Royal Bafokeng Stadium
Royal Bafokeng Stadium is a stadium in Phokeng, South Africa that opened in 1999. Its recorded capacity is 44,530.
Key facts
Royal Bafokeng Stadium is a stadium in Phokeng, South Africa that opened in 1999. Its recorded capacity is 44,530. It is owned by Royal Bafokeng Nation. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are Marumo Gallants, Platinum Stars F.C., Platinum Stars F.C..
- Location
- Phokeng, South Africa
- Type
- Stadium
- Capacity
- 44,530
- Opened
- 1999
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- Royal Bafokeng Nation
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
- Playing surface
- Hybrid grass, Natural grass
Royal Bafokeng Stadium is at latitude -25.578611, longitude 27.160833, in Phokeng, 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 | -25.578611 |
| Longitude | 27.160833 |
| City | Phokeng |
| Region | Phokeng |
| Country | South Africa |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Technology
| Feature | Recorded as | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface | Hybrid grass | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Surface | Natural grass | Wikidata statement | 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 | Royal Bafokeng Nation | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marumo Gallants | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Platinum Stars F.C. | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Platinum Stars F.C. | Not mapped | 1999 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 October 2026 | venue_features | (created) | not set | 2420 | 2026-10 |
| 2 October 2026 | venue_features | (created) | not set | 2419 | 2026-10 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | capacity | 42000 | 44530 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372226488 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Royal_Bafokeng_Stadium | Royal Bafokeng Stadium | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 22462 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 22461 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 22460 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15744 | 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: