Stade Demba Diop
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Stade Demba Diop is a multi-use stadium in greater Dakar, Senegal. It is situated on Boulevard Président Habib Bourguiba in Sicap-Liberté, an urban arrondissement of Dakar.
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[edit] History
Built in 1963, the stadium was later named after Demba Diop, former mayor of M'bour and Minister of Youth and Sport under President Léopold Sédar Senghor. Diop was assassinated on 3 February 1967.
[edit] Facilities
The stadium holds 15,000 people and its current surface is synthetic turf.
[edit] Events
The stadium is currently used mostly for football matches and serves as a home ground of US Ouakam and ASC Xam Xam. It is also used for concerts, political gatherings, and Senegalese wrestling matches.
[edit] See also
- ASC Xam Xam
- Sport in Sénégal
- Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor
[edit] References
- This article is largely based on a translation of the French Wikipedia's fr:Stade Demba Diop.
[edit] External links
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