What is the new football stadium in Rabat?

According to information on the official website: Rabat's new stadium, known as Stade Municipal Mohamed V, has an initial capacity of 20,000 people.

It will host international matches, the African Cup of Nations and the finals of several competitions for Moroccan clubs.

This does not say much about the name of the stadium or the capacity but it also mentions that the stadium will be used for "international" matches which should answer your question. The latest information about Rabat Stadium comes from this article. I have not yet found out the specific stadium, but it looks like the stadium has a capacity of 25,000 people for soccer games.

What is the biggest capacity stadium in the world?

This question requires some context, some history, and a few numbers.

First, here is the table I'm using for reference: The column at the top indicates the maximum number of people who can fit in a stadium. The columns to the right list the stadiums by capacity in their different uses. The first column shows how much space in square metres each stadium has to accommodate those people.

For example, the new Wembley is 659.1 m2 (the space available to seat 65,936 people) which has increased by 21% since it opened in 2026. Nowadays we can easily measure these things, and so we have a good idea of how much space the average citizen has.

But this is a crude measure. As we will see, some stadiums are bigger than the city that they are in, some have bigger parks within them than others, and some cover a smaller proportion of the urban area than others. For example, let's say you measured the area where the average home for Arsenal supporters lives. It may be very remote from where the stadium is located, and certainly the majority of the fans live in the city centre or at least within a couple of miles of it. How many people could fit in this area?

You need to account for that. And the more remote the stadium is from the 'average' supporter, the more it will affect your answer. This is not something you can really model with certainty, but you can use population figures to get an idea of how big the areas are that the average Arsenal supporter lives in.

Let's see how we get to the most spacious stadium in the world. Now we need to find out what population they have, and we can see that there are some very interesting numbers that might help. The UK National Records Association (NRA) provides us with one such set of data, collected as part of the United Kingdom Census 2026, which was the first census to include a direct question about support for an English football team. In short, they asked people whether they supported Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Everton, Leeds United, Newcastle United, Liverpool, Aston Villa, or Tottenham Hotspur.

What is the largest stadium in Morocco?

That question may be difficult to answer.

It can also be an even tougher subject to explain if you look to the many stadiums we have visited in our travels across Africa, Europe, and North America. However, after examining several facilities of varying size and use it becomes clear that many nations have been willing to work to create a world-class facility for their teams.

One such nation is Morocco. The North African nation has a proud football history. In 1982, Morocco achieved its first and only World Cup qualification on the back of their domestic success as a result of being crowned African champions for the first time. They made it to the quarterfinals with an impressive 3-2 victory over Poland, though in a tournament where only one side could make it to the quarterfinals. They were beaten 4-0 by Brazil in Morocco's most exciting match.

Morocco was drawn into the second-tier African Confederation tournament. After narrowly avoiding being knocked out by a strong Senegal side on the final day of the second leg, the North Africans took down Zambia 1-0. Then, in 1985, they became African champions for the first time since becoming a nation by advancing all the way to the World Cup finals. There, the country was eliminated by England and France in the group stage after two very close matches both won by Les Bleus. Their best moment in the tournament came when Abdelhamid Mehrad and Mouloud Werr completed a stoppage time, 2-1 home win over the mighty Brazil. That goal remains the first major triumph in the club history of Raja Casablanca.

During this period, the club took its current name. From 1976, to 1992, the Moroccan team was called Le Ouled Sidi Hamza, named after the great African footballer who became their president. It was his son, Moulay Abdelhamid, who purchased the first soccer kit and was able to train the local kids. This training method served the country well, especially after Morocco entered the CAF competition in 1986 and managed to qualify twice, only to be ousted from the cup by their closest friends Zambia at the later stages. That same year, the Moroccan team finished in the top three to receive the African Nations Championship title. The third place match went against Zambia. It was the first time that a CAF title was contested.