Stade Aline Sitoe Diatta

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Stade Aline Sitoe Diatta is a multi-use stadium in Ziguinchor, Senegal. It is currently used mostly for football matches and serves as a home ground of Casa Sport. The stadium holds 10,000 people.

stade aline sitoe diatta was built to host the African cup nations held in Senegal in 1992 . located in the northern part of the city of ziguinchor , it has been plagued by its poor pitch , because the stadium was built on what used to be a rice field making it a muddy mess during the rainy season , but recent efforts by local authorities to change the pitch into a synthetic turf paid off, as of January 2007 the change will be made .The stadium was named after a Aline Sitoe Diatta , a diola woman regarded by many as the only woman who stood against the colonialist push into casamance, (the southern province of senegal)