William Ole Ntimama Stadium, formerly called Narok Stadium, is a 20,000 seat

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

and multi-use stadium in

Narok Narok (sometimes referred to as NauwongoTown) is a town west of Nairobi that supports Kenya's economy in south-west of the country, along the Great Rift Valley. Narok is the county capital of the Narok County and stands as the major centre ...

. It is currently the home field of Kariobangi Sharks F.C. and

Sofapaka F.C. Sofapaka Football Club (Sofapaka: Sote kama Familia kwa Pamoja Kuafikia Azimio – Kiswahili: ''We as a Family together to achieve a goal'') is a football club, based in Wundanyi, Taita Taveta County. They play their home games at the Wunda ...

of the

Kenyan Premier League The Kenyan Premier League (KPL), officially known as the FKF Premier League, is a professional league for men's football clubs in Kenya. Standing at the top of the Kenyan football league system, the league was formed in 1963 under the Kenya Foo ...

, the top-flight of

Kenyan football Association football is the most popular sport in Kenya, followed by rugby. The governing body of football in Kenya is the Football Kenya Federation. The Kenyan Premier League is the only fully professional league in the country, while the Ken ...

. The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister of Kenya commissioned a renovation of the stadium in 2012 following a request by the local government. The stadium was renamed in 2020 after late politician

William Ole Ntimama William Ronkorua Ole Ntimama (February 1928 – September 1, 2016) is a Kenyan politician. He was a staunch supporter of the ruling party KANU, prior to the adoption of the multiparty politics in Kenya in 1990. Ole Ntimama was vocal against multi ...

who died in 2016.

Kenyan stadiums

The William Ole Ntimama Stadium is the second largest stadium by capacity in Kenya.

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Multi-purpose stadiums in Kenya Football venues in Kenya Sports venues in Nairobi {{Kenya-sports-venue-stub