Al Janoub Stadium

Football stadium in Al Wakrah, Qatar

Key facts

Full name: Al-Janoub Stadium
Former names: Al-Wakrah Stadium (May 2019 – June 2019)
Location: Al Wakrah , Qatar
Owner: Qatar Football Association
Capacity: 44,325
Roof: Retractable
Surface: Grass
Record attendance: 43,443 ( Ghana vs Uruguay , 2 December 2022 )
Field size: 105 x 68 m
Built: 2014–2019
Opened: 16 May 2019
Architect: Zaha Hadid
Services engineer

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Al-Janoub Stadium (Arabic: استاد الجنوب, romanized: Istād al-Janūb, lit. 'Stadium of the South'), formerly known as Al-Wakrah Stadium (Arabic: استاد الوكرة), is a retractable-roof football stadium in al-Wakrah, Qatar that was inaugurated on 16 May 2019. This was the second of the eight stadiums inaugurated for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, after the renovation of Khalifa International Stadium. It was designed by Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid (1950–2016) together with the firms AECOM and Jain & Partners of Dubai.

The stadium features a curvilinear postmodernist and neo-futurist design. The appearance of the roof was inspired by the sails of traditional dhows used by pearl divers from the region, weaving through currents of the Persian Gulf.