Abebe Bikila Stadium ( amh, አበበ ቢቂላ ስታዲያም) is a multi-purpose stadium in

Addis Ababa Addis Ababa (; am, አዲስ አበባ, , new flower ; also known as , lit. "natural spring" in Oromo), is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia. It is also served as major administrative center of the Oromia Region. In the 2007 census, t ...

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

. It is currently used mostly for football matches, on club level it was used by Dedebit F.C. of the

Ethiopian Premier League The Ethiopian Premier League (Amharic:የኢትዮጵያ ፕሪምየር ሊግ), known as the BetKing Ethiopian Premier League for sponsorship reasons, is the top tier association football league of Ethiopia run by the Ethiopian Premier League ...

. The stadium has a capacity of 25,000 spectators. It is named after famed Olympic Marathon champion

Abebe Bikila ''Shambel'' Abebe Bikila ( am, ሻምበል አበበ ቢቂላ; August 7, 1932 – October 25, 1973) was an Ethiopian marathon runner who was a back-to-back Olympic marathon champion. He is the first Ethiopian Olympic gold medalist, winnin ...

History

The stadium hosted the final of the inaugural Ethiopian Super Cup in 2016. In March 2017 the project to renovate the stadium was awarded to the Chinese firm Zhongmei Engineering Group Ltd. with the total cost of the project being 105.5 million Birr. The stadium was renovated in large part to ease congestion at

Addis Ababa Stadium Addis Ababa Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It is used mostly for football matches although it also has athletics facilities. The stadium has a capacity of 35,000 people. History Addis Ababa Stadium was construct ...

, while the city continues to construct the 62,000 seat Addis Ababa National Stadium.

References

Multi-purpose stadiums in Ethiopia Football venues in Addis Ababa {{Ethiopia-sports-venue-stub