Lagos National Stadium

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• All-Africa Games in 1973
• African Cup of Nations 1980
• Junior World Championship 1999
• African Cup of Nations 2000

The Surulere Stadium ( also Lagos National Stadium ) is a multi-purpose stadium in the Nigerian city of Lagos. It was built in 1972 to align the Pan-African Games in 1973. At the opening of the stadium had a capacity of 45,000 seats, with a renovation in 1999 it was expanded to 55,000 seats.

In the stadium took place several international soccer games and tournaments until 2001. Since 2002, the stadium expires increasingly, in 2004 was the last time a game of the Nigerian national football team here instead. Today occasionally held religious meetings in Surulele stage. At times, the stadium was occupied by the Area Boys. 2009 saw the first attempts were made by the state, prepare the stadium again and use it.

Twice the stadium was the venue of the African Cup of Nations. 1980 found a total of nine games, including the final, in the stadium, in 2000 were also 9 games and turn the final in Surulere Stadium discharged. In 1999, the stadium was one of the venues at the Junior World Cup, in which case six group matches, one eighth, quarter and semi-final and the 3rd place match and the final took place.