Stade Barthélemy Boganda, in

Bangui Bangui () (or Bangî in Sango, formerly written Bangi in English) is the capital and largest city of the Central African Republic. It was established as a French outpost in 1889 and named after its location on the northern bank of the Ubangi ...

, is the national stadium of the

Central African Republic The Central African Republic (CAR; ; , RCA; , or , ) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad to the north, Sudan to the northeast, South Sudan to the southeast, the DR Congo to the south, the Republic of th ...

. It is located at Complexe Sportif Barthélemy Boganda and it is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 50,000 for sports matches. It is named after the former president of the country,

Barthélemy Boganda Barthélemy Boganda (c. 1910 – 29 March 1959) was a Central African politician and independence activist. Boganda was active prior to his country's independence, during the period when the area, part of French Equatorial Africa, was administe ...

. It was first constructed in 2003 by the Chinese company ''Complan'', it first started on 16 June 2006 and completed on 30 December by president François Bozizé The stadium is home to one of several popular clubs in the country including AS Tempête Mocaf

References

External links

Cafe.daum.net/stade – Stadium Pictures

Photograph galleries including pictures of the stadium
Football venues in the Central African Republic Athletics (track and field) venues in the Central African Republic

Buildings and structures in Bangui {{CentralAfricanRepublic-sports-venue-stub