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Sheikh Mohamed Laghdaf Stadium

multi-use stadium in Laayoune, Western Sahara

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 12, 2026
Entity authorityQ2742243 ↗
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Sheikh Mohamed Laghdaf Stadium (Arabic: ملعب الشيخ محمد لغضف) is a multi-use stadium located in Laayoune, Western Sahara, occupied by Morocco. It is used mostly for football matches. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 15,000 people and is home the JS Massira football club of Laayoune who plays in the Moroccan championship Botola.

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Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current 54-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1984. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Sheikh, Mohamed and Laghdaf providing the first useful test.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 12, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2742243. Authority coordinates are 27.146, -13.192. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.

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This entry incorporates text from “Sheikh Mohamed Laghdaf Stadium” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.