Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor

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Léopold Sédar Senghor Stadium, formerly theStade de l'Amitie (English:Friendship Stadium), is amulti-purpose stadium inDakar,Senegal.It is currently used mostly forfootball matches. It serves as a home ground ofASC Jeanne d'Arc and theSenegal 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 afterLéopold Sédar Senghor, first president of Senegal (from 1960 to 1980).

Léopold Senghor Stadium
Construction
Stade Léopold Senghor
Leopold Senghor Stadium during anAfrican 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 vsNigeria, 12 January 1992)
Surface	Grass
Opened	1985
Renovated	2022–2025
Tenants
Senegal national football team

The stadium's record attendance of 75,000 was set in 1992, in anassociation football match between the national football teams of Senegal and Nigeria.^[2]

Overview

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The stadium hosted the final match of the1992 African Cup of Nations and the1998 African Championships in Athletics.

In 2006 Norwegian bandA-ha are one of the artists to perform at Football for Africa, Dakar, Senegal. This charity event, organised byPlan 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 betweenNorway andSenegal. The concert lasts for around 3 hours and features other international artists such asLauryn Hill,Patti Smith,Youssou N'Dour,Angelique Kidjo andAlpha Blondy plus Norwegian artistsMorten Abel andMira Craig.^[3]

On 13 October 2012, a2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match between Senegal andIvory Coast was abandoned due to rioting at the stadium.^[4] Senegal were disqualified from the tournament as a result.^[5]