Nyayo National Stadium
Nyayo National Stadium is a multi purpose in Nairobi, Kenya that opened in 1983. Its recorded capacity is 18,000.
Key facts
Nyayo National Stadium is a multi purpose in Nairobi, Kenya that opened in 1983. Its recorded capacity is 18,000. No current owner is recorded. It is operated by Sports Kenya. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are A.F.C. Leopards, Kenya men's national football team, A.F.C. Leopards, Sofapaka F.C., Muhoroni Youth F.C., Nakumatt FC.
- Location
- Nairobi, Kenya
- Type
- Multi purpose
- Capacity
- 18,000
- Opened
- 1983
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- Not recorded
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
- Playing surface
- Natural grass
Nyayo National Stadium is at latitude -1.303611, longitude 36.824167, in Nairobi, Kenya. 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 | -1.303611 |
| Longitude | 36.824167 |
| City | Nairobi |
| Region | Nairobi |
| Country | Kenya |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operator | Sports Kenya | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.F.C. Leopards | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Kenya men's national football team | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| A.F.C. Leopards | Not mapped | 1983 to present | Current | Source |
| Sofapaka F.C. | Not mapped | 1983 to present | Current | Source |
| Muhoroni Youth F.C. | Not mapped | 1983 to present | Current | Source |
| Nakumatt FC | Not mapped | 1983 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 | 1499 | 2026-10 |
| 24 September 2026 | venue_roles | (deleted) | 33758 | not set | 2026-09 |
| 24 September 2026 | venue_roles | (deleted) | 33757 | not set | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 33758 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 33757 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | capacity | 30000 | 18000 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372221410 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Nyayo_National_Stadium | Nyayo National Stadium | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 19558 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 19557 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 19556 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 8068 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 8067 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 8066 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 8065 | 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: