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| Former names | Gabon Disaster Heroes National Stadium |
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| Location | Lusaka, Lusaka Province, Zambia |
| Coordinates | 15°22′10″S 28°16′22″E / 15.369507°S 28.272641°E |
| Type | Multi-purpose stadium |
| Capacity | 60,000[2] |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 10 January 2011 |
| Built | 2011–2014 |
| Opened | 2014 |
| Construction cost | US$94 million[1] |
| Main contractors | Shanghai Construction Company |
| Tenants | |
| Zambia national football team (2014–present) | |
Heroes National Stadium[2] is a multi-purpose stadium in Lusaka, Lusaka Province, Zambia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and hosts the home matches of the Zambia national football team. The stadium holds 60,000 spectators.[3] It opened in 2014. The name of the stadium refers to the 1993 Zambia national football team air disaster which took the lives of most of its national football team.
- ^ "Quality sports Infrastructure will make Zambia win Africa Cup-RB" (Lusaka Times, 10-1-2011)
- ^ a b "Zambia complete construction of Heroes National Stadium" (BBC, 12-1-2014)
- ^ "Guide to National Heroes Stadium". Groundhop. Retrieved 7 June 2022.