Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium
Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium is a multi purpose in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania that opened in 2007. Its recorded capacity is 60,000.
Key facts
Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium is a multi purpose in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania that opened in 2007. Its recorded capacity is 60,000. It is owned by Tanzania. It is operated by Tanzania Football Federation and Tanzania Football Federation. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are Tanzania men's national football team, Simba S.C., Young Africans S.C., Young Africans S.C., Tanzania men's national football team, Simba Sports Club, Pan African FC, Kinondoni Municipal Council F. C..
- Location
- Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- Type
- Multi purpose
- Capacity
- 60,000
- Opened
- 2007
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- Tanzania
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
- Playing surface
- Hybrid grass
Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium is at latitude -6.8535, longitude 39.273811, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. 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 | -6.8535 |
| Longitude | 39.273811 |
| City | Dar es Salaam |
| Region | Dar es Salaam |
| Country | Tanzania |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Technology
| Feature | Recorded as | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface | Hybrid grass | 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 | Tanzania | 2007 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Operator | Tanzania Football Federation | 2007 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Operator | Tanzania Football Federation | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania men's national football team | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Simba S.C. | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Young Africans S.C. | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Young Africans S.C. | Not mapped | 2007 to present | Current | Source |
| Tanzania men's national football team | Not mapped | 2007 to present | Current | Source |
| Simba Sports Club | Not mapped | 2007 to present | Current | Source |
| Pan African FC | Not mapped | 2007 to present | Current | Source |
| Kinondoni Municipal Council F. C. | Not mapped | 2007 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
18 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 | 2177 | 2026-10 |
| 24 September 2026 | org_aliases | (deleted) | Tanzanian government | not set | 2026-09 |
| 24 September 2026 | venue_roles | (deleted) | 34472 | not set | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 34472 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | org_aliases | (created) | not set | 2634 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1373261925 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Benjamin_Mkapa_Stadium | Benjamin Mkapa Stadium | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 21202 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 21201 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 21200 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 21199 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 11622 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 11621 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 11620 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 11619 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 11618 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 11617 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 11616 | 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: