- Stade Demba Diop
Stade Demba Diop is a multi-use
stadium in greaterDakar ,Senegal . It is situated on "Boulevard Président Habib Bourguiba" inSicap-Liberté , an urban arrondissement ofDakar .History
Built in
1963 , the stadium was later named afterDemba Diop , former mayor ofM'bour and Minister of Youth and Sport under PresidentLéopold Sédar Senghor . Diop was assassinated on3 February 1967 .Facilities
The stadium holds 15,000 people and its current surface is synthetic turf.
Events
The stadium is currently used mostly for football matches and serves as a home ground of
US Ouakam andASC Xam Xam . It is also used for concerts, political gatherings, andSenegalese wrestling matches.ee also
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ASC Xam Xam
*Sport in Sénégal
*Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor References
*This article is largely based on a translation of the French Wikipedia's .
External links
*fr icon [http://www.sports.gouv.sn/article.php3?id_article=82 Présentation sur le site du Ministère des Sports]
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