Stade du 26 Mars

Stade du 26 Mars
Full name Stade du 26 Mars
Location Bamako, Mali
Owner Malian Government
Capacity 50,000[1][2][3][4]
Surface Grass
Opened 2001
Tenants
Mali national football team

Stade du 26 Mars is located in the southern neighborhoods of Bamako, Mali. It serves as a home ground for domestic football club Stade Malien and is the national stadium. It has a capacity of 50,000 as an all-seater stadium. Built in 2001, it is named for the date of Martyrs' Day (Mali): a national commemoration of the 26 March 1991 Bamako uprising which overthrew the dictatorship of Moussa Traoré.[5]

References

  1. ↑ http://sports.gouv.ml/le-stade-du-26-mars-2009/
  2. ↑ http://www.infomap24.com/en/point/stadium/stade-du-26-mars/161146640.asp
  3. ↑ http://www.mays-mouissi.com/2016/04/27/afrique-comparaison-couts-de-construction-stades/
  4. ↑ http://www.worldofstadiums.com/africa/mali/stade-du-26-mars/
  5. ↑ Pascal James Imperato. Traore, Gen. Moussa in Historical Dictionary of Mali, pp.242-245. Scarecrow Press/ Metuchen. NJ - London (1986) ISBN 0-8108-1369-6
Preceded by
National Stadium
Lagos		 African Cup of Nations
Final Venue
2002 		Succeeded by
Stade 7 November
Rades

Coordinates: 12°36′16″N 7°55′18″W / 12.60444°N 7.92167°W / 12.60444; -7.92167


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