Al-Shabab Club Stadium (Arabic: ملعب نادي الشباب), formerly known as Prince Khalid bin Sultan Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.^[1][2] It is used mostly for football matches. It is the home stadium of Al-Shabab.

History

The stadium was built and opened in 1984 and it was mostly used by Al-Shabab as a training ground and for friendly matches. In April 2012, the stadium underwent construction to improve the facilities. This included three more football pitches, administrative offices, and medical clinics.^[3] On 2 January 2019, Al-Shabab hosted their first competitive match at the stadium against Al-Sahel in the King Cup.^[4] On 11 January 2019, Al-Shabab hosted their first ever league match in the stadium against Al-Fayha.^[5] The match ended in a 4–1 win, with goals coming from Nasser Al-Shamrani, Abdulmajeed Al-Sulaiheem and Constantin Budescu scoring twice. In July 2019, the stadium once again underwent construction this time to increase the stadium's capacity and improve the facilities.^[6] During the 2019–20 and the 2020–21 seasons, the stadium was used by Al-Shabab as their home stadium. On 7 September 2021, the stadium underwent major construction with plans to increase the capacity from 10,000 seats to 15,000, get rid of the running track, add a roof to the stadium, and develop and improve the rest of the facilities.^[7] On 9 October 2023, after two years in construction it was announced that the stadium would host Al-Shabab's league match against Al-Tai on 21 October 2023.^[8] The match ended in a 2–0 win with goals coming from Habib Diallo and Hussain Al-Qahtani and had an attendance of 11,974.^[9]

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