Danie Craven Stadium
Danie Craven Stadium is a stadium in Stellenbosch Local Municipality, South Africa that opened in 1979. Its recorded capacity is 16,000.
Key facts
Danie Craven Stadium is a stadium in Stellenbosch Local Municipality, South Africa that opened in 1979. Its recorded capacity is 16,000. It is owned by Stellenbosch University and Stellenbosch University. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are Maties, Stellenbosch University, 1995 Rugby World Cup, Stellenbosch F.C..
- Location
- Stellenbosch Local Municipality, South Africa
- Type
- Stadium
- Capacity
- 16,000
- Opened
- 1979
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch University
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
- Playing surface
- Natural grass
Danie Craven Stadium is at latitude -33.94, longitude 18.873611, in Stellenbosch Local Municipality, South Africa. 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 | -33.94 |
| Longitude | 18.873611 |
| City | Stellenbosch Local Municipality |
| Region | Stellenbosch Local Municipality |
| Country | South Africa |
| 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
No naming history is recorded for this venue.
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Stellenbosch University | 1979 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Owner | Stellenbosch University | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maties | Not mapped | 1979 to present | Current | Source |
| Stellenbosch University | Not mapped | 1979 to present | Current | Source |
| 1995 Rugby World Cup | Not mapped | 1979 to present | Current | Source |
| Stellenbosch F.C. | Not mapped | 1979 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
10 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 | 2437 | 2026-10 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | capacity | 17000 | 16000 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372079314 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Danie_Craven_Stadium | Danie Craven Stadium | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 22492 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15814 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15813 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15812 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15811 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15810 | 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: