Barikadimy Stadium is a

multi-purpose stadium A multi-purpose stadium is a type of stadium designed to be easily used for multiple types of events. While any stadium could potentially host more than one type of sport or event, this concept usually refers to a design philosophy that stres ...

Toamasina Toamasina (), meaning "like salt" or "salty", unofficially and in French language, French Tamatave or in the past as Port aux prunes, is the capital of the Atsinanana region on the east coast of Madagascar on the Indian Ocean. The city is the chief ...

Madagascar Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, f ...

. It is currently used mostly for

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

matches. It hosts the home games of

AS Fortior AS Fortior is a Malagasy football club based in Toamasina, Madagascar. Achievements *THB Champions League: 4 ::1962, 1963, 1999, 2000 *Coupe de Madagascar: 1 ::2002 Performance in CAF competitions *CAF Champions League: 2 appearances ::2000&n ...

of the

THB Champions League The PFL Championnat de Football National Division 1, known as the Coca-Cola Pureplay Football League for sponsorship reasons, is the premier association football league in Madagascar. Prior to 2019, it was known as the Three Horses Beer-sponsored ...

. The stadium has a capacity 15,000 spectators. The stadium was the venue for

AS Adema 149–0 SO l'Emyrne AS Adema 149–0 SO l'Emyrne was an association football match played with on 31 October 2002 between two teams in Toamasina, Madagascar. It holds the world record for the highest scoreline in any association football match, recognised by '' Th ...

, the highest scoring match in football's history.

References

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