[5] In late 1959, a delegation from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation called upon then Prime Minister Abd al-Karim Qasim.

It was assigning a percentage of the steady grant of oil that is owned by the foundation to build projects in Baghdad.

It had an athletics track covered with Tartan, lighting towers with the height of 55 meters and the total area of the park is 40,000m² with the capacity of 4,000 cars.

[6] The complex had two training stadiums, basketball, volleyball, handball and tennis fields and also it contained an Olympic swimming pool.

[10] On 9 April 2003, Al-Sha'ab stadium was severely damaged when it got bombed by the U.S. Air Force during the Battle of Baghdad (2003).

[11] Therefore, in April 2004, the Coalition Provisional Authority Chief Administrator, Paul Bremer, announced that $3 million would be given to renovate Al-Sha'ab Stadium and to make it in a good condition for hosting different sports.

[12] The stadium was officially reopened on 12 June 2005, being ready to host some of the 2004–05 Iraqi Premier League matches.

[13] Iraq national football team could not play in Al-Sha'ab stadium from 2005 to 2009 because of the Iraqi Civil War.

[14] Companies started the renovation of Al-Sha'ab stadium on 2 March 2010 with a cost of $3,966,000 from the expense of the Prime Minister of Iraqi Kurdistan Nechervan Barzani.

The past Iraqi President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr was represented by Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri in the opening ceremony on 23 March 1979.

[3] Al Shorta were awarded in the stadium, being one of the two Iraqi teams who ever won the Arab Club Champions Cup competition.

[26] Al-Sha'ab stadium hosted the matches of Group 1 for the 1980 Asian Olympic Qualifying Tournaments, where Round 1 ended with Iraq in the top of the league and Kuwait in 2nd place.

In the first half, Iraq were the better side, but because of the slippery ground, the Iraqi defense made some mistakes resulting in a goal for Qatar from Saleh Al-Muhaza in the 18th minute.

[32] In the 85th minute, Qatar equalized the score, after the Iraqi audience at Al-Shaab Stadium were sure of their national team claiming the win, by Adel Khamis.