Zayed Sports City Stadium
Zayed Sports City Stadium is a stadium in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates that opened in 1980. Its recorded capacity is 44,260.
Key facts
Zayed Sports City Stadium is a stadium in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates that opened in 1980. Its recorded capacity is 44,260. It is owned by National Projects Office and Mamoura Diversified Global Holding. It is operated by OVG Middle East and Abu Dhabi. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are Emirates men's national football team, 2018 World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships.
- Location
- Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Type
- Stadium
- Capacity
- 44,260
- Opened
- 1980
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- National Projects Office, Mamoura Diversified Global Holding
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
- Playing surface
- Natural grass
Zayed Sports City Stadium is at latitude 24.416089, longitude 54.453592, in Abu Dhabi, 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 | 24.416089 |
| Longitude | 54.453592 |
| City | Abu Dhabi |
| Region | Abu Dhabi |
| Country | United Arab Emirates |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Technology
| Feature | Recorded as | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Video board supplier | Daktronics | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Surface | Natural grass | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
See the venue technology guides for how these work.
Naming rights
Zayed Sports City Stadium has carried 1 recorded name. Sheikh Zayed Stadium (no sponsor) ran Present.
Data table for this chart
| Name | Sponsor | Period | Deal value | Term | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheikh Zayed Stadium | None | Present | Not published | Not published | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Mamoura Diversified Global Holding | 1980 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Owner | National Projects Office | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Operator | Abu Dhabi | 1980 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Operator | OVG Middle East | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emirates men's national football team | Not mapped | 1980 to present | Current | Source |
| 2018 World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships | Not mapped | 1980 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 | 5 | 2026-10 |
| 2 October 2026 | venue_features | (created) | not set | 4 | 2026-10 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_names | source_date | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09-28 | 2026-09 |
| 24 September 2026 | venue_roles | (deleted) | 15896 | not set | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_names | source_date | 2026-09-20 | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | capacity | 43000 | 44260 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372281466 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Zayed_Sports_City_Stadium | Zayed Sports City Stadium | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | Sheikh Zayed Stadium | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15896 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15895 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15894 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 31 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 30 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 29 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 28 | 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: