Najaf Stadium
Najaf Stadium is a stadium in Najaf, Iraq that opened in 2018. Its recorded capacity is 30,000.
Key facts
Najaf Stadium is a stadium in Najaf, Iraq that opened in 2018. Its recorded capacity is 30,000. It is owned by Ministry of Youth and Sports and Minister of Youth and Sports (Iraq). It is operated by Najaf FC and Najaf FC. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are Naft Al-Wasat SC, Najaf FC, Najaf FC.
- Location
- Najaf, Iraq
- Type
- Stadium
- Capacity
- 30,000
- Opened
- 2018
- Status
- Active
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
- Playing surface
- Natural grass
Najaf Stadium is at latitude 32.066197, longitude 44.317142, in Najaf, 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 | 32.066197 |
| Longitude | 44.317142 |
| City | Najaf |
| Region | Najaf |
| 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
No naming history is recorded for this venue.
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Minister of Youth and Sports (Iraq) | 2018 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Owner | Ministry of Youth and Sports | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Operator | Najaf FC | 2018 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Operator | Najaf FC | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naft Al-Wasat SC | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Najaf FC | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Najaf FC | Not mapped | 2018 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
11 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 | 1277 | 2026-10 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 33494 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 33493 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | org_aliases | (created) | not set | 1926 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372061210 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Al-Najaf_International_Stadium | Al-Najaf International Stadium | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 19062 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 19061 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 7006 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 7005 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 7004 | 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: