Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor

Football stadium in Dakar, Senegal

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Léopold Senghor Stadium
Construction
Stade Léopold Senghor
Leopold Senghor Stadium during an African Cup of Nations qualification match

Full name	Léopold Sédar Senghor Stadium
Former names	Stade de l'Amitié
Location	Route de l’Aéroport de Yoff, Dakar
Capacity	60,000^[1] (80,000 maximum allowed for domestic games)
Record attendance	75,000 (Senegal vs Nigeria, 12 January 1992)
Surface	Grass
Opened	1985
Renovated	2022–present
Tenants
Senegal national football team

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).

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.

In 2006 Norwegian band A-ha are one of the artists to perform at Football for Africa, Dakar, Senegal. This charity event, organised by Plan International in co-operation with Norwegian TV2 and the Norwegian Football association, takes place at the football stadium (capacity 50,000) after the football match between Norway and Senegal. The concert lasts for around 3 hours and features other international artists such as Lauryn Hill, Patti Smith, Youssou N'Dour, Angelique Kidjo and Alpha Blondy plus Norwegian artists Morten Abel and Mira Craig. ^[3]

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.^[4] Senegal were disqualified from the tournament as a result.^[5]

References

^ "Orange-Info.sn". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-06-09.
^ "Senegal national football team statistics and records: attendances". www.11v11.com. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
^ "A-ha diary 1984 - now".
^ "Fan riot halts Senegal-Ivory Coast football match". BBC News. BBC. 13 October 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
^ "Senegal banned from Nations Cup after riot". BBC Sport. BBC. 16 October 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2012.