| Ground | Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo Yaoundé, Cameroon | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 35,000 | ||
| League | Elite One | ||
| 2009–10 | Elite Two, 1st | ||
AS Lausanne de Yaoundé is a Cameroonian football club based in Yaoundé. They currently play their home games within the Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, a stadium they share with fellow Elite One club Canon Yaoundé. [1] As of the 2010–11 season, they currently play in the MTN Elite One, having been promoted from the MTN Elite Two after topping the league in the 2009–10 season. [2]
Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the Bight of Biafra, part of the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean. Although Cameroon is not an ECOWAS member state, it geographically and historically is in West Africa with the Southern Cameroons which now form her Northwest and Southwest Regions having a strong West African history. The country is sometimes identified as West African and other times as Central African due to its strategic position at the crossroads between West and Central Africa.
Yaoundé is the capital of Cameroon and, with a population of more than 2.8 million, the second-largest city in the country after the port city Douala. It lies in the Centre Region of the nation at an elevation of about 750 metres (2,500 ft) above sea level.
Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Yaoundé, Cameroon. It is used mostly for football matches and it also has athletics facilities. It was built in 1972. The stadium has been renovated in 2016 ahead of the African Women Cup of Nations tournament. It has a capacity of 42,500 seats. It is the home stadium of Canon Yaoundé and Tonnerre Yaoundé. The stadium is also known as the home venue of the Cameroonian national football team, who drew the stadium's record attendance of 120,000 in a football match in the 1980s.
