Ammo Baba Stadium

{{Short description|Stadium in Iraq}}

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| stadium_name = Ammo Baba Stadium
ملعب عمو بابا الدولي

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| location = Baghdad, Iraq

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| broke_ground = 30 December 2012

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| owner = Ministry of Youth and Sports

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| construction_cost = $ 100 million USD

| architect = Javier Garcia Alda{{cite web|url=https://archello.com/project/al-russafa-stadium|title=Al Russafa Stadium|date=5 December 2021|publisher=archello.com}}

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| main_contractors = TriArena

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| seating_capacity = 31,200

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Ammo Baba Stadium ({{Langx|ar|ملعب عمو بابا|Malʿab ʿemw bābā}}), previously known as Al Rusafa Stadium, is a football stadium that is currently under construction in Baghdad, Iraq. It will have a capacity of 31,200 spectators and will cost approximately 100 million USD funded entirely by the Iraqi government.{{cite web|url=http://stadiumdb.com/designs/irq/ammo_baba_stadium|title=Ammo Baba Stadium|date=5 December 2021|publisher=Stadium Database}} By 2022, the stadium was at 62% completion.{{cite web | last=المدى | first=جريدة | title=إنجاز 62 % من ملعب عمو بابا في الرصافة | website=Almada Newspaper | date=31 July 2022 | url=https://almadapaper.net/view.php?cat=269824 | language=ar | access-date=17 January 2024}}

In early 2017, the stadium was renamed after Ammo Baba, a famous Iraqi player and manager of the 20th century.{{cite web|url=https://hathalyoum.net/articles/1214094-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B6%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D8%B7%D9%84%D9%82-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85-%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%88-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D9%85%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A8-|title=الشباب والرياضة تطلق اسم عمو بابا على ملعب الرصافة|date=5 December 2021|publisher=hathalyoum.net}}