Full name | Yidnekachew Tessema Stadium |
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Former names | Haile Selassie Stadium (1940–1974) |
Location | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
Capacity | 20,000[1] |
Record attendance | 60,000 (1962 African Cup of Nations Final, 21 January 1962) |
Field size | 105 m × 68 m |
Surface | Grass |
Construction | |
Opened | 1940 |
Renovated | 1960, 1999, 2021–2024 |
Tenants | |
Ethiopia national football team (1940–present) Saint George S.C. (1940–present) Defence Force S.C. (1940–present) Ethiopian Coffee S.C. (1976–present) |
Addis Ababa Stadium (Amharic: አዲስ አበባ ስታዲየም) is a multi-purpose stadium in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It is used mostly for football matches although it also has athletics facilities. The stadium has a capacity of 20,000 people.