadium | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 20515 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 20514 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 10038 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 10037 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 10036 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 10035 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 10034 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 10033 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 10032 | 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: