Abuja Stadium
Abuja Stadium is a multi purpose in Abuja, Nigeria that opened in 2003. Its recorded capacity is 60,491.
Key facts
Abuja Stadium is a multi purpose in Abuja, Nigeria that opened in 2003. Its recorded capacity is 60,491. No current owner is recorded. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are Nigeria men's national football team, Nigeria men's national football team, 2025 African U18 and U20 Championships in Athletics.
- Location
- Abuja, Nigeria
- Type
- Multi purpose
- Capacity
- 60,491
- Opened
- 2003
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- Not recorded
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
- Playing surface
- Natural grass
Abuja Stadium is at latitude 9.037917, longitude 7.453389, in Abuja, Nigeria. 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 | 9.037917 |
| Longitude | 7.453389 |
| City | Abuja |
| Region | Abuja |
| Country | Nigeria |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Technology
| Feature | Recorded as | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface | Natural grass | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
See the venue technology guides for how these work.
Naming rights
Abuja Stadium has carried 1 recorded name. National Stadium, Abuja (2003–2019) (no sponsor) ran Present.
Data table for this chart
| Name | Sponsor | Period | Deal value | Term | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Stadium, Abuja (2003–2019) | None | Present | Not published | Not published | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Ownership and operation
No ownership or operator rows are recorded for this venue.
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria men's national football team | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Nigeria men's national football team | Not mapped | 2003 to present | Current | Source |
| 2025 African U18 and U20 Championships in Athletics | Not mapped | 2003 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
9 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 | 1726 | 2026-10 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_names | source_date | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09-28 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_names | source_date | 2026-09-20 | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372217274 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Moshood_Abiola_National_Stadium | Moshood Abiola National Stadium | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | National Stadium, Abuja (2003–2019) | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 20151 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 9125 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 9124 | 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: