Mzuzu Stadium

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Mzuzu Stadium
Mzuzu Stadium
Location Mzuzu, Malawi
OwnerGovernment of Malawi
OperatorMzuzu City council
Capacity
  • 15, 000 (regulated capacity)
  • 14,000 (seated capacity)
Field size30 by 20 metres (32.8 yd × 21.9 yd)
SurfaceGrass (Desso GrassMaster)
Construction
Broke ground12 February 1970;54 years ago (1970-02-12)
Built12 February 1967 (1967-02-12) – 15 July 1970 (1970-07-15)
Opened3 March 1970;54 years ago (1970-03-03)
Renovated2000–2007, 2023 [1]
Construction cost4 Billion Malawi Kwacha
Architect Populous
Project managerMzuzu mayor
Tenants
Nyasa Big Bullets FC
Mighty Wanderers FC
Malawi national football team (until 2017)
Moyale Barracks (2019–present)

Mzuzu Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Mzuzu, Malawi. [2] [3] [4] The stadium is mostly for football matches, on club level by Moyale Barracks FC of the Super League of Malawi and other various sport activities. The stadium has a capacity of 10,000 spectators. [5]

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Background

The Mzuzu Stadium was built in 1970 using prison labor. The stadium has a capacity of 15,000 and is the only stadium in the city of Mzuzu built using prison labor.

Incidents

In August of 2023, The Football Association of Malawi (FAM) banned the Mzuzu Stadium as well as Civo Stadium of Lilongwe over the poor state of the stadiums' pitch and the bad conditions of the players’ tunnel. [6] The FAM also banned the stadiums due to missing of technical benches and bad condition of the perimeter fence, as well as poor state of dressing rooms, including lack of public address system and poor condition of scoreboard. [7] This was as the result of an inspection carried out by the FAM's Club Licensing department. [6] [8] [9]

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References

  1. ↑ Zgambo, Mike Lyson (2023-10-12). "Northern Region football lovers demand reopening of Mzuzu Stadium Malawi 24 | Latest News from Malawi". Malawi 24. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
  2. ↑ https://times.mw/mzuzu-stadium-not-opening-soon/
  3. ↑ https://fam.mw/mzuzu-stadium-inspection-awaits-city-council-nod/
  4. ↑ Zgambo, Mike Lyson (2023-11-02). "Nyamilandu satisfied with Mzuzu Stadium pitch Malawi 24 | Latest News from Malawi". Malawi 24. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
  5. ↑ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Mzuzu Stadium". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
  6. 1 2 Zgambo, Mike Lyson (2023-10-12). "Northern Region football lovers demand reopening of Mzuzu Stadium Malawi 24 | Latest News from Malawi". Malawi 24. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
  7. ↑ Reporter, Malawi24 (2023-08-16). "Mzuzu Stadium pitch is a disgrace – Harrison Malawi 24 | Latest News from Malawi". Malawi 24. Retrieved 2024-04-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ↑ Zgambo, Mike Lyson (2023-08-18). "K850 million needed for Mzuzu Stadium renovation Malawi 24 | Latest News from Malawi". Malawi 24. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
  9. ↑ Reporter, Malawi24 (2023-08-16). "FAM bans Mzuzu, Civo Stadiums from hosting official elite matches Malawi 24 | Latest News from Malawi". Malawi 24. Retrieved 2024-04-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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