Stade Nacional, also named Stade Omnisports Idriss Mahamat Ouya (Arabic: ملعب وطني), is a multi-use

stadium A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand o ...

N'Djamena N'Djamena ( ) is the capital and largest city of Chad. It is also a special statute region, divided into 10 districts or ''arrondissements''. The city serves as the centre of economic activity in Chad. Meat, fish and cotton processing are the ...

Chad Chad (; ar, تشاد , ; french: Tchad, ), officially the Republic of Chad, '; ) is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic ...

. It is currently used mostly for

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

matches. The stadium holds 20,000 people and it has artificial grass. It is currently the home ground of the

Chad national football team The Chad national football team ( ar, منتخب تشاد لكرة القدم, french: Équipe du Tchad de football), nicknamed ''Sao'' ( ar, ساو), represents Chad in international football and is controlled by the Chadian Football Federatio ...

. It is named after former Chadian highjumper

Mahamat Idriss Mahamat Idriss (ne ''Koundja Ouya'', 17 July 1942 – 3 October 1987) was a Chadian high jumper. He was born in Fort-Lamy, Chad, French Equatorial Africa. Career Before the Chadian independency on 11 August 1960 he competed for France, winning th ...

(1942—1987). The stadium is located on Avenue Bezo, also known as Avenue Bokasa. It is the home field of several clubs including

Gazelle A gazelle is one of many antelope species in the genus ''Gazella'' . This article also deals with the seven species included in two further genera, ''Eudorcas'' and ''Nanger'', which were formerly considered subgenera of ''Gazella''. A third f ...

, Renaissance N'Djamena, CotonTchad (or CotonTchad N'Djamena), Tourbilllon,

Postel 2000 Postel 2000 FC is a football (soccer) club from Chad based in N'Djamena. The club was national ligue champion 2 times, in 1993 and 1995. Achievements *Chad Premier League : 2 :: 1993, 1995. *Chad Cup: 1 :: 1991. * Coupe de Ligue de N'Djaména ...

, DGSSIE and

Foullah Edifice Foullah Edifice Football Club is a football (soccer) club from Chad based in N'Djamena. They had a few Chadian national team players, like Mbaya Brice, Massama Asselmo, Ferdinand Gassina and Hassan Hissein. The club's colours are sky blue an ...

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Football venues in Chad Athletics (track and field) venues in Chad

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