Stade 15 Octobre

Stadium 15 October 1963
Address 27, avenue Hédi-Chaker 7000 Bizerte
Location Bizerte, Tunisia
Coordinates 37°16′44″N 9°51′56″E / 37.278923°N 9.865583°E / 37.278923; 9.865583Coordinates: 37°16′44″N 9°51′56″E / 37.278923°N 9.865583°E / 37.278923; 9.865583
Owner Government of Tunisia
Capacity 20,000[1]
Surface Grass
Construction
Opened 1990
Renovated 2004
Tenants
CA Bizertin

The stadium 15 October (Arabic: ملعب 15 أكتوبر) is a multi-use stadium in Bizerte, Tunisia (65 kilometers north-west of Tunis). It has a capacity of 20,000 seats of which 4,000 are covered. The stadium hosted matches of the 2004 African Cup of Nations, which has also been won by the Tunisian team, but it is usually used by CA Bizertin.

The stadium is named encrypted the date corresponding to the evacuation of the last foreign soldier of independent Tunisia, on 15 October 1963 after Bizerte crisis. The space devoted to various media features 170 workstations.

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