Stade Aline Sitoe Diatta
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Stade Aline Sitoe Diatta is a multi-use stadium
in Ziguinchor
, Senegal
. It is currently used mostly for football
matches and serves as a home ground of Casa Sport
. The stadium holds 10,000 people, and was built to host the African Cup of Nations held in Senegal in 1992. Located in the northern part of the city of Ziguinchor , it has been plagued by its poor pitch ,because the stadium was built on what used to be a rice field, rendering it unusable
during the rainy season. However,recent efforts by local authorities to change the pitch into a synthetic turf were successful.The stadium was named after a Aline Sitoe Diatta
, a Diola woman regarded by many as the only woman who stood against the colonialist push into Casamance
Stadium
A modern stadium is a place or venue for outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.)Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event...
in Ziguinchor
Ziguinchor
Ziguinchor is the capital of the Ziguinchor Region, and the chief town of the Casamance area of Senegal, lying at the mouth of the Casamance River. It has a population of over 230,000...
, Senegal
Senegal
Senegal , officially the Republic of Senegal , is a country in western Africa. It owes its name to the Sénégal River that borders it to the east and north...
. It is currently used mostly for football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
matches and serves as a home ground of Casa Sport
Casa Sport
Casa Sport is a Senegalese football club based in Ziguinchor. They play in the top division in Senegalese football. Their home stadium is Stade Aline Sitoe Diatta.-History:Casa Sport has been founded in the 1970s. It is a morrocan cigarette brand....
. The stadium holds 10,000 people, and was built to host the African Cup of Nations held in Senegal in 1992. Located in the northern part of the city of Ziguinchor , it has been plagued by its poor pitch ,because the stadium was built on what used to be a rice field, rendering it unusable
during the rainy season. However,recent efforts by local authorities to change the pitch into a synthetic turf were successful.The stadium was named after a Aline Sitoe Diatta
Aline Sitoe Diatta
Aline Sitoe Diatta : a Senegalese heroine of the resistance to French colonialism, often called the Joan of Arc or the Marianne of Senegal....
, a Diola woman regarded by many as the only woman who stood against the colonialist push into Casamance
Casamance
Casamance is the area of Senegal south of The Gambia including the Casamance River. It consists of Basse Casamance and Haute Casamance...