Olembe Stadium
Yaoundé, Cameroon
60,000
recorded capacity
1 block = 1,000 places
Olembe Stadium in Yaoundé is the largest of the 4 listed stadiums in Cameroon. It opened in 2021.
Its capacity equals 31.3% of the combined capacity of the listed stadiums in Cameroon. The nearest listed stadium is Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium, 7.3 km away.
- Listed for
- Athletics and football
- Tenants
- Cameroon national football team
- Surface
- Grass
- Position
- 3.95° N, 11.54° E
Where it stands in Cameroon
- Olembe Stadium60,000
- Japoma Stadium10,000 fewer50,000
- Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium17,500 fewer42,500
- Reunification Stadium21,000 fewer39,000
From the record
- Owner
- Cameroonian Football Federation
- Architect
- Studio SHESA architects - arch. Suarez
- Main contractor
- Gruppo Piccini S.A.
- Field size
- 105 m × 68 m
- Opening order in Cameroon
- 4th of 4, earliest first
- Compared with the median in Cameroon
- 1.3 times the median capacity of 46,250 across its 4 listed stadiums
- Opened in the 2020s in Cameroon
- 2 of the 4 listed stadiums, this one included
- Nearest larger listed stadium
- Moshood Abiola National Stadium, 724 km
- Listed stadiums within 10 km
- 1
Nearest listed stadiums
- Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium · south42,500 places, opened 19727.3 km
- Japoma Stadium · west50,000 places, opened 2020190.4 km
- Reunification Stadium · west39,000 places, opened 1972202.4 km
- Estadio de Bata · south-west35,700 places, completed 2007306.7 km
- U. J. Esuene Stadium · west16,000 places, opened 1977373.8 km
Source: Wikipedia, Olembe Stadium.