List of African stadiums by capacity

The following is an incomplete list of sports stadiums in Africa. They are in order by their capacity, that is the maximum number of spectators the stadium can accommodate. Most large stadiums in Africa are used for football (soccer), with some also used for athletics and rugby union. Currently all African stadiums with a capacity of 25,000 or more are included. Soccer City in Johannesburg is currently the largest stadium in Africa since its capacity was increased to 94,700 for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. This event, which took place in June–July, was the first time an African country has hosted the World Cup. The Olympic Games have never been staged in Africa.

At a construction cost of $600 million, the Cape Town Stadium, located in the legislative capital of South Africa is the most expensive stadium in Africa. The stadium, which is often referred to as the “Green Point Stadium” because it sits on the piece land that previously housed the Green Point stadium, was constructed by an indigenous company, Murray & Roberts Construction Company.[1]

Current stadiums

Capacity of 25,000 or more

Rank Stadium Capacity City Country Tenants Images
1 New Administrative Capital Stadium 93,940 New Administrative Capital  Egypt Egypt national football team
2 FNB Stadium 93,736 Johannesburg  South Africa South Africa national football team, Kaizer Chiefs FC
3 Borg el-Arab Stadium 86,000 Alexandria  Egypt Egypt national football team
4 Stade du 5 Juillet 85,000 Algiers  Algeria Algeria national football team, MC Alger
5 Stade des Martyrs 80,000 Kinshasa  DR Congo DR Congo national football team
6 Cairo International Stadium 75,000 Cairo  Egypt Egypt national football team, Al Ahly, Zamalek
7 Ibn Batouta Stadium 65,000 Tangier  Morocco Morocco national football team, Ittihad Tanger,
8 Ellis Park Stadium 62,567 Johannesburg  South Africa Lions, Golden Lions, South Africa national rugby team
9 Abuja Stadium 60,491 Abuja  Nigeria Nigeria national football team
10 Hammadi Agrebi Stadium 60,000 Radès  Tunisia Tunisia national football team, Club Africain, Espérance de Tunis
11 Alassane Ouattara Stadium 60,000 Abidjan  Ivory Coast Ivory Coast national football team
12 Stade Municipal de Kintélé 60,000 Brazzaville  Congo Congo national football team
13 National Stadium 60,000 Dar es-Salaam  Tanzania Tanzania national football team
14 Paul Biya Stadium 60,000 Yaoundé  Cameroon Cameroon national football team
15 Heroes National Stadium 60,000 Lusaka  Zambia Zambia national football team
16 Odi Stadium 60,000 Mabopane  South Africa Garankuwa United
17 National Sports Stadium 60,000 Harare  Zimbabwe Zimbabwe national football team
18 Moi International Sports Centre 60,000 Nairobi  Kenya Kenya national football team
19 Stade Leopold Senghor 60,000 Dakar  Senegal Senegal national football team, ASC Jeanne d'Arc
20 Bahir Dar Stadium 60,000 Bahir Dar  Ethiopia Ethiopia national football team
21 Mmabatho Stadium 59,000 Mafikeng  South Africa
22 Cape Town Stadium 58,310 Cape Town  South Africa Stormers, Western Province, South Africa national rugby team , Cape Town City
23 May 19 Stadium 56,000 Annaba  Algeria USM Annaba
24 Moses Mabhida Stadium 55,500 Durban  South Africa AmaZulu FC
25 Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium 53,000 (closed since 2023) Rabat  Morocco AS FAR, Morocco national football team
26 Kings Park Stadium 52,000 Durban  South Africa Sharks, Sharks (Currie Cup), South Africa national rugby team
27 Loftus Versfeld Stadium 51,762 Pretoria  South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns, Bulls, Blue Bulls, South Africa national rugby team
28 Newlands Stadium 51,100 (closed since 2020) Cape Town  South Africa
29 Hocine-Ait Ahmed Stadium 50,766 Tizi Ouzou  Algeria Algeria national football team, JS Kabylie
30 Estádio 11 de Novembro 50,000 Luanda  Angola Angola national football team, Petro Luanda
31 Stade Tata Raphaël 50,000 Kinshasa  DR Congo AS Vita Club, DC Motema Pembe
32 Japoma Stadium 50,000 Douala  Cameroon Union Douala, New Star de Douala, Astres FC
33 Tripoli Stadium 50,000 Tripoli  Libya Libya national football team, Al-Ahly, Al-Ittihad, Al-Madina
34 Estádio da Cidadela 50,000 Luanda  Angola Petro Atletico, Sport Luanda e Benfica, Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto
35 Kamuzu Stadium 50,000 Blantyre  Malawi Malawi national football team
36 Diamniadio Olympic Stadium 50,000 Dakar  Senegal Senegal national football team
37 Stade 26 mars 50,000 Bamako  Mali Mali national football team, Stade Malien
38 Levy Mwanawasa Stadium 49,800 Ndola  Zambia Zambia national football team, ZESCO United
39 Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium 48,459 Port Elizabeth  South Africa Southern Kings, Eastern Province Elephants, South Africa Sevens
40 Peter Mokaba Stadium 46,000 Polokwane  South Africa South Africa national football team
41 Free State Stadium 46,000 Bloemfontein  South Africa Cheetahs, Free State Cheetahs, South Africa national rugby team
42 Stade Mohammed V 45,891 Casablanca  Morocco Morocco national football team, Raja CA, Wydad AC
43 Adrar Stadium 45,480 Agadir  Morocco Hassania Agadir
44 Marrakesh Stadium 45,240 Marrakech  Morocco Kawkab Marrakech
45 Mandela National Stadium 45,202 Kampala  Uganda Uganda Revenue Authority FC, Uganda Police FC, Uganda national football team
46 Stade du 24-février-1956 45,000 Sidi Bel Abbes  Algeria USM Bel Abbès
47 Stade El Menzah 45,000 Tunis  Tunisia Tunisia national football team
48 Egyptian Army Stadium 45,000 Suez  Egypt Petrojet
49 Fez Stadium 45,000 Fes  Morocco Maghreb Fez
50 Félix Houphouët-Boigny Stadium 45,000 Abidjan  Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas
51 Al-Hilal Stadium 45,000 Omdurman  Sudan Al-Hilal
52 Rufaro Stadium 45,000 Harare  Zimbabwe Dynamos FC
53 Mbombela Stadium 43,500 Mbombela  South Africa Pumas (Currie Cup)
54 Al-Merrikh Stadium 43,000 Omdurman  Sudan Sudan national football team, Al-Merrikh
55 Estádio do Zimpeto 42,000 Maputo  Mozambique 2011 All-Africa Games
56 Royal Bafokeng Stadium 42,000 Rustenburg  South Africa Platinum Stars
57 Stade Omar Bongo 41,000 Libreville  Gabon Gabon national football team
58 Nelson Mandela Stadium 40,784 Baraki  Algeria Algeria national football team
59 Baba Yara Stadium 40,528 Kumasi  Ghana Asante Kotoko, King Faisal Babes
60 Miloud Hadefi Stadium 40,143 Oran  Algeria Algeria national football team, MC Oran
61 Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo 40,122 Yaoundé  Cameroon Canon Yaoundé, Tonnerre Yaoundé
62 Mustapha Tchaker Stadium 40,000 Blida  Algeria Algeria national football team, USM Blida
63 Stade Olympique de Sousse 40,000 Sousse  Tunisia Étoile du Sahel
64 Ali La Pointe Stadium 40,000 Algiers  Algeria MC Alger
65 Bingu National Stadium 40,090 Lilongwe  Malawi Malawi national football team
66 Ahmed Zabana Stadium 40,000 Oran  Algeria MC Oran, Algeria national rugby team
67 CCM Kirumba Stadium 40,000 Mwanza  Tanzania Toto African
68 March 28 Stadium 40,000 Benghazi  Libya Libya national football team, Al-Ahly, Al-Nasr, Al-Tahaddy
69 Accra Sports Stadium 40,000 Accra  Ghana Accra Hearts of Oak Sporting Club, Great Olympics
70 Stade d'Angondjé 40,000 Libreville  Gabon Gabon national football team
71 Thohoyandou Stadium 40,000 Thohoyandou  South Africa Black Leopards
72 Stade de la Paix 40,000 Bouaké  Ivory Coast ASC Bouaké
73 Orlando Stadium 40,000 Soweto  South Africa Orlando Pirates
74 Barbourfields Stadium 40,000 Bulawayo  Zimbabwe Highlanders FC
75 Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium 38,000 Port Harcourt  Nigeria Dolphins FC
76 Johannesburg Stadium 37,500 Johannesburg  South Africa Orlando Pirates
77 National Stadium 36,000 Freetown  Sierra Leone Sierra Leone national football team, East End Lions, Mighty Blackpool, Ports Authority F.C.
78 Estadio de Bata 35,700 Bata  Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea national football team
79 Stade Rouibah-Hocine 35,000 Jijel  Algeria JS Djijel
80 Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium 35,000 Cairo  Egypt Al-Mokawloon al-Arab
81 Estádio da Machava 35,000 Maputo  Mozambique Mozambique national football team
82 Charles Mopeli Stadium 35,000 Phuthaditjhaba  South Africa Free State Stars
83 Stade Général Seyni Kountché 35,000 Niamey  Niger Niger national football team, Sahel SC
84 Tigray Stadium 35,000 Mekelle  Ethiopia Mekelle 70 Enderta, Shire Endaselassie, Dedebit FC
85 Stade Modibo Kéïta 35,000 Bamako  Mali AS Real Bamako
86 Muhammadu Dikko Stadium 35,000 Katsina  Nigeria Katsina United
87 Complexo da Sr. da Graça 35,000 Benguela  Angola Primeiro de Maio
88 Mogadishu Stadium 35,000 Mogadishu  Somalia Somalia national football team, Moqadishu,
89 Wanderers Stadium 34,000 Johannesburg  South Africa Highveld Lions cricket team, Transvaal cricket team, South Africa national cricket team
90 Athlone Stadium 34,000 Cape Town  South Africa Chippa United, Santos Cape Town
91 Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat 33,037 Brazzaville  Congo CARA Brazzaville, Etoile du Congo
92 Addis Ababa Stadium 35,000 Addis Ababa  Ethiopia St. George, Ethiopian Coffee, Ethiopia national football team
93 Olympia Stadium 32,000 Rustenburg  South Africa South Africa national football team, South Africa national rugby team
94 Stade 20 Août 1955 30,000 Skikda  Algeria JSM Skikda
95 Ahmed Kaïd Stadium 30,000 Tiaret  Algeria JSM Tiaret
96 Stade Tahar Zoughari 30,000 Relizane  Algeria RC Relizane
97 Godswill Akpabio International Stadium 30,000 Uyo  Nigeria Nigeria national football team, Akwa United
98 Stade du 4-août 30,000 Ouagadougou  Burkina Faso Burkina Faso national football team, Etoile Filante Ouagadougou
99 Jalingo City Stadium 30,000 Jalingo  Nigeria Taraba FC
100 Stade Amahoro 30,000 Kigali  Rwanda Amavubi
101 Nyayo National Stadium 30,000 Nairobi  Kenya Kenya national football team, A.F.C. Leopards, Sofapaka
102 Independence Stadium 30,000 Bakau  Gambia Gambia national football team
103 Kambarage Stadium 30,000 Shinyanga  Tanzania Kahama United
104 Rand Stadium 30,000 Johannesburg  South Africa South Africa national football team, Kaizer Chiefs FC
105 Stade Municipal 30,000 Ouagadougou  Burkina Faso Santos Football Club
106 Stade Municipal 30,000 Bobo-Dioulasso  Burkina Faso Association Sportive des Fonctionnaires de Bobo, Racing Club de Bobo
107 Stade de la Réunification 30,000 Douala  Cameroon Union Douala, Les Astres FC
108 Jamhuri Stadium 30,000 Dodoma  Tanzania JKT Ruvu Stars
109 Gombani Stadium 30,000 Chake-Chake  Tanzania
110 Beni Ebeid Stadium 30,000 Beni Ebeid  Egypt Beni Ebeid
111 Al-Salam Stadium 30,000 Cairo  Egypt El-Entag el-Harby
112 30 June Stadium 30,000 Cairo  Egypt Egypt national football team
113 Independence Stadium 30,000 Lusaka  Zambia Green Buffaloes, Zambia national football team
114 Nakivubo Stadium 30,000 Kampala  Uganda Simba FC, KCCA FC
115 Stade Larbi Zaouli 30,000 Casablanca  Morocco Tihad Sportif Casablanca
116 Maji-Maji Stadium 30,000 Songea  Tanzania
117 Hargeisa Stadium 30,000 Hargeisa  Somalia
118 Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium 28,900 Pretoria  South Africa Supersport United, Mamelodi Sundowns
119 Cairo Military Academy Stadium 28,500 Cairo  Egypt Wadi Degla
120 Stade Municipal 28,000 Kenitra  Morocco KAC Kénitra
121 Francistown Stadium 27,000 Francistown  Botswana Botswana national football team, TAFIC
122 Suez Stadium 27,000 Suez  Egypt Montakhab Suez, Petrojet
123 Woldiya Stadium 25,155 Weldiya  Ethiopia Woldia SC
124 Botswana National Stadium 25,000 Gaborone  Botswana Township Rollers, Gaborone United
125 Stade Messaoud Zougar 25,000 El-Euma  Algeria MC El-Euma
126 Stade du 8-mai-1945 25,000 Sétif  Algeria ES Sétif
127 Stade du 28 Septembre 25,000 Conakry  Guinea Guinea national football team
128 Awassa Kenema Stadium 25,000 Awassa  Ethiopia Awassa City FC
129 Obafemi Awolowo Stadium 25,000 Ibadan  Nigeria Nigeria national football team
130 Civo Stadium 25,000 Lilongwe  Malawi Civo United
131 Independence Stadium 25,000 Windhoek  Namibia Namibia national football team
132 Kingsmead Cricket Ground 25,000 Durban  South Africa Dolphins (cricket team)
133 Newlands Cricket Ground 25,000 Cape Town  South Africa Cape Cobras
134 HM Pitje Stadium 25,000 Tshwane  South Africa South Africa national football team
135 PAM Brink Stadium 25,000 Gauteng  South Africa
136 Stade de Kégué 25,000 Lomé  Togo Togo national football team
137 Abebe Bikila Stadium 25,000 Addis Ababa  Ethiopia

Algeria below 25,000 capacity

Rank Stadium Capacity City Home Team Opened
1 Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui 22,986 Constantine CS Constantine 5 July 1973
2 Stade de l’Unité africaine 22,000 Mascara GC Mascara 11 December 1986
3 Stade 1er-novembre-1954 20,000 Batna CA Batna & MSP Batna 1979
4 Stade Habib-Bouakeul 20,000 Oran ASM Oran & SCM Oran 1927
5 Stade du 20-août-1955 20,000 Béchar JS Saoura 1953
6 Stade du 20-août-1955 20,000 Bordj Bou Arréridj CA Bordj Bou Arreridj
7 Stade olympique de Mohamed-Boumezrag 18,000 Chlef ASO Chlef
8 Stade Mohamed-Bensaïd 18,000 Mostaganem ES Mostaganem & WA Mostaganem 1990
9 Stade de l’Unité maghrébine 18,000 Béjaïa MO Béjaïa & JSM Béjaïa 1987
10 Stade 1er-novembre-1954 18,000 Tizi Ouzou JS Kabylie 12 March 1978
11 Stade du-13-février 18,000 Ouargla AHM Hassi Messaoud November 1992
12 Stade du 4-mars-1956 17,250 Tébessa US Tébessa 1992
13 Stade Omar-Hamadi 17,000 Bologhine USM Alger 20 October 1921
14 Stade Abdelkrim-Kerroum 15,000 Sig CC Sig 19 June 2022
15 Stade Imam-Lyes 15,000 Médéa Olympique de Médéa
16 Stade Boudjemaa-Souidani 15,000 Guelma ES Guelma 1986
17 Stade Mokhtar-Badji 15,000 Souk Ahras ES Souk Ahras 17 June 1985
18 Stade Rabah-Bitat 15,000 Bouira MB Bouira 2004
19 Stade Zakaria-Medjdoub 15,000 El Bayadh MC El Bayadh
20 Stade Omar-Benrabah 14,150 Dar El Beïda Paradou AC & CRB Dar el-Beïda
21 Stade Ramadane-Ben-Abdelmalek 13,000 Constantine MO Constantine 1948
22 Stade du 20-août-1955 12,000 Algiers CR Belouizdad 1930
23 Stade Salem-Mabrouki 12,000 Rouïba WO Rouïba
24 Stade Omar-Oucief 11,500 Aïn Témouchent CR Témouchent 1 July 2009
25 Stade des Frères-Brakni 10,000 Blida USM Blida 1902
26 Stade du 5-juillet-1962 10,000 Hadjout USMM Hadjout 1924
27 Meflah Aoued Stadium 10,000 Mascara OR Mascara 1925
28 Stade municipal Colonel-Chabou-Abdelkader 10,000 Annaba Hamra Annaba 23 May 1937
29 Stade Lahouari-Benahmed 10,000 Oran RCG Oran
30 Stade Abderrahmene-Bensaci 10,000 Merouana AB Merouana
31 Stade des Frères-Demane-Debbih 10,000 Aïn M'lila AS Aïn M'lila
32 Stade du 1er-novembre-1954 10,000 Algiers USM el-Harrach 1930
33 Stade Mohamed-Benhaddad 10,000 Kouba RC Kouba 19 June 1949
34 Stade olympique de Koléa 10,000 Koléa
35 Stade du 11-décembre-1961 10,000 Chelghoum Laïd HB Chelghoum Laïd

Angola below 25,000 capacity

Rank Stadium City Capacity Home Team
1 Estádio Nacional da Tundavala Lubango 20,000 N/A
2 Estádio Nacional do Chiazi Cabinda 20,000 N/A
3 Campo Mário Santiago Luanda 18,000 Progresso do Sambizanga
4 Estádio do Santos Viana 17,000 Santos Futebol Clube
5 Estádio do Ferroviário da Huíla Lubango 15,000 Desportivo da Huíla
6 Estádio 4 de Janeiro Uíge 12,000 ASK Dragão, Santa Rita de Cássia
7 Estádio dos Coqueiros Luanda 12,000 Kabuscorp
8 Estádio Nossa Senhora do Monte Lubango 12,000 Clube Desportivo da Huila
9 Estádio dos Kurikutelas Huambo 10,000 Ferroviário do Huambo, J.G.M.
10 Estádio Joaquim Dinis Luanda 10,000 Atlético Sport Aviação

Angola below 25,000 capacity indoor stadiums

Rank Arena Date built Capacity Tenant/use
1 Pavilhão Multiusos de Luanda 2013 12,750

Benin below 25,000 capacity

Rank Stadium City Capacity
1 Stade de l'Amitié Cotonou 20,000
2 Stade Charles de Gaulle Porto-Novo 15,000
3 Stade René Pleven d'Akpakpa Cotonou 15,000

Botswana below 25,000 capacity

Rank Stadium Capacity City District Home team
1 New Lobatse Stadium 20,000 Lobatse South-East Extension Gunners
2 Maun Stadium 10,000 Maun North-West Sankoyo Bush Bucks

Burkina Faso below 25,000 capacity

Rank Stadium Capacity City
1 Stade Wobi Bobo-Dioulasso 10,000 Bobo-Dioulasso

Burundi below 25,000 capacity

Rank Stadium Capacity City
1 Stade Ingoma 20,000 Gitega
2 Intwari Stadium 10,000 Bujumbura

Cape Verde below 25,000 capacity

Rank Stadium Capacity City
1 Estádio Nacional de Cabo Verde 15,000 Praia

Cameroon below 25,000 capacity

Rank Stadium Capacity City Tenants
1 Limbe Stadium 20,000 Limbé Victoria United
2 Kouekong Stadium 20,000 Bafoussam
3 Molyko Omnisport Stadium 15,000 Buea Mount Cameroon FC
4 Stade de Mbouda 12,000 Mbouda Bamboutos FC
5 Municipal de Bamenda 10,000 Bamenda PWD de Bamenda
6 Municipal de Kumbo 10,000 Kumbo Kumbo Strikers

Chad below 25,000 capacity

Rank Stadium City Capacity
1 Stade omnisports Idriss Mahamat Ouya N'Djamena 20,000

Comoros below 25,000 capacity

Rank Stadium City Capacity
1 Stade omnisports de Malouzini Iconi 14,053

Congo below 25,000 capacity

Rank Stadium City Capacity
1 Stade de Ouesso Ouesso 16,000
2 Stade municipal Pointe-Noire 13,000
3 Stade omnisport Marien Ngouabi d’Owando Owando 13,000

Côte d'Ivoire below 25,000 capacity

Rank Stadium City Capacity Home Team
1 Amadou Gon Coulibaly Stadium Korhogo 20,000 Ivory Coast national football team
2 Laurent Pokou Stadium San Pédro 20,000 Séwé FC
3 Charles Konan Banny Stadium Yamoussoukro 20,000 Société Omnisports de l'Armée

Djibouti below 25,000 capacity

Rank Stadium Capacity City
1 El Hadj Hassan Gouled Aptidon Stadium 20,000 Djibouti City

DR Congo below 25,000 capacity

Rank Stadium City Capacity Home Team
1 Stade Cardinal Malula Kinshasa 24,000 AS Dragons
2 Stade Joseph Kabila Kindu 22,000 AS Maniema Union
3 Stade de la Kenya Lubumbashi 20,000 FC Saint Eloi Lupopo
4 Stade TP Mazembe Lubumbashi 18,500 TP Mazembe, CS Don Bosco
5 Stade Joseph Kabila Kalemie 15,000 FC Tanganyika, FC Etoile Jaune
6 Stade de la Concorde Bukavu 10,000 OC Muungano
7 Stade des Jeunes Kananga 10,000 US Tshinkunku, AS Saint-Luc

Egypt below 25,000 capacity

Rank Stadium Capacity City Home Team Opened
1 Ismailia Stadium 23,525 Ismailia Ismaily SC 1934
2 Haras el-Hodood Stadium 22,000 Alexandria Haras el-Hodood & El-Raja
3 Port Said Stadium 22,000 Port Said Al-Masry Club 1955
4 Suez Canal Stadium 22,000 Ismailia 2022
5 Fayoum Stadium 20,000 Fayoum Misr
6 Sohag Stadium 20,000 Sohag Sohag FC & El-Gouna FC 1930
7 El-Mansoura Stadium 18,000 El-Mansoura El-Mansoura SC 1962
8 Aluminium Stadium 16,000 Nag Hammadi Aluminium Nag Hammâdi
9 Izz al-Din Yacoub Stadium 15,000 Alexandria
10 Alexandria Stadium 13,660 Alexandria Al Ittihad & Smouha 1929
11 Asiut University Stadium 12,000 Asyut Asyut Petroleum
12 Aswan Stadium 11,000 Aswan Aswan SC 2014
13 Bani Sweif Stadium 10,000 Bani Sweif Telephonat Bani Sweif
14 Desouk Stadium 10,000 Desouk Desouk SC 1 January 1976
15 El-Gouna Stadium 10,000 El-Gouna El-Gouna FC 2009
16 Arba’een Sporting Stadium 10,000 Asyut

Egypt below 25,000 capacity indoor stadiums

Rank Arena Date built Capacity Tenant/use
1 The Covered Hall 1991 20,000

Equatorial Guinea below 25,000 capacity

Rank Stadium Location Capacity
1 Estadio de Malabo Malabo 15,250
2 Estadio de Mongomo Mongomo 10,000

Eswatini below 25,000 capacity

Rank Stadium Capacity City
1 Somhlolo National Stadium 20,000 Lobamba

Ethiopia below 25,000 capacity

Rank Stadium City Capacity Home Team
1 Dire Dawa Stadium Dire Dawa 18,000 Dire Dawa City
2 Wonji Stadium Wenji 14,000 Muger Cement, Wonji Sugar
3 Harrar Bira Stadium Harar 10,000 Harrar Beer Bottling F.C.

Gabon below 25,000 capacity

Rank Stadium Capacity City Sport
1 Stade de Franceville 22,000 Franceville Association football
2 Stade d'Oyem 20,500 Oyem Association football
3 Stade de Port-Gentil 20,000 Port-Gentil Association football

Ghana below 25,000 capacity

Rank Stadium Capacity City Home Team
1 Tamale Stadium 21,017 Tamale Real Tamale United
2 Sekondi-Takoradi Stadium 20,000 Sekondi-Takoradi Sekondi Hasaacas FC
3 Cape Coast Sports Stadium 15,000 Cape Coast Ebusua Dwarfs, National team
4 Gyandu Park 15,000 Sekondi-Takoradi Medeama SC, Sekondi Hasaacas FC, Hasaacas Ladies FC, Sekondi Eleven Wise
5 Abrankese Stadium 12,000 Kumasi Medeama SC
6 Azumah Nelson Sports Complex 10,000 Accra Hearts of Oak, Great Olympics
7 Agyeman Badu Stadium 10,000 Dormaa Ahenkro Aduana Stars

Guinea-Bissau below 25,000 capacity

Rank Stadium City Capacity
1 Estádio 24 de Setembro Bissau 15,000

Kenya below 25,000 capacity

Rank Stadium City Capacity
1 William Ole Ntimama Stadium Narok 20,000
2 Kinoru Stadium Meru 15,000
3 Nyayo National Stadium Nairobi 15,000

Lesotho below 25,000 capacity

Rank Stadium Capacity City
1 Setsoto Stadium 13,900 Maseru

Liberia below 25,000 capacity

Rank Stadium Capacity City
1 Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex 22,000 Paynesville

Libya below 25,000 capacity

Rank Stadium Capacity City
1 Martyrs of February Stadium 10,550 Benghazi

Madagascar below 25,000 capacity

Rank Stadium City Capacity Home Team
1 Stade CNaPS Sport Toamasina 15,000

Malawi below 25,000 capacity

Rank Stadium Capacity City
1 Silver Stadium 20,000 Lilongwe

Mali below 25,000 capacity

Rank Stadium City Capacity Home Team
1 Stade Omnisports Sikasso 20,000 Stade Malien de Sikasso

Mauritania below 25,000 capacity

Rank Stadium Capacity City
1 Stade olympique 20,000 Nouakchott
2 Stade municipal de Nouadhibou 10,000 Nouadhibou

Morocco below 25,000 capacity

Rank Stadium Capacity Opened City Home Team
1 Stade Larbi Benbarek 20,000 1920 Casablanca Wydad Athletic Club
2 Stade d'Honneur 19,000 1977 Oujda MC Oujda
3 Stade du FUS 15,000 1923 Rabat FUS of RabatMorocco women's national football team
4 Stade Mimoun al-Arsi 12,000 1950 Al-Hoceima Chabab Rif Al-Hoceima
Raja Al-Hoceima
5 Stade d'honneur 12,000 Beni Mellal Raja Beni Mellal
6 Stade Colonel Abdelkader Allam 12,000 Sidi Kacem Union Sidi Kacem
7 Stade Municipal 10,300 Fquih Ben Salah Union Fkih Bensaleh

Mozambique below 25,000 capacity

Rank Stadium Capacity City
1 Estádio do Maxaquene 15,000 Maputo
2 Estádio do Costa do Sol 10,000 Maputo

Niger below 25,000 capacity

Rank Stadium Capacity City
1 Stade municipal 10,000 Niamey
2 Stade municipal Lawandidi 10,000 Zinder

Nigeria below 25,000 capacity

Rank Stadium Capacity Opened City State Home Team
1 Teslim Balogun Stadium 24,325 2007 Surulere Lagos First Bank F.C.
Vandrezzer FC
2 Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium 22,000 Enugu Enugu Enugu Rangers
3 Stephen Keshi Stadium 22,000 2018 Asaba Delta
4 Gateway Stadium 20,000 Ijebu-Ode Ogun FC Ebedei
5 Aper Aku Stadium 20,000 Makurdi Benue Lobi Stars
6 Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium 20,000 1983 Benin City Edo Bendel Insurance FC
7 Warri Township Stadium 20,000 Warri Delta Warri Wolves FC
8 Kwara State Stadium 18,000 Ilorin Kwara Kwara United
ABS FC
9 Ahmadu Bello Stadium 16,000 1965 Kaduna Kaduna
10 Sapele Stadium 16,000 Sapele Delta Bayelsa United F.C.
11 UJ Esuene Stadium 16,000 1977 Calabar Cross River Calabar Rovers
12 Hadejia Stadium 15,000 Hadejia Jigawa Jigawa Golden Stars
13 Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium 15,000 Bauchi Bauchi Wikki Tourists
14 Rwang Pam Stadium 15,000 Jos Plateau Plateau United
JUTH FC
Mighty Jets
15 Pantami Stadium 12,000 Gombe Gombe United F.C.
16 Jalingo City Stadium 12,000 2002 Jalingo Taraba Taraba FC
17 Ilaro Stadium 12,000 2008 Ilaro Ogun Gateway United
18 Abubakar Umar Memorial Stadium 10,000 Gombe Gombe Gombe United F.C.
19 Dan Anyiam Stadium 10,000 Imo Heartland FC
20 El-Kanemi Stadium 10,000 Owerri Borno El-Kanemi Warriors
21 Lekan Salami Stadium 10,000 Ibadan Oyo Shooting Stars FC
22 Oshogbo Stadium 10,000 Osun Prime FC
23 Zaria Township Stadium 10,000 Kaduna Kaduna United
24 Kano Pillars Stadium 10,000 Kano Kano Kano Pillars

Rwanda below 25,000 capacity

Rank Stadium Capacity City
1 Kigali Stadium 22,000 Kigali
2 Stade Huye 10,000 Butare

Rwanda below 25,000 capacity indoor stadiums

Rank Arena Date built Capacity Tenant/use
1 Kigali Arena 2019 10,000

Senegal below 25,000 capacity

Rank Stadium City Capacity Home Team
1 National Wrestling Arena Pikine 20,000
2 Stade Demba Diop Dakar 15,000 ASC Jeanne d'Arc, Djaraf, AS Douanes, US Gorée, ASC Niarry Tally, US Ouakam
3 Stade Alboury Niaye Louga 15,000 ASEC Ndjambour
4 Stade Aline Sitoe Diatta Ziguinchor 10,000 Casa Sports
5 Stade Municipal de Richard Toll Richard-Toll 10,000 AS Sucrière de La Réunion

Senegal below 25,000 capacity indoor stadiums

Rank Arena Date built Capacity Tenant/use
1 Dakar Arena 2018 15,000 Senegal men's national basketball team and Senegal women's national basketball team

Seychelles below 25,000 capacity

Rank Stadium Capacity City
1 Stad Linite 10,000 Victoria

Somalia below 25,000 capacity

Rank Stadium Capacity City
1 Banadir Stadium 20,000 Mogadishu
2 Horseed Stadium 10,000 Horseed

South Africa below 25,000 capacity

Rank Stadium Capacity City Province Home Team
1 Dobsonville Stadium 24,000 Soweto Gauteng Moroka Swallows
2 Oppenheimer Stadium 23,000 Orkney North West no tenants
3 Chatsworth Stadium 22,000 Durban KwaZulu-Natal AmaZulu FC
4 Centurion Park 22,000 Centurion Gauteng Titans cricket team, Northerns cricket team
5 Olën Park 22,000 Potchefstroom North West Leopards
6 Botshabelo Stadium 20,000 Bloemfontein Free State Botshabelo FC
7 Buffalo Park 20,000 East London Eastern Cape Border cricket team, Warriors
8 Giyani Stadium 20,000 Giyani Limpopo Ndengeza FC
9 Moruleng Stadium 20,000 Moruleng Limpopo Platinum Stars
10 Pilditch Stadium 20,000 Pretoria Gauteng Garankuwa United, Gauteng North Athletics
11 Willowmoore Park 20,000 Benoni Gauteng Titans cricket team
12 Mangaung Oval 20,000 Bloemfontein Free State Knights
13 Seisa Ramabodu Stadium 20,000 Bloemfontein Free State Bloemfontein Celtic
14 St. Georges Park 19,000 Gqeberha Eastern Cape Eastern Province
15 Griqua Park 18,000 Kimberley Northern Cape Griquas
16 Senwes Park 18,000 Potchefstroom North West Highveld Lions
17 Germiston Stadium 18,000 Germiston Gauteng Central Gauteng Athletics
18 Buffalo City Stadium 16,000 East London Eastern Cape Border Bulldogs
19 Danie Craven Stadium 16,000 Stellenbosch Western Cape Stellenbosch Maties
20 Ruimsig Stadium 15,000 Johannesburg Gauteng no tenants
21 Sinaba Stadium 15,000 Benoni Gauteng Benoni Premier United
22 Iscor Stadium 15,000 Sebokeng Gauteng Vaal Professionals
23 Tshego Stadium 15,000 Polokwane Limpopo Ria Stars FC
24 KwaNyamazane Stadium 15,000 Mbombela Mpumalanga Mbombela United
25 Puma Stadium 15,000 Witbank Mpumalanga Pumas
26 Pietersburg Stadium 15,000 Polokwane Limpopo no tenants
27 Princess Magogo Stadium 12,000 Durban KwaZulu-Natal AmaZulu FC
28 Pietermaritzburg Oval 12,000 Pietermaritzburg KwaZulu-Natal Natal Cricket
29 Milpark 12,000 Johannesburg Gauteng Bidvest Wits
30 Eldorado Park Stadium 12,000 Johannesburg Gauteng FC AK
31 De Beers Diamond Oval 11,000 Kimberley Northern Cape Griqualand West
32 Ackerville Stadium 11,000 Witbank Mpumalanga Calaska FC
33 Boland Stadium 11,000 Wellington Western Cape Boland Cavaliers
34 Harry Gwala Stadium 10,700 Pietermaritzburg KwaZulu-Natal Maritzburg United FC
35 King Goodwill Zwelithini Stadium 10,000 Durban KwaZulu-Natal Lamontville Golden Arrows
36 Makhulong Stadium 10,000 Tembisa Gauteng Jomo Cosmos
37 Philippi Stadium 10,000 Cape Town Western Cape Chippa United
38 Boland Park 10,000 Paarl Western Cape Boland cricket team
Cape Cobras
Paarl Rocks
39 Wolfson Stadium 10,000 KwaZakele Kwa-Zulu Natal Zwide United, PE Villagers, St. Cyprian, Sunday Stars
40 Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi Regional Stadium 10,000 Ulundi Kwa-Zulu Natal Njampela FC
41 Themba Senamela Stadium 10,000 Witbank Mpumalanga Mpumalanga Black Aces
42 Mehlareng Stadium 10,000 Thembisa Gauteng Tembisa Sports Centre FC

South Africa below 25,000 capacity indoor stadiums

Rank Location Arena Date built Capacity
1 Johannesburg Ticketpro Dome 1998 20,000
2 Pretoria Sun Arena Time Square 2017 10,000
3 Durban ICC Durban Arena 1997 10,000

Sudan below 25,000 capacity

Rank Stadium City Capacity Home Team
1 Khartoum Stadium Khartoum 23,000 Khartoum NC
2 Port Sudan Stadium Port Sudan 20,000 Hay al-Arab, Hilal al-Sahil
3 Wad Madani Stadium Wad Madani 15,000 Al-Ittihad SC
4 Atbara Stadium Atbara 15,000 Al-Amal SC
5 Al-Merghani Kassala Stadium Kassala 11,000

Tanzania below 25,000 capacity

Rank Stadium City Capacity Home Team
1 Jamhuri Stadium Morogoro Morogoro 20,000 Moro United
2 Uhuru Stadium Dar es-Salaam 23,000 Young Africans SC, Simba SC, JKT Ruvu Stars, Ruvu Shooting
3 Sheikh Amri Abeid Memorial Stadium Arusha 20,000 Arusha FC, JKT Oljoro FC
4 Lake Tanganyika Stadium Kigoma 20,000 Reli FC
5 Ali Hassan Mwinyi Stadium Tabora 20,000 Rhino Rangers
6 Sokoine Stadium Mbeya 20,000 Prisons FC, Mbeya City
7 Amaan Stadium Unguja 15,000 Unguja KMKM FC, Miembeni SC, Mlandege SC
8 Mkwakwani Stadium Tanga 15,000 Coastal Union, African Sports, JKT Mgambo
9 Chamazi Stadium Dar es-Salaam 10,000 Azam FC

Togo below 25,000 capacity

Rank Stadium Capacity City
1 Stade omnisport de Lomé 20,000 Lomé
2 Stade Général Eyadema 15,000 Lomé
3 Stade Municipal 10,000 Kara
4 Stade Municipal 10,000 Kpalimé
5 Stade Municipal 10,000 Sokodé

Tunisia below 25,000 capacity

Rank Stadium Capacity Opened City Home Team
1 Stade Taïeb Mhiri 22,000 1938 (Renovated in 2004) Sfax, Sfax CS Sfaxien
2 Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet 20,000 1958 (Renovated in 2003) Monastir, Monastir US Monastir
3 Stade 15 Octobre 20,000 1990 (Renovate in 2004) Bizerte, Bizerte CA Bizertin
4 Stade Chedly Zouiten 18,000 1942 (Renovated in 2009, 2012) Tunis, Tunis Stade Tunisien
5 Stade Hédi Enneifer 10,000 Unknown Tunis, Tunis Stade Tunisien
6 Stade Municipal de Gabès 10,000 Unknown Gabès, Gabès Stade Gabèsien
AS Gabès
7 Stade du 7 Mars 10,000 2000 Ben Gardane, Medenine US Ben Guerdane

Tunisia below 25,000 capacity indoor stadiums

Rank Arena Date built Capacity Tenant/use
1 Salle Omnisport de Radès 2005 17,000

Uganda above 25,000 capacity

Rank Stadium Date built Capacity Tenant/use
1 St. Mary's Stadium 2017 15,000 Vipers SC

Zambia below 25,000 capacity

Rank Stadium City Capacity Home Team
1 Nchanga Stadium Chingola 20,000 Nchanga Rangers
2 Dag Hammarskjöld Stadium Ndola 18,000 Ndola United FC
3 Woodlands Stadium Lusaka 15,000 City of Lusaka FC
4 Garden Park Kitwe 10,000 Kitwe United Football Club
5 Railways Stadium Kabwe 10,000 Kabwe Warriors
6 Nkana Stadium Kitwe 10,000 Nkana FC

Zimbabwe below 25,000 capacity

Rank Stadium Capacity City Sport
1 Mandava Stadium 15,000 Zvishavane Association football
2 Harare Sports Club Ground 10,000 Harare Cricket

See also

Lists of stadiums by continent

Lists of stadiums worldwide

Lists of stadiums by African country

Other

  1. ^ "Top 30 Largest Stadiums in Africa". JF Football. Retrieved 2023-03-24.

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