Sam Nujoma Stadium (also called the Sam Nujoma Soccer Stadium or SNSS[1]) is a football (soccer) stadium in Katutura, Windhoek, Namibia. The stadium holds 10,300 and was finished in 2005.[2] It is named after the former Namibian president Sam Nujoma.[1]
As of 2021[update] the stadium is not in use due to safety concerns from "structural defects". The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has decommissioned the stadium in 2021 for it being sub-standard, and no other Namibian stadium meets CAF's requirements. As a result, international games of the Namibia national football team will have to be played abroad.[3]
See also
edit- Independence Stadium (Namibia), the other large football stadium in Windhoek
References
edit- ^ a b http://www.windhoekcc.org.na/Repository/News&Publications/Press/MediaStatementSNSS.pdf Archived 2012-02-08 at the Wayback Machine New Stadium Sam Nujoma "The City of Windhoek, at the June Council meeting, endorsed and approved the name of the new Soccer Stadium in Katutura as Sam Nujoma Soccer Stadium."
- ^ Namibia WorldStadiums.com
- ^ Nikodemus, Sheefeni (11 August 2021). "National disgrace!". The Namibian. p. 20.
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