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Martyrs of February Stadium

بنينا, Italy

Benina Martyrs Stadium (Arabic: ملعب شهداء بنينة), until 2011 officially named Hugo Chávez Football Stadium (Arabic: ملعب هوغو شافيز), is a Libyan football stadium located in Benina, a town 19 km east of Benghazi. The stadium was constructed by the same company that built the Brita-Arena in Germany.

The stadium holds 10,550 people. This is Libya's first all-seater stadium. The stadium is used by most Benghazi clubs, and may be used by the national team as well. The surface of the pitch is artificial. The pitch's dimensions are 105m x 68m. The cost of construction of the stadium was around LYD 20 million.

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