UJ Esuene Stadium

UJ Esuene Stadium
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place	Calabar , Nigeria; Ikang Road
Coordinates	4 ° 58 '3.2 " N , 8 ° 19' 36.7" E Coordinates: 4 ° 58 '3.2 " N , 8 ° 19' 36.7" E
opening	April 2nd 1977
First game	Calabar Rovers - Bendel Insurance FC
Renovations	2009
surface	Natural grass
capacity	25,000 seats
Societies)
	Calabar Rovers FC; Nigerian national soccer team;
Events
	U-17 World Cup 2009; Pan-African Games 2003;

The UJ Esuene Stadium is a football stadium with an athletics facility in Calabar in southeastern Nigeria .

It is the home of the Calabar Rovers and formerly Dolphins FC . It has a capacity of 16,000 and was opened in 1977. It was planned to host the 2009 U-17 World Cup .

The UJ Esuene Stadium opened on April 2, 1977 with a game by Bendel Insurance and the Calabar Rovers . Two weeks later, the stadium will be home to its first international game between Rangers International and Tonnerre Yaoundé . Games from the 2003 African Games were played in the stadium, as were Nigeria's qualifying games for the 2008 African Cup . In addition, the 1999 World Junior Championship was held here. Group C games were played in Calabar as part of the U-17 World Cup in 2009 .

Web links

FootballFans.eu: UJ Esuene Stadium
Football temple: Stadium in Nigeria ( Memento from January 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
Soccerway: UJ Esuene Stadium
WorldStadiums: Stadiums in Nigeria

UJ Esuene Stadium
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Data
place	Nigeria Calabar , Nigeria Ikang Road
Coordinates	4 ° 58 '3.2 " N , 8 ° 19' 36.7" E Coordinates: 4 ° 58 '3.2 " N , 8 ° 19' 36.7" E4.9675555555556 8.3268611111111
opening	April 2nd 1977
First game	Calabar Rovers - Bendel Insurance FC
Renovations	2009
surface	Natural grass
capacity	25,000 seats
Societies)
Calabar Rovers FC Nigerian national soccer team
Events
U-17 World Cup 2009 Pan-African Games 2003