Abebe Bikila Stadium ( Amharic : አበበ ቢቂላ ስታዲያም ) is a multi-purpose stadium in Addis Ababa , Ethiopia . It is currently used mostly for football matches, on club level it was used by Dedebit F.C. of the Ethiopian Premier League . The stadium has a capacity of 25,000 spectators. It is named after famed Olympic Marathon champion Abebe Bikila .
12-634: The stadium hosted the final of the inaugural Ethiopian Super Cup in 2016. In March 2017 the project to renovate the stadium was awarded to the Chinese firm Zhongmei Engineering Group Ltd. with the total cost of the project being 105.5 million Birr. The stadium was renovated in large part to ease congestion at Addis Ababa Stadium , while the city continues to construct the 62,000 seat Addis Ababa National Stadium . 09°02′35″N 38°43′26″E / 9.04306°N 38.72389°E / 9.04306; 38.72389 This article about an Ethiopian sports venue
24-513: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Addis Ababa Stadium Addis Ababa Stadium ( Amharic : አዲስ አበባ ስታዲየም) is a multi-purpose stadium in Addis Ababa , Ethiopia . It is used mostly for football matches although it also has athletics facilities. The stadium has a capacity of 20,000 people. Addis Ababa Stadium was constructed in 1940 in the Italian ruled Addis Ababa , with
36-538: Is being built by the China State Construction Engineering Corporation . 9°0′47.9″N 38°45′23.1″E / 9.013306°N 38.756417°E / 9.013306; 38.756417 Main colonial governors: Agenore Frangipani ; Guglielmo Nasi ; Enrico Cerulli ; Pietro Gazzera ; Luigi Frusci ; Alessandro Pirzio Biroli Agenore Frangipani Agenore Frangipani ( Benevento , 4 December 1876 – Addis Ababa , 6 April 1941)
48-422: The 16th African Athletics Championships . The small section immediately to the right of the main stand was called "Kemeneshe" while the stand in the right corner of the stadium was called "Abebe Bikila" due to the fact that there was a shop with the same name under stands on the exterior side. The stands to the left of the main stand was called "Fasika Ber", named after advertisements displayed in this section of
60-706: The Corazzieri . In 1906 he was promoted to captain , and on the following year he married Countess Cristina Agazzi, member of a noble Lombard family. In 1911 Frangipani fought in Libya during the Italo-Turkish War , and during World War I he fought on the Karst Plateau , being promoted to major in 1917 and to colonel in 1919. In 1923 he joined the National Fascist Party ; in the following years he worked for
72-614: The Ministry of War and served as military attaché in Berlin and Paris until 1930. He also served as official in the colonial administrator in Italy's East African colonies for many years (in 1922 he signed a treaty with Arthur Wallace Skrine , British deputy governor of Kassala province, rectifying the border between Eritrea and Sudan ), as well as consul in Ethiopia. During the second half of
84-742: The 1930s he fought in the Second Italo-Ethiopian War , being promoted to major general in 1936, then in the Spanish Civil War and finally in the conquest of Albania . At the outbreak of World War II he was in Italian East Africa , and on 3 April 1941 he replaced Giuseppe Daodice as governor of Addis Ababa and the Scioa Governorate . He was ordered by the Duke of Aosta, Viceroy of Italian East Africa , to surrender Addis Ababa to
96-599: The first time for the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship that took place in Argentina . Addis Ababa Stadium is located at the heart of Addis Ababa near Legehar train station and Meskel Square . The stadium hosts both international soccer and athletics competitions. Great athletes like the legendary Abebe Bikila and Haile Gebrselassie have competed at the stadium. According to IAAF certification, Addis Ababa stadium has Class II certificate for its athletics facilities. Between 30 April and 4 May 2008, Addis Ababa Stadium hosted
108-547: The name "Stadio Littorio". I It hosted several matches during the 1962 , 1968 and 1976 African Cup of Nations , including the final of the 1962 (won by Ethiopia over the United Arab Republic) and 1968 editions and the final group stage of the 1976 tournament. Later in 1999, it was renovated for the 2001 CAF African Youth Championship held in Ethiopia. In this championship, the Ethiopia's National Youth team came fourth. The Ethiopian youth team thereby qualified for
120-469: The stadium. Construction on a new FIFA and Olympic -standard 62,000 seat stadium is due in 2019. LAVA , DESIGNSPORT and local Ethiopian firm JDAW won the international competition held by the Federal Sport Commission, Ethiopia to design the stadium and sports village. The design combines local identity, such as rock cut architecture and the massob basket, with new technology. The stadium
132-508: The stadium. The section immediately to the left of this was called "Tesera". The stands opposite of the main stand are historically known as "Katanga", alluding to the military personnel that used to sit in these stands after returning from peace keeping missions in Katanga , DRC . The stadium has 12 entrance tunnels. In January 2021, the sport commission of the stadium signed an agreement for design, consultation and management of renovations to
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#1733086061555144-804: Was an Italian general and colonial official, and the last Italian governor of Addis Ababa and Scioa . Frangipani was born in 1876 to an aristocratic family, the second son of the Marquis of Mileta. He initially enlisted in the Royal Italian Navy , attending the Naval Academy of Livorno for some time, but moved to the Royal Italian Army after some time, attending the Nunziatella Military College in Naples and graduating in 1899 as lieutenant of
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