Levy Mwanawasa Stadium Explained

Stadium Name:Levy Mwanawasa Stadium
Nickname:Levy
Fullname:Levy Mwanawasa Stadium
Location:T3 Highway, Ndola, Zambia
Coordinates:-12.975°N 28.6114°W
Built:2010
Opened:2 June 2012
Owner:Government of Zambia
Operator:Various Zambian clubs
Surface:Grass
Architect:Shanghai Construction Group
Tenants:ZESCO United (2012 - present)
Zambia national football team (selected matches)
Seating Capacity:49,800

The Levy Mwanawasa Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Ndola, Zambia. It is used mostly for football matches and is the home for ZESCO United FC. The stadium has a capacity of 49,800 people. It is located on the T3 road at the start of the Ndola-Kitwe Dual Carriageway.

In 2010, the Chinese government announced that the stadium will be built.[1] The first international game that was played in the stadium was held on 9 June 2012. It was a world cup qualifier between the host nation Zambia and Ghana which had a result of 1-0 in favour of Zambia.[2]

The stadium is named after Levy Mwanawasa, the third President of Zambia, who served from 2002 to his death in 2008.

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Notes and References

  1. Emmanuel Barranguet: China the master stadium builder; The Africa Report, 2 July 2010; first published in: The Africa Report’s World Cup 2010, May 2010.
  2. Web site: Qualifiers. https://web.archive.org/web/20120606225929/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/africa/matches/round=258334/match=300176002/index.html. dead. June 6, 2012. FIFA. 12 June 2012.