It is used by the football team Étoile du Sahel, and was used for the 2004 African Cup of Nations.

It hosts within it the meetings played by the football team of the city: Étoile Sportive du Sahel (ESS).

The stadium has yet to be expanded to reach the capacity of 49,000 seats after the announcement the president of the club Moez Driss in 2008.

In November 2017, on a visit to the President of the Republic, Beji Caid Essebsi, to Sousse, he gave an indication of the beginning of the expansion of the stadium and thus in March 2019, in order to be able to accommodate 40,000 spectators instead of 28,000.

It hosted all the matches of Group C. The games were: Stade Olympique de Sousse served as a venue for the tournament.