[1] The stadium is the main venue of the Air Defense Sport Village.

The stadium has a capacity of 30,000[2] and it is one of the venues of the Egyptian Premier League.

It is the home ground of the Egyptian Premier League side Pyramids F.C.

Twenty-eight football fans died on 8 February 2015 in a confrontation with the police at the gates of Egyptian stadium during a league match between two Cairo clubs, Zamalek SC and ENPPI.

[3][4] Most of the dead were crushed to death and suffocated when the crowd stampeded after police used tear gas to clear the fans trying to force their way into the stadium.