Senegal's new stadium now called Me Abdoulaye Wade
- DS News
- Mar 6, 2022
- 1 min read
On February 22, 2022 Senegal's new stadium was inaugurated in Diamniadio in the west of the country, not far from the capital Dakar.
It is an ultra modern stadium with a capacity of 50,000 seats without the famous athletics track with a public close to the lawn, it is now the national stadium of the country. The new enclosure is entirely self-sufficient in energy because it benefits from a photovoltaic panel station.
Inauguration ceremony was done with great fanfare in a stadium full of crackers and former glories of world football; Didier Drogba (Chelsea FC), El Hadj Diouf (Liverpool FC), Pascal Feinduno (Guinea), Guyan Assamoah (Ghana), Khalilou Fadiga (Senegal), Aliou Cissé (Senegal) and many others. The gala match ended in a draw of 1 goal for each team, with the very first goal scored by the Senegalese Khalilou Fadiga.
In addition, President Macky Sall had the stadium named after former President Maître Abdoulaye Wade.
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