Stade Mohammed V

Mohammed V Stadium
ملعب محمد الخامس
	The stadium on a matchday
Former names	Stade Marcel Cerdan (1955–1956); Stade d'Honneur (1956–1981);
Location	Rue al-Azrak Ahmed, Maârif, Casablanca, Morocco
Owner	The City of Casablanca
Capacity	45,891
Record attendance	110,000 Casablanca derby (1997); Morocco vs Ghana (1997); Morocco v Argentina;
Field size	105 m × 68 m
Surface	Grass
Construction
Opened	6 March 1955
Renovated	1981, 2000, 2007, July 2015
Tenants
	Raja Casablanca (1955–present); Wydad Casablanca (1955–present); Morocco national football team;

The Mohammed V Stadium (Arabic: ملعب محمد الخامس, French: Stade Mohammed V) is a multi-purpose stadium which is part of the Mohammed V Athletic Complex (المركب الرياضي محمد الخامس) which is named after King Mohammed V and situated at the heart of Casablanca, Morocco, in the western part of the Maârif neighborhood. The stadium has a seating capacity of 45,891, and is the oldest football stadium in Morocco.

It primarily hosts association football matches, serving as the home ground of the Morocco national football team and local rival football clubs Wydad AC and Raja CA. In 1997, the stadium set a record of attendance of 110,000 during the Casablanca football derby and a match between the Moroccan national team against Ghana. The same record attendance was repeated during Morocco's match against Argentina in 2004.

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