Sports
Al Wakra has a club called Al-Wakrah Sports Club which is a Qatari professional football club. Club’s home ground is Al-Wakrah Stadium a multi-purpose stadium. Stadium has a capacity of 20,000 people and has plans of expanding to 43,500 for 2022 FIFA World Cup.
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