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The Stade des Martyrs de la Pentecôte (Martyrs of Pentecost Stadium), also known as simply the Stade des Martyrs and formerly known as Stade Kamanyola, is a national stadium located in the town of Lingwala in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is mainly used for football matches and has organised many concerts and athletics competitions.

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Stade des Martyrs

Former names	Kamanyola Stadium (1994-1997)
Location	Kinshasa, Congo DR
Capacity	80,000 (100,000 for domestic league games)
Surface	Synthetic Lawn
Construction
Broke ground	October 14, 1988
Built	October 14, 1993
Opened	September 14, 1994
Construction cost	US$38,000,000
Tenants
Congo DR national football team AS Vita Club and DC Motema Pembe for African Competition

It is the home stadium of the National Team of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the AS Vita Club and DC Motema Pembe of Championship Democratic Republic of the Congo football. The stadium has a capacity of 80,000 for international matches and 100,000 for national matches.[1]

History

The Stade des Martyrs was originally called Stade Kamanyola. Construction began on October 14, 1988 and ended on October 14, 1993. It replaced the former National Stadium, the Stade Tata Raphael.^{[citation needed]}

In 1997, the stadium was renamed "Stade des Martyrs de la Pentecôte" in memory of four ministers purged by Mobutu Sese Seko and hanged at the site on 2 June 1966: Évariste Kimba, Jérôme Anany, Emmanuel Bamba, and Alexandre Mahamba.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Stade Cardinal Malula

References

External links

• Photos at cafe.daum.net/stade
• Photos at worldstadiums.com
• Stadium information
• Stadium picture
• Photo at fussballtempel.net

На других языках

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[de] Stade des Martyrs

Das Stade des Martyrs (Märtyrerstadion) ist ein Multifunktionsstadion in der kongolesischen Hauptstadt Kinshasa. Es hat eine Kapazität von 80.000 Plätzen und wird vornehmlich für Fußballspiele der Vereine Daring Club Motema Pembe und Inter Kinshasa genutzt.

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- [en] Stade des Martyrs

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[es] Estadio de los Mártires

El Estadio de los Mártires (en francés: Stade des Martyrs de la Pentecôte) y anteriormente conocido como Stade Kamanyola es un estadio multiusos de Lingwala, Kinsasa, la capital de la República Democrática del Congo. Se utiliza principalmente para los partidos de fútbol y ha organizado numerosos conciertos y competiciones de atletismo, debido a la pista de atletismo profesional que posee.

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[fr] Stade des Martyrs

Le stade des Martyrs de la Pentecôte ou simplement stade des Martyrs (anciennement connu sous le nom de stade Kamanyola) est un stade omnisports national situé dans la commune de Kinshasa à Kinshasa en République démocratique du Congo. Il est surtout utilisé pour les rencontres de football, mais on y organise aussi des concerts et des compétitions d'athlétisme.

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[ru] Стад де Мартир

Стад де Мартир де ля Пентекот (фр. Stade des Martyrs de la Pentecote) — спортивный стадион, расположенный в городе Киншаса, столице ДР Конго. Вместимость — 80 тысяч зрителей. Предназначен для футбольных матчей и концертов. На нём играют матчи клубы «Мотема Пембе» и «Вита», а также национальная сборная. Стадион считается одним из лучших в Африке и третьим по вместимости[1].

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