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The Mandela National Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Uganda. It is named after the South African then-President and anti-apartheid icon, Nelson Mandela.[3] The stadium's record attendance of 50,000 was set in 2004, in a football match between the national football teams of Uganda and South Africa.[4]

Mandela National Stadium

Namboole Stadium
Mandela National Stadium Location within Uganda
Full name	Mandela National Stadium
Former names	Namboole National Stadium
Location	Bweyogerere Kira Municipality Central Region Uganda
Coordinates	00°20′52″N 32°39′33″E[1]
Capacity	45,202[2]
Surface	Grass
Construction
Opened	1997[2]
Construction cost	US$36 Million[2]
Main contractors	Chinese construction company
Tenants
Uganda national football team SC Villa
Website
Homepage

Location

The stadium is located on Namboole Hill in Bweyogerere Ward, Kira Municipality, Wakiso District. The stadium is approximately 10 kilometres (6.2 mi), by road, east of the central business district of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city.[5]

Overview

Mandela National Stadium is mainly used for soccer matches, although other sports such as athletics are also practised. The stadium has a seating capacity of 45,202.[2] The stadium is home to the Uganda national football team, known as the Uganda Cranes.[6]

A committee of the Ugandan parliament reported in 2015 that the stadium was on the verge of financial collapse, claiming that the stadium had suffered from more than a decade of "mismanagement and wanton abuse" and incurred losses totaling UGX:3.6 billion.[7] Running the stadium profitably in a private-public partnership arrangement remains a challenge.[8]

History

The stadium was built with a grant of US$36 million from the People's Republic of China (PRC). Originally it was called Namboole Stadium, getting its name from the hill on which it was built. It is now officially called Mandela National Stadium, named after the former South African president, Nelson Mandela. It was opened in 1997 with a concert by Lucky Dube, a reggae artist from South Africa.[2] The stadium was refurbished in 2010–11, with a US$2.8 million grant from the PRC.[9]

See also

• List of African stadiums by capacity
• List of stadiums in Africa

References

External links

• Photo at cafe.daum.net/stade
• Photo at worldstadiums.com
• Photo at fussballtempel.net
• Photo at pbase.com

На других языках

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- [en] Mandela National Stadium

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[fr] Mandela National Stadium

Le Mandela National Stadium est un stade omnisports ougandais (servant principalement pour le football) situé à Bweyogerere, dans la banlieue est de Kampala[3], la capitale du pays.

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[ru] Мандела (стадион)

Национальный стадион Мандела (англ. Mandela National Stadium), ранее Намбуле (англ. Namboole Stadium) — многоцелевой стадион в Уганде. Назван в честь бывшего президента Южной Африки, борца против апартеида Нельсона Манделы[1]. Рекорд посещаемости стадиона — 50 000 человек — был установлен в 2004 году на футбольном матче между национальными футбольными командами Уганды и Южной Африки[2].

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