National Heroes Stadium

National Heroes Stadium
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Former namesGabon Disaster Heroes National Stadium
LocationLusaka, Lusaka Province, Zambia
Coordinates15°22′10″S 28°16′22″E / 15.369507°S 28.272641°E / -15.369507; 28.272641
TypeMulti-purpose stadium
Capacity60,000[2]
SurfaceGrass
Construction
Broke ground10 January 2011
Built2011–2014
Opened2014
Construction costUS$94 million[1]
Main contractorsShanghai 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.

  1. ^ "Quality sports Infrastructure will make Zambia win Africa Cup-RB" (Lusaka Times, 10-1-2011)
  2. ^ a b "Zambia complete construction of Heroes National Stadium" (BBC, 12-1-2014)
  3. ^ "Guide to National Heroes Stadium". Groundhop. Retrieved 7 June 2022.