Abebe Bikila Stadium
Abebe Bikila Stadium is a stadium in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia that opened in 2002. Its recorded capacity is 25,000.
Key facts
Abebe Bikila Stadium is a stadium in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia that opened in 2002. Its recorded capacity is 25,000. It is owned by Addis Abeba City Administration. It is operated by Addis Abeba Youth and Sport Bureau. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are Ethiopia men's national football team, Dedebit.
- Location
- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Type
- Stadium
- Capacity
- 25,000
- Opened
- 2002
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- Addis Abeba City Administration
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
- Playing surface
- Artificial turf
Abebe Bikila Stadium is at latitude 9.043056, longitude 38.723889, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.
Data table for this chart
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Latitude | 9.043056 |
| Longitude | 38.723889 |
| City | Addis Ababa |
| Region | Addis Ababa |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Technology
| Feature | Recorded as | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface | Artificial turf | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
See the venue technology guides for how these work.
Naming rights
No naming history is recorded for this venue.
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Addis Abeba City Administration | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Operator | Addis Abeba Youth and Sport Bureau | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia men's national football team | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Dedebit | Not mapped | 2002 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
8 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.
| Date | Table | Field | From | To | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 October 2026 | venue_features | (created) | not set | 796 | 2026-10 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | capacity | 30000 | 25000 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372059660 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Abebe_Bikila_Stadium | Abebe Bikila Stadium | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 18045 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 18044 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 18043 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 4531 | 2026-09 |
Sources and licenses
Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The site as a whole is built from these sources:
- Wikidata: CC0 1.0. Data from Wikidata, released under CC0 1.0 Universal.
- OpenStreetMap: ODbL 1.0. © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0). See https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright.
- Wikipedia: CC BY-SA 4.0. Text from Wikipedia, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.
Row-level sources used for this venue: