Yakubu Gowon Stadium
Yakubu Gowon Stadium is a stadium in Port Harcourt, Nigeria that opened in 2001. Its recorded capacity is 16,000.
Key facts
Yakubu Gowon Stadium is a stadium in Port Harcourt, Nigeria that opened in 2001. Its recorded capacity is 16,000. No current owner is recorded. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are Rivers United F.C., Dolphins F.C., Rivers United F.C..
- Location
- Port Harcourt, Nigeria
- Type
- Stadium
- Capacity
- 16,000
- Opened
- 2001
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- Not recorded
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
Yakubu Gowon Stadium is at latitude 4.825, longitude 7.02194, in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. 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 | 4.825 |
| Longitude | 7.02194 |
| City | Port Harcourt |
| Region | Port Harcourt |
| Country | Nigeria |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Naming rights
Yakubu Gowon Stadium has carried 1 recorded name. Liberation Stadium (no sponsor) ran Present.
Data table for this chart
| Name | Sponsor | Period | Deal value | Term | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberation Stadium | None | Present | Not published | Not published | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Ownership and operation
No ownership or operator rows are recorded for this venue.
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rivers United F.C. | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Dolphins F.C. | Not mapped | 2001 to present | Current | Source |
| Rivers United F.C. | Not mapped | 2001 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
10 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_roles | (created) | not set | 33997 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | org_aliases | (created) | not set | 2289 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_names | source_date | 2026-09-20 | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | capacity | 25000 | 16000 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372253214 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Yakubu_Gowon_Stadium | Yakubu Gowon Stadium | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | Liberation Stadium | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 9154 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 9153 | 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: