Trivia
- Hosts matches between Cairo giants Al-Ahly and Zamalek SC.
- Hosts matches for the Egypt national football team.
- In the 1986 Africa Cup of Nations it was packed with 120,000 people to see their team winning the tournament against Cameroon.
- Hosted many matches in the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations and the final which Egypt won against Ivory Coast 4-2 in penalties shootouts after a 0-0 draw Overtime which was packed with 80,000 attendance.
- Will be one of the stadiums for Egyptian bid to host the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.
- It is the most visited stadium in Egypt having all of the important matches for the Egypt national football team.
- It was updated to host the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations to meet the caf standard stadiums making it all-seated which decreased the capacity from 85,000 to 75,000 and making blue zigzag highlights on the seats, later on the Olympic track was changed from blue to orange it was first seen on 14 November when Egypt faced Algeria in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF) which Egypt won 2-0.
- It was one of the stadiums along with Borg El Arab Stadium and 5 other future made stadium in the Egyptian fail bid to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
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