Independence Stadium (Bakau)
Independence Stadium is a multi purpose in Bakau, Gambia that opened in 1984. Its recorded capacity is 20,000.
Key facts
Independence Stadium is a multi purpose in Bakau, Gambia that opened in 1984. Its recorded capacity is 20,000. No current owner is recorded. It is operated by Ministry of Youth and Sports. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are The Gambia men's national football team, Wallidan F.C., The Gambia men's national football team, Wallidan F.C..
- Location
- Bakau, Gambia
- Type
- Multi purpose
- Capacity
- 20,000
- Opened
- 1984
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- Not recorded
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
- Playing surface
- Hybrid grass
Independence Stadium is at latitude 13.468611, longitude -16.6775, in Bakau, Gambia. 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 | 13.468611 |
| Longitude | -16.6775 |
| City | Bakau |
| Region | Bakau |
| Country | Gambia |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operator | Ministry of Youth and Sports | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Gambia men's national football team | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Wallidan F.C. | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| The Gambia men's national football team | Not mapped | 1984 to present | Current | Source |
| Wallidan F.C. | Not mapped | 1984 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
13 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 | 1091 | 2026-10 |
| 24 September 2026 | org_aliases | (deleted) | Government of the Gambia | not set | 2026-09 |
| 24 September 2026 | venue_roles | (deleted) | 33216 | not set | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 33216 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | org_aliases | (created) | not set | 1725 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | capacity | 40000 | 20000 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372205631 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Independence_Stadium_(Bakau) | Independence Stadium (Bakau) | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 18593 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 18592 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 18591 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 6177 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 6176 | 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: