[7] It is built to host the 1967 Mediterranean Games at the same time as the Olympic swimming pool and gymnasium.

Tunisia's three major football teams, ES Tunis, Club Africain and Stade Tunisien played their games there.

[8] The VIP section consists of a grandstand and 2 salons that can accommodate 300 people in a "cocktail" configuration.

The stadium hosted the matches of Tunisia national football team until the inauguration of the Stade 7 November in Radès in 2001.

Popstar Michael Jackson performed his first and only concert in Tunisia, at this stadium during his HIStory World Tour on 7 October 1996, in front of 60,000 fans.