Independence Stadium (Lusaka)
Independence Stadium is a stadium in Lusaka, Zambia that opened in 1964. Its recorded capacity is 30,000.
Key facts
Independence Stadium is a stadium in Lusaka, Zambia that opened in 1964. Its recorded capacity is 30,000. It is owned by Nationally owned. It is operated by government. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are Zambia men's national football team, Zambia men's national football team.
- Location
- Lusaka, Zambia
- Type
- Stadium
- Capacity
- 30,000
- Opened
- 1964
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- Nationally owned
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
Independence Stadium is at latitude -15.371064, longitude 28.269631, in Lusaka, Zambia. 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 | -15.371064 |
| Longitude | 28.269631 |
| City | Lusaka |
| Region | Lusaka |
| Country | Zambia |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Naming rights
Independence Stadium has carried 1 recorded name. 7 April Stadium (no sponsor) ran Present.
Data table for this chart
| Name | Sponsor | Period | Deal value | Term | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 April Stadium | None | Present | Not published | Not published | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Nationally owned | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Operator | government | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia men's national football team | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Zambia men's national football team | Not mapped | 1964 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1372205642 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Independence_Stadium_(Zambia) | Independence Stadium (Zambia) | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | 7 April Stadium | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 22517 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 22516 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 22515 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15849 | 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: