Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny
| Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny | |
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| Le Félicia Stade FHB |
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| The Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny in Abidjan (2009) | |
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Stade Géo André (1952–1964) |
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| place | Boulevard de le Republique Abidjan , Ivory Coast
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| Coordinates | 5 ° 19 '41.8 " N , 4 ° 1' 6.3" W |
| owner | Ivory Coast State |
| opening | 1952 |
| Renovations | 1964, 2009, 2017 |
| surface | Natural grass |
| capacity | 35,000 seats |
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The Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny is a football stadium with an athletics facility in the central Le Plateau district of the Ivorian city of Abidjan . It is nicknamed Le Félicia and Stade FHB . The ASEC Mimosas football club plays its home games in the sports facility. It is also the venue for matches of the Ivorian national football team .
history
The facility, inaugurated in 1952, now has a capacity of 35,000 spectators. At first it was named Stade Géo André , named after Géo André (1889–1943), a French athlete and rugby union player. In 1964 it was rebuilt and received its current structure. A new name came along with the renovation. It was named after Félix Houphouët-Boigny , the first President of the Ivory Coast (1960 to 1993).
In 1984 the Stade FHB was one of the two venues for the African Football Championship . A total of nine games of the tournament took place here, including six group games, a semi-final, the game for third place and the final. In 2009, the facility was completely renovated with a view to hosting the first African Nations Cup , which took place in February and March of that year.
On March 29, 2009 there was a tragic accident during the World Cup qualifier Ivory Coast against Malawi . A wall collapsed under the pressure of the crowd pouring into the interior, killing 19 people and injuring over 130.
On January 1, 2013, a mass panic broke out near the stadium after the New Year's Eve fireworks, in which 61 people were killed and 200 others were injured.
The Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny was renovated for the 2017 Francophonie Games .
Web links
- stadiumdb.com: Stade Félix-Houphouët-Boigny (Le Félicia) (English)
- europlan-online.de: Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny - Abidjan
- de.soccerway.com: Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny
- worldstadiums.com: Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny (English)
- Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan ( Memento of February 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ stadiumdb.com: data on the stadium (English)
- ↑ Deaths in mass panic in the football stadium ; ( Memento from August 1, 2010 on WebCite ) Message on tagesschau.de from March 30, 2009.
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^ Frédéric Couteau: A la Une: bousculade tragique en Côte d'Ivoire ; Radio France Internationale , January 2, 2013 (French), accessed on January 3, 2013.
Accident in Ivory Coast: many dead in mass panic on New Year's Eve ; ( Memento from January 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Message on tagesschau.de from January 1, 2013.