National Stadium (Freetown)
National Stadium is a stadium in Freetown, Sierra Leone that opened in 1980. Its recorded capacity is 45,000.
Key facts
National Stadium is a stadium in Freetown, Sierra Leone that opened in 1980. Its recorded capacity is 45,000. It is owned by Government of Sierra Leone. It is operated by Sierra Leone Ministry of Sport and Sierra Leone Football Association. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are Sierra Leone men's national football team, Sierra Leone men's national football team, East End Lions F.C., Ports Authority F.C., FC Kallon, Mighty Blackpool F.C., Old Edwardians F.C., FC Johansen, Freetown City F.C..
- Location
- Freetown, Sierra Leone
- Type
- Stadium
- Capacity
- 45,000
- Opened
- 1980
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- Government of Sierra Leone
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
- Playing surface
- Natural grass
National Stadium is at latitude 8.479556, longitude -13.249056, in Freetown, Sierra Leone. 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 | 8.479556 |
| Longitude | -13.249056 |
| City | Freetown |
| Region | Freetown |
| Country | Sierra Leone |
| 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 | Government of Sierra Leone | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Operator | Sierra Leone Football Association | 1980 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Operator | Sierra Leone Ministry of Sport | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Leone men's national football team | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Sierra Leone men's national football team | Not mapped | 1980 to present | Current | Source |
| East End Lions F.C. | Not mapped | 1980 to present | Current | Source |
| Ports Authority F.C. | Not mapped | 1980 to present | Current | Source |
| FC Kallon | Not mapped | 1980 to present | Current | Source |
| Mighty Blackpool F.C. | Not mapped | 1980 to present | Current | Source |
| Old Edwardians F.C. | Not mapped | 1980 to present | Current | Source |
| FC Johansen | Not mapped | 1980 to present | Current | Source |
| Freetown City F.C. | Not mapped | 1980 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
15 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 | 2057 | 2026-10 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372218871 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | National_Stadium_(Sierra_Leone) | National Stadium (Sierra Leone) | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 20952 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 20951 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 20950 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 11021 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 11020 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 11019 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 11018 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 11017 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 11016 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 11015 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 11014 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 11013 | 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: