Stade Cheikha Ould Boïdiya is a football stadium located in

Nouakchott Nouakchott (; ; ar, نواكشوط; ber, label= Berber, italic=yes, Nwakcoṭ, originally derived from ber, label= Berber, italic=yes, Nawākšūṭ, "place of the winds") page 273. is the capital and largest city of Mauritania. It is one of t ...

, Mauritania which has a capacity of 8,200 spectators. It is located adjacent (south) to the

École d'Application École d'Application is a school in Nouakchott, Mauritania. It is adjacent (south) to the Lycée de Garçons Nouakchott, sandwiched between that and the Stade de la Capitale. See also * Education in Mauritania * Lists of schools The following ...

, opposite to the Maison de Jeunes to the west and

Lycée d'Arabe Lycée d'Arabe is a school in Nouakchott, Mauritania. It is located opposite (south) to the Stade de la Capitale, (east) to the College des Garçons and (north) to the Institut Superieur des Etudes et Recherches Islamique. See also * Education ...

to the south. A racing club with a swimming pool and four tennis courts is also located in the complex. It's the second oldest stadium after the Stade du Ksar.

History

The stadium was built in 1968. It was inaugurated in 1969 under the name of Stade de la Capitale. In 1970 it hosted the first national sporting event in Mauritania, a National Sports Week, inaugurated by President Mokhtar Ould Daddah. In 1983, with the inauguration of the Stade Olympique, all sports competitions were transferred to the new stadium, in front of it that would deteriorate over time, abandoned to its fate. In 1990, a major rehabilitation operation was carried out. In April 2012, the stadium lighting works began and it was renamed Cheikha Ould Boïdiya, a former president of the Mauritanian Football Federation who died in 1988 in a traffic accident. In 2019, the stadium was renovated and expanded to have a capacity from 500 to 8,200 people. The stadium hosted the

2021 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations The 2021 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations was the 16th edition of the Africa U-20 Cup of Nations (23rd edition if tournaments without hosts are included), the biennial international youth football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Fo ...

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Stadium profile
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