List of football stadiums in Nigeria

The following is a list of football stadiums in Nigeria by capacity. It also includes the current team in each stadium. The Mobolaji Johnson Arena in Lagos is the oldest stadium in Nigeria.^[1]

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#	Stadium	Capacity	City	State	Home team(s)	Opened	Ref
1	Moshood Abiola National Stadium	60,491	Abuja	FCT	Nigeria national football team	2003	^[2]
2	Jos International Stadium	60,000	Jos	Plateau			^[3]^[4]
3	Lagos National Stadium	45,000	Lagos	Lagos	Cowrie Rugby Football Club	1972
4	Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium	38,000	Port Harcourt	Rivers		2015
5	Muhammadu Dikko Stadium	35,000	Katsina	Katsina	Katsina United F.C.	2013
6	Godswill Akpabio International Stadium	30,000	Uyo	Akwa Ibom	Akwa United	2014	^[5]^[6]
7	Rojenny International Stadium	30,000	Oba	Anambra
8	Confluence Stadium	25,000	Lokoja	Kogi
9	Obafemi Awolowo Stadium	25,000	Ibadan	Oyo
10	Teslim Balogun Stadium	24,325	Surulere	Lagos	First Bank F.C.	2007
11	Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium	22,000	Enugu	Enugu	Enugu Rangers
12	Stephen Keshi Stadium	22,000	Asaba	Delta		2018
13	Gateway Stadium	20,000	Ijebu-Ode	Ogun	FC Ebedei
14	Warri Township Stadium	20,000	Warri	Delta	Warri Wolves F.C.
15	Kwara State Stadium	18,000	Ilorin	Kwara	Kwara United F.C. ABS FC
16	Ahmadu Bello Stadium	16,000	Kaduna	Kaduna		1965	^[7]
17	Enyimba International Stadium	16,000	Aba	Abia	Enyimba International F.C.	1992	^[8]
18	Liberation Stadium	16,000	Port Harcourt	Rivers	Dolphins F.C.		^[9]^[10]
19	Sani Abacha Stadium	16,000	Kano	Kano	Kano Pillars F.C.	1998
20	UJ Esuene Stadium	16,000	Calabar	Cross River	Calabar Rovers	1977
21	Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium	15,000	Bauchi	Bauchi	Wikki Tourists		^[11]
22	Rwang Pam Stadium	15,000	Jos	Plateau	Plateau United JUTH F.C. Mighty Jets
23	Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium	12,000	Benin City	Edo	Bendel Insurance F.C.	1983	^[12]^[13]
24	Pantami Stadium	12,000		Gombe	Gombe United F.C.		^[14]^[15]
25	Jalingo City Stadium	12,000	Jalingo	Taraba	Taraba FC	2002
26	Ilaro Stadium	12,000	Ilaro	Ogun	Gateway United F.C.	2008
27	Abubakar Umar Memorial Stadium	10,000	Gombe	Gombe	Gombe United F.C.		^[16]
28	Dan Anyiam Stadium	10,000		Imo	Heartland F.C.		^[17]
29	Delta State Polytechnic Ozoro Stadium	16,000	Ozoro	Delta
30	El-Kanemi Stadium	10,000	Owerri	Borno	El-Kanemi Warriors
31	FC Ifeanyi Ubah International Stadium	10,000		Anambra	Ifeanyi Ubah F.C.
32	Lekan Salami Stadium	10,000	Ibadan	Oyo	Shooting Stars FC
33	MKO Abiola Stadium	10,000	Abeokuta	Ogun	Gateway United F.C.
34	Mobolaji Johnson Arena	10,000	Lagos	Lagos	1472 FC Ikorodu City Inter Lagos Robo Queens Sporting Lagos	1930
35	Oshogbo Stadium	10,000		Osun	Prime F.C.
36	Sapele Stadium	10,000	Sapele	Delta	Bayelsa United F.C.		^[18]
37	Zaria Township Stadium	10,000		Kaduna	Kaduna United F.C.
38	Kano Pillars Stadium	10,000	Kano	Kano	Kano Pillars F.C.
39	Uyo Township Stadium	8,000		Akwa Ibom	Akwa United F.C. Vandrezzer FC		^[19]
40	Aper Aku Stadium	8,000	Makurdi	Benue	Lobi Stars		^[20]
41	Jay Jay Okocha Stadium	8,000		Delta	Delta Force F.C.
42	Covenant University Stadium	6,500^[21]		Ogun
43	Akure Township Stadium	5,000	Akure	Ondo	Sunshine Stars F.C.		^[22]
44	Ikpeazu Memorial Stadium	5,000		Anambra	Anambra Pillars F.C. Anambra United F.C.	2009
45	Katsina Township Stadium	5,000		Katsina
46	Lafia Township Stadium	5,000		Nasarawa	Nasarawa United
47	Minna Township Stadium	5,000		Niger	Niger Tornadoes
48	Nsukka Township Stadium	5,000		Enugu
49	Oghara Township Stadium	5,000		Bayelsa	Ocean Boys F.C. Bayelsa United
50	Old Parade Ground	5,000		FCT	Abuja F.C.
51	Oyo Township Stadium	5,000		Oyo	Atiba F.C.
52	Sardauna Memorial Stadium	5,000	Gusau	Zamfara	Zamfara United F.C.
53	Ughelli Township Stadium	5,000		Delta	Ughelli Rovers FC	2002
54	Sharks Stadium	5,000		Rivers	Sharks F.C.
55	Umuahia Township Stadium	5,000		Abia	Abia Warriors F.C. Abia Comets
56	Yenagoa Township Stadium	5,000		Bayelsa	Ocean Boys FC Bayelsa United
57	Ebedi City Stadium	5,000	Iseyin	Oyo	Iseyin FC
58	Uniport Sport Arena	5,000	Port Harcourt	Rivers	Rivers Angels		Obio Akpor FC
59	Agege Stadium	4,000		Lagos	MFM FC Bridge Boys F.C. Pepsi Football Academy		^[23]^[24]

Stadium	Capacity	City	Home team	Opening
Abia International Stadium	40,000	Abia State	Abia Warriors	2030
Ebonyi Olympic stadium	35,000	Ebonyi state	National Football team and Abakaliki F.C.	2030
Bayelsa Stadium	25,000	Bayelsa State	National Football Team and Bayelsa United	2027
Yola ultra Modern stadium	20,000	Adamawa state	Adamawa United	2026
Lagos Arena	12,000^[25]	Lagos	Nigeria men's national basketball team	2027
Edo Arena	6,000	Benin City	Bendel Insurance F.C.	2025

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