The following is a list of sports stadiums in Africa. They are in order by their capacity, that is the maximum number of spectators the stadium can accommodate.
Most large stadiums in Africa are used for football (soccer), with some also used for athletics and rugby union.
According to Wikipedia, the FNB Stadium located in the city of Johannesburg in South Africa is currently the largest stadium in Africa, with a capacity of 94,731 whiles the Borg El Arab Stadium in Alexandria (Egypt) is considered as the second biggest stadium in Africa with a capacity of 86,000.
[ads1]
In Ghana, the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi was ranked 51st but number one in the country with a capacity of 40, 528 whiles the Accra Sports Stadium came second in Ghana but 57th in Africa, boasting of 40,000 capacity.
The likes of Cape Coast Sports Stadium, Sekondi Sports Stadium, Tamale Sports Stadium all in Ghana were nowhere to be found in the top 100.
Check the full list below
Stadium Capacity City Country
1. FNB Stadium 94,736 Johannesburg (South Africa)
2. Borg El Arab Stadium 86,000 Alexandria (Egypt)
3. Stade des Martyrs 80,000 Kinshasa (DR Congo)
4. Cairo International Stadium 74,100 Cairo (Egypt)
5. Stade Mohamed V 67,000 Casablanca (Morocco)
6. July 5 Stadium 64,000 Algiers (Algeria)
7. Ellis Park Stadium 62,567 Johannesburg (South Africa)
8. Abuja Stadium 60,491 Abuja (Nigeria)
9. Stade 7 November 60,000 Radès (Tunisia)
10. Stade Municipal de Kintélé 60,000 Brazzaville (Congo)
11. Bahir Dar Stadium 60,000 Bahir Dar (Ethiopia)
12. Tanzania National Main Stadium 60,000 Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)
13. Stade Leopold Senghor 60,000 Dakar (Senegal)
14. Moi International Sports Centre 60,000 Nairobi (Kenya)
15. Heroes National Stadium 60,000 Lusaka (Zambia)
16. National Sports Stadium 60,000 Harare (Zimbabwe)
17. Odi Stadium 60,000 Mabopane (South Africa)
18. May 19 Stadium 56,000 Annaba (Algeria)
19. Moses Mabhida Stadium 56,000 Durban (South Africa)
READ ALSO: Asante Kotoko to use Accra Sports Stadium as home venue
20. Cape Town Stadium 55,000 Cape Town (South Africa)
21. Kingsley Park Stadium 52,000 Durban (South Africa)
22. Stade Moulay Abdellah 52,000 Rabat (Morocco)
23. Loftus Versfeld Stadium 51,762 Pretoria (South Africa)
24. Newlands Stadium 51,100 Cape Town (South Africa)
25. June 11 Stadium 50,000 Tripoli (Libya)
26. Estádio 11 de Novembro 50,000 Luanda (Angola)
27. Stade 26 mars 50,000 Bamako (Mali)
28. Nongo Stadium 50,000 Conakry (Guinea)
29. Stade Tata Raphaël 50,000 Kinshasa (DR Congo)
30. Levy Mwanawasa Stadium 49,800 Ndola (Zambia)
31. Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium 48,459 Port Elizabeth (South Africa)
32. Peter Mokaba Stadium 46,000 Polokwane (South Africa)
33. Free State Stadium 46,000 Bloemfontein (South Africa)
34. Stade Adrar 45,480 Agadir (Morocco)
35. Stade de Marrakech 45,240 Marrakech (Morocco)
36. Mandela National Stadium 45,202 Kampala (Uganda)
37. Stade El Menzah 45,000 Tunis (Tunisia)
38. February 24 Stadium 45,000 Sidi Bel Abbes (Algeria)
39. Mohamed Hamlaoui Stadium 45,000 Constantine
40. Egyptian Army Stadium 45,000 Suez (Egypt)
41. Stade Ibn Batouta 45,000 Tanger (Morocco)
42. Fez Stadium 45,000 Fes (Morocco)
43. Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny 45,000 Abidjan (Ivory Coast)
44. Lagos National Stadium 45,000 Lagos (Nigeria)
45. Al-Merrikh Stadium 43,000 Omdurman (Sudan)
46. Estádio da Machava 42,000 Maputo (Mozambique)
47. Estádio do Zimpeto 42,000 Maputo (Mozambique)
48. Royal Bafokeng Stadium 42,000 Rustenburg (South Africa)
49. Bingu National Stadium 41,090 Lilongwe (Malawi)
50. Mbombela Stadium 40,929 Nelspruit (South Africa)
51. Baba Yara Stadium 40,528 Kumasi (Ghana)
52. Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo 40,122 Yaoundé (Cameroon)
53. Ahmed Zabana Stadium 40,000 Oran (Algeria)
54. Rouibah Hocine Stadium 40,000 Jijel (Algeria)
55. Kamazu Stadium 40,000 Blantyre (Malawi)
56. March 28 Stadium 40,000 Benghazi (Libya)
57. Accra Sports Stadium 40,000 Accra (Ghana)
58. Stade d’Angondjé 40,000 Libreville (Gabon)
59. Stade du 4-Août 40,000 Ouagadougou ( Burkina Faso)
60. Thohoyandou Stadium 40,000 Thohoyandou (South Africa)
61. Orlando Stadium 40,000 Soweto (South Africa)
62. Barbourfields Stadium 40,000 Bulawayo (Zambia)
63. Civo Stadium 40,000 Lilongwe Malawi
64. Estádio da Cidadela 40,000 Luanda (Angola)
65. Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium 38,000 Port Harcourt (Nigeria)
66. Johannesburg Stadium 37,500 Johannesburg (South Africa)
67. National Stadium 36,000 Freetown (Sierra Leone)
68. Estadio de Bata 35,700 Bata (Equatorial Guinea)
69. Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium 35,000 Cairo (Egypt)
70. Stade Bouaké 35,000 Bouaké (Ivory Coast)
71. Mustapha Tchaker Stadium 35,000 Blida (Algeria)
72. Al-Hilal Stadium 35,000 Omdurman (Sudan)
73. CCM Kirumba Stadium 35,000 Mwanza (Tanzania)
74. Charles Mopeli Stadium 35,000 Phuthaditjhaba (South Africa)
75. Honneur Stadium 35,000 Oujda (Morocco)
76. Pietersburg Stadium 35,000 Polokwane (South Africa)
77. Muhammadu Dikko Stadium 35,000 Kastina (Nigeria)
78. Rufaro Stadium 35,000 Harare (Zimbabwe)
79. Stade de l’Amitié 35,000 Cotonou (Benin)
80. Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny 35,000 Abidjan (Ivory Coast)
81. Mogadishu Stadium 35,000 Mogadishu (Somalia)
82. Stade Général Seyni Kountché 35,000 Niamey (Niger)
83. National Complex (Liberia) 35,000 Monrovia (Liberia)
84. Stade Municipal de Lubumbashi 35,000 Lubumbashi (DR Congo)
85. Complexo da Sr. da Graça 35,000 Benguela (Angola)
86. Wanderers Stadium 34,000 Johannesburg (South Africa)
87. Athlone Stadium 34,000 Cape Town. (South Africa)
88. EPRU Stadium 33,852 Port Elizabeth (South Africa)
89. Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat 33,037 Brazzaville (Congo)
90. Addis Ababa Stadium 33,000 Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)
91. Olympia Stadium 32,000 Rustenburg (South Africa)
92. August 20, 1955 Stadium 30,000 Skikda (Algeria)
93. Ahmed Kaïd Stadium 30,000 Tiaret (Algeria)
94. Stade Tahar Zoughari 30,000 Relizane (Algeria)
95. Godswill Akpabio International Stadium 30,000 Uyo (Nigeria)
96. Jalingo City Stadium 30,000 Jalingo (Nigeria)
97. Stade Amahoro 30,000 Kigali (Rwanda)
98. Nyayo National Stadium 30,000 Nairobi (Kenya)
99. Stade de Kégué 30,000 Lomé (Togo)
100. Independence Stadium 30,000 Bakau (Gambia)
Source: Wikipedia
