St. Mary's Stadium-Kitende is a Ugandan sports stadium for the Sports Club Vipers SC, a football club playing in Uganda's top league Uganda Premier League.[1] Its capacity is 15,000 with more than 1,000 VIP seats.
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Location | Entebbe, Central Region, Uganda |
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Coordinates | 0°11′55″N 32°31′54″E / 0.1986°N 32.5318°E |
Owner | Vipers SC |
Capacity | 15,000 |
Surface | Artificial turf |
Construction | |
Built | 2017 |
Opened | 2017 |
Expanded | 2020 |
Tenants | |
Vipers SC (2017–present) Uganda national football team (selected matches) | |
Website | |
viperssc |
On 3 March 2017, the African football governing body, CAF, cleared the then newly constructed St Mary's Stadium to host football games.[2] St. Mary's stadium is the home of SC Vipers, located in Kitende on Entebbe Road and was built by the club patron and former FUFA president, Lawrence Mulindwa.
It is an artificial turf pitch stadium. It is the second largest stadium in Uganda next to the Mandela National Stadium.[3]
The National team has relocated to the stadium after the Mandela National Stadium was blacklisted by FIFA and CAF in 2020.[4]
Other stadiums in Uganda
editThe St. Mary’s Stadium is currently the second largest stadium in Uganda.
Stadium | Date built | Capacity | Tenant/use |
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Mandela National Stadium | 1997 | 45,202 | Uganda national football team |
St. Mary's Stadium | 2017 | 15,000 | Vipers SC |
References
edit- ^ Isabirye, David (2020-06-27). "Sports Infrastructure: Vipers SC further beautifies the St Mary's Stadium, Kitende". Kawowo Sports. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
- ^ "Vipers SC's St Mary's stadium expanded ahead of Champions League assignments | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
- ^ "Vipers' St Mary's Stadium to be complete in Feb 2017". www.newvision.co.ug. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
- ^ "Namboole stadium to be ready by June – UPDF Engineering Brigade". The Independent. January 21, 2023. Retrieved June 11, 2023.