Stade Municipal de Lubumbashi
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Stade Frederic Kibassa Maliba de Lubumbashi is a multi-use stadium
in Lubumbashi
, Democratic Republic of the Congo
. It is currently used mostly for football
matches. It is home of the Tout Puissant Mazembe
, a Congolese professional football team. The stadium has a capacity of 35,000 people. A new stadium
for TP Mazembe
is currently being constructed and is due to open in 2011.
It is named after Frederic Kibassa Maliba
, a former Minister of Youth and Sports.
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 Lubumbashi
Lubumbashi
Lubumbashi is the second largest city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, second only to the nation's capital Kinshasa, and the hub of the southeastern part of the country. The copper-mining city serves as the capital of the relatively prosperous Katanga Province, lying near the Zambian border...
, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...
. 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. It is home of the Tout Puissant Mazembe
TP Mazembe
Tout Puissant Mazembe, formerly known as Englebert, are a Congolese football club based in Lubumbashi. Their home games are played at Stade Municipal de Lubumbashi. Its nickname is Les corbeaux despite having a crocodile with a ball in its mouth on the team crest...
, a Congolese professional football team. The stadium has a capacity of 35,000 people. A new stadium
Nouveau Stade Mazembe
Nouveau Stade Mazembe is a new multi-use stadium in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, that is currently in the planning stages. Once completed in 2011, it will be used mostly for football matches and will be used to host the home matches of TP Mazembe. The stadium will have a capacity...
for TP Mazembe
TP Mazembe
Tout Puissant Mazembe, formerly known as Englebert, are a Congolese football club based in Lubumbashi. Their home games are played at Stade Municipal de Lubumbashi. Its nickname is Les corbeaux despite having a crocodile with a ball in its mouth on the team crest...
is currently being constructed and is due to open in 2011.
It is named after Frederic Kibassa Maliba
Frédéric Kibassa Maliba
Frédéric Kibassa Maliba was a politician in the Democratic Republic of the Congo .Kibassa held the positions of Deputy Minister of Mines and then Minister of Mines in the Laurent-Désiré Kabila government...
, a former Minister of Youth and Sports.
