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Stade Demba Diop

Sports venue in Dakar, Senegal

14°42′38″N 17°27′29″W / 14.71056°N 17.45806°W / 14.71056; -17.45806Capacity15,000SurfaceSynthetic turfOpened1963TenantsASC Diaraf
AS Douanes
US Gorée
US Ouakam
ASC Xam Xam

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. Several football clubs use this stadium for their home games.

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.^{[citation needed]} In 2017, eight people died after a wall at the Stade Demba Diop collapsed during a match between Stade de Mbour and US Ouakam.^[1]

Facilities

View of the stadium during a Senegalese wrestling match.

The stadium holds 30,000^[2] 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 ASC Diaraf, AS Douanes, US Ouakam and ASC Xam Xam. It is also used for concerts, political gatherings, and Senegalese wrestling matches.

On February 1, 1974, The Jackson 5 performed at the stadium in their The Jackson 5 World Tour

A mass stampede occurred in July 2017 in the stadium, leaving eight dead and 60 injured.

References

^ "Eight dead in wall collapse at Senegal's Demba Diop". BBC News. 16 July 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
^ "Orange-Info.sn". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-06-09.