Stade Municipal (Ouagadougou)
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Stade Municipal is a multi-use stadium
in Ouagadougou
, Burkina Faso
. It is currently used mostly for football
matches and is the home of Santos Football Club
. The stadium holds 15,000 people.
Stadium
A modern stadium is a place or venue for outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.)Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event...
in Ouagadougou
Ouagadougou
Ouagadougou is the capital of Burkina Faso and the administrative, communications, cultural and economic center of the nation. It is also the country's largest city, with a population of 1,475,223 . The city's name is often shortened to Ouaga. The inhabitants are called ouagalais...
, Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso – also known by its short-form name Burkina – is a landlocked country in west Africa. It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, Niger to the east, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Côte d'Ivoire to the southwest.Its size is with an estimated...
. It is currently used mostly for football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
matches and is the home of Santos Football Club
Santos Football Club (Burkina)
Santos Football Club is a Burkinabé football club based in Ouagadougou. They play their home games at the Stade Municipal.The club colours are red and black. The club was founded on 10 April 1977. It has won the 2nd division title three times, in 1986, 1991 and 1992....
. The stadium holds 15,000 people.