Stade Demba Diop


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. In 2017, eight people died after a wall at the Stade Demba Diop collapsed during a match between Stade de Mbour and US Ouakam.

Facilities

The stadium holds 30,000 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 ASC Diaraf, AS Douanes, US Ouakam and ASC Xam Xam. It is also used for concerts, political gatherings, and Senegalese wrestling matches. The stadium also served as the venue of the 1st African Championships in Athletics in 1979.
A mass stampede occurred in July 2017 in the stadium, leaving eight dead and 60 injured.