Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor
Football stadium in Dakar, Senegal / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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).
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Stade Léopold Senghor | |
Full name | Léopold Sédar Senghor Stadium |
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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 |
Construction | |
Opened | 1985 |
Renovated | 2022–present |
Tenants | |
Senegal national football team |
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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]