Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat has been named “Stadium of the Year 2025” in an international fan vote recognizing the best newly built or renovated sports venues.
The stadium topped the 16th edition of the Stadium of the Year competition with 14,481 points, finishing ahead of 27 other venues worldwide. The Grand Stadium of Tangier placed second with 10,453 points, while several other Moroccan stadiums also ranked in the top 10.
Moulay Hassan Stadium finished fifth with 8,092 points, followed by Al Medina Stadium in seventh place with 6,543 points, and the Rabat Olympic Stadium in ninth with 4,954 points.
The results were decided through a public vote in which participants selected five favorite stadiums and assigned points from five for the top choice to one for the fifth.
In total, 28 stadiums were nominated in this year’s competition. To qualify, venues must have more than 15,000 seats and must have opened or undergone a full renovation during 2025.
Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium reopened in September 2025 after being rebuilt on the site of the previous stadium, which had been in use since 1983.
The project replaced the older venue with a football-specific arena designed to host major international competitions.
The new stadium has a capacity of about 68,700 spectators and serves as the home ground for the Moroccan club AS FAR. It is also expected to host matches for Morocco’s national team.
The venue is also part of Morocco’s infrastructure plan for the 2030 FIFA World Cup, which the country will co-host with Spain and Portugal.
Authorities demolished the previous stadium in 2023 and completed the new facility in about two years.
The earlier venue had included an athletics track and hosted several major events, including matches during the 1988 Africa Cup of Nations and the FIFA Club World Cup tournaments held in Morocco.
To maintain athletics events previously held at the site, officials also built a separate 21,000-seat athletics stadium nearby in Rabat.
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