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Stade Cardinal Malula, formerly known as Stade 24 Novembre and before Stade Reine Astrid, is a stadium located in
Kinshasa Kinshasa (; ; ln, Kinsásá), formerly Léopoldville ( nl, Leopoldstad), is the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Once a site of fishing and trading villages situated along the Congo River, Kinshasa is now one o ...
,
Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...
. It opened in 1937 and serves as the home of
AS Dragons Amicale Sportive Dragons is a Congolese football club based in KinshasaAs of the 2007/2008 season they play in the Linafoot league, the top level of professional football in DR CongoTheir home games are played at Stade 24 Novembre. In the past, ...
. It is currently named in honor of
Joseph Malula Joseph-Albert Malula (12 December 1917 – 14 June 1989) was a Congolese Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Kinshasa (name changed from Leopoldville in 1966) from 1964 until his death, and was elevated to the car ...
, Archbishop of Kinshasa from 1964 to his death in 1989. It was before named of the date
Mobutu Sese Seko Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu Wa Za Banga (; born Joseph-Désiré Mobutu; 14 October 1930 – 7 September 1997) was a Congolese politician and military officer who was the president of Zaire from 1965 to 1997 (known as the Democratic Republic o ...
seized power in the country in 1965 and previously named after
Astrid of Sweden Astrid of Sweden (17 November 1905 – 29 August 1935) was the Queen of the Belgians and the first wife of King Leopold III. Originally a princess of Sweden of the House of Bernadotte, Astrid became the Duchess of Brabant after her marriage to ...
, Queen consort of the Belgians, when Congo was a Belgian colony.


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Buildings and structures in Kinshasa Sport in Kinshasa Football venues in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Sports venues completed in 1937 1937 establishments in the Belgian Congo Lukunga District {{DRCongo-sports-venue-stub