Soccer-New Kenyan venue to host Ajax v Bayern friendly in January

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28/10/2026 15:42

Oct 28 (Reuters) - Ajax Amsterdam and Bayern Munich will meet in a friendly in Nairobi, Kenya on January 5 to open the new Raila Odinga International Stadium, the two clubs said on Wednesday.

• Kenya will co-host the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations with Tanzania and Uganda, and the venue in Nairobi is a key part of the plans for the June 19 to July 17 tournament.
• Ajax described the event as, "the opening of a special new stadium in front of a huge African audience, a meeting between two major names in international football and a defining moment for Kenya on the road to the Africa Cup of Nations".
• The Raila Odinga stadium will have a capacity of 60,000.
• The Cup of Nations returns to East Africa for the first time since Ethiopia hosted the tournament in 1976.

 (Reporting by Nick Said, editing by Ed Osmond)
 ((nick.said@thomsonreuters.com))