Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor

Léopold Sédar Senghor Stadium, formerly the Stade de l'Amitie, is a multi-purpose stadium in Dakar, Senegal. It is currently used mostly for football matches. It serves as a home ground of ASC Jeanne d'Arc and the Senegal national football team. It also has an athletics track, and is sometimes used for rugby union. The stadium holds 80,000. It was built in 1985 and named after Léopold Sédar Senghor, first president of Senegal (from 1960 to 1980).

Léopold Senghor Stadium
Leopold Senghor Stadium during an African Cup of Nations qualification match
Full nameLéopold Sédar Senghor Stadium
Former namesStade de l'Amitié
LocationRoute de l’Aéroport de Yoff, Dakar
Capacity60,000[1] (80,000 maximum allowed for domestic games)
SurfaceGrass
Opened1985
Tenants
Senegal national football team

The stadium's record attendance of 75,000 was set in 1992, in an association football match between the national football teams of Senegal and Nigeria.[2]

Overview

The stadium hosted the final match of the 1992 African Cup of Nations and the 1998 African Championships in Athletics.

On 13 October 2012, a 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match between Senegal and Ivory Coast was abandoned due to rioting at the stadium.[3] Senegal were disqualified from the tournament as a result.[4]

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-06-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. https://www.11v11.com/teams/senegal/tab/stats/option/attendances/
  3. "Fan riot halts Senegal-Ivory Coast football match". BBC News. BBC. 13 October 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  4. "Senegal banned from Nations Cup after riot". BBC Sport. BBC. 16 October 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2012.

Preceded by
Stade 5 Juillet 1962
Algiers		 African Cup of Nations
Final Venue
1992		 Succeeded by
Stade El Menzah
Tunis


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