Estadio de Malabo is a

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Malabo Malabo ( , ; formerly Santa Isabel) is the capital of Equatorial Guinea and the province of Bioko Norte. It is located on the north coast of the island of Bioko, ( bvb, Etulá, and as ''Fernando Pó'' by the Europeans). In 2018, the city had a p ...

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. It is currently used mostly for

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matches.

Overview

The stadium holds 15,250 and opened in 2007. It is currently the home ground of the

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. One of the host stadiums for the

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, it hosted the final of the Women's African Nations Football cup in 2008.

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sides Atlético Malabo,

Atlético Semu Atlético Semu is an Equatoguinean football club based in the city of Malabo. It currently plays in Equatorial Guinea's top football division the Equatoguinean Primera División. They currently share the newly created Estadio de Malabo with fe ...

, Deportivo Unidad,

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, The Panthers and Vegetarianos all play their league games at this stadium. In the original national stadium, on Christmas Eve of 1969, political opponents of President

Francisco Macías Nguema Francisco Macías Nguema ( Africanised to Masie Nguema Biyogo Ñegue Ndong; 1 January 1924 – 29 September 1979), often mononymously referred to as Macías, was an Equatoguinean politician who served as the first President of Equatorial Guinea f ...

were executed by a firing squad dressed as

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in the stadium, while

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's "

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" was played on the stadium's speakers.

References

External links

Pictures at cafe.daum.net/stade

Pictures of new stadium

Stadium pictures
at Stadiumguide.com Football venues in Equatorial Guinea Athletics (track and field) venues in Equatorial Guinea

Buildings and structures in Malabo Multi-purpose stadiums in Equatorial Guinea 2012 Africa Cup of Nations 2015 Africa Cup of Nations Sports venues completed in 2007 {{EquatorialGuinea-sports-venue-stub