Taïeb Mhiri Stadium
Full nameStade Municipal Taïeb mhiri
Former namesStade Henri Couderc (1938–1956)
LocationSfax, Tunisia
Coordinates34°44′01″N 10°44′47″E / 34.73361°N 10.74639°E / 34.73361; 10.74639
OwnerGovernment of Tunisia
Capacity11,000 [1]
SurfaceGrass
Construction
Opened1938
Renovated2004
Tenants
CS Sfaxien

The Taïeb Mhiri Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Sfax, Tunisia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Club Sportif Sfaxien. Built in 1938, it holds 22,000 people and was used for the 2004 African Cup of Nations.

It was named as Stade Henri Coudrec, who was one of the French notable personalities and vice-president of the municipality of Sfax, before taking the name of Taieb Mhiri, who was a Tunisian politician and the interior minister from 1956 until his death in 1965.

References

  1. "Can 2004".


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