Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium
Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium is a stadium in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates that opened in 1971. Its recorded capacity is 12,000.
Key facts
Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium is a stadium in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates that opened in 1971. Its recorded capacity is 12,000. It is owned by Al Ain FC and Al Ain FC. It is operated by Al Ain FC and Al Ain FC. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are Emirates men's national football team.
- Location
- Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
- Type
- Stadium
- Capacity
- 12,000
- Opened
- 1971
- Status
- Active
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
- Playing surface
- Natural grass
Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium is at latitude 24.207292, longitude 55.766333, in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates. 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 | 24.207292 |
| Longitude | 55.766333 |
| City | Al Ain |
| Region | Al Ain |
| Country | United Arab Emirates |
| 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
Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium has carried 1 recorded name. Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium (no sponsor) ran Present.
Data table for this chart
| Name | Sponsor | Period | Deal value | Term | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium | None | Present | Not published | Not published | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Al Ain FC | 1971 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Owner | Al Ain FC | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Operator | Al Ain FC | 1971 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Operator | Al Ain FC | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emirates men's national football team | Not mapped | 1971 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
14 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 | 1 | 2026-10 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_names | source_date | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09-28 | 2026-09 |
| 24 September 2026 | venue_roles | (deleted) | 15886 | not set | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_names | source_date | 2026-09-20 | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | capacity | 16000 | 12000 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372210143 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Khalifa_bin_Zayed_Stadium | Khalifa bin Zayed Stadium | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15886 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15885 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15884 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 18 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 17 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 16 | 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: