Top 20 Largest Stadiums in Africa 2024 [Updated]

Sport in Africa has over the years taken a new dimension and now we have much investment directed towards it which leads us to the top largest stadiums in Africa.

Stadiums serve a whole lot of purposes be it outdoor sports, concerts, and events, it has a structure in which spectators can conveniently sit and at the same time watch what is going on.

There have been some arguments on which stadium is the largest in Africa and when talking about large it means a wide space will be utilized considering the number of spectators intended to accommodate.

In this sense, we will be taking the seating capacity and standing areas in total, never forget stadiums are convertible based on the kind of events that will take place there.

For this, we will exclude temporary seating or standing space like spaces for concerts or crusades.

On this list we have excluded the inactive parts of the stadiums, race tracks, closed areas and so on, we are going to base this on the number of sitting spectators.

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The 20 Largest Stadiums in Africa

Below is a table showing the top biggest stadiums in Africa:

Rank	Stadium	Country	Capacity
1.	FNB Stadium	South Africa	94,736
2.	Borg El Arab Stadium	Egypt	86,000
3.	Stade des Martyrs	Democratic Republic of the Congo	80,000
4.	Cairo International Stadium	Egypt	74,100
5.	Stade Mohammed V	Morocco	67,000
6.	Mogadishu Stadium	Somalia	65,000
7.	Stade 5 Juillet	Algeria	64,000
8.	Ellis Park Stadium	South Africa	62,567
9.	Abuja Stadium	Nigeria	60,491
10.	Stade 7 November	Tunisia	60,000
11.	Stade National de la Côte d’Ivoire	Ivory Coast	60,000
12.	Stade Municipal de Kintélé	Republic of the Congo	60,000
13.	Bahir Dar Stadium	Ethiopia	60,000
14.	Mkapa Stadium	Tanzania	60,000
15.	Stade Leopold Senghor	Senegal	60,000
16.	Moi International Sports Centre	Kenya	60,000
17.	Heroes National Stadium	Zambia	60,000
18.	National Sports Stadium	Zimbabwe	60,000
19.	Odi Stadium	South Africa	60,000
20.	Mmabatho Stadium	South Africa	59,000