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| union = [[Chadian Football Federation]]
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[[File:Asselmo.jpg|thumb|50px|A football player playing for the [[Chad national football team]].]]

Football is by far the most popular sport in Chad.<ref>{{cite journal|author=William Echikson |url=http://www.csmonitor.com/1983/0831/083145.html |title=In summer, Parisians are intent on soccer - not Chad war |journal=Christian Science Monitor |publisher=CSMonitor.com |access-date=2013-12-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://voices.yahoo.com/world-travel-guide-interesting-facts-chad-sub-7443278.html?cat=37 |title=World Travel Guide: Interesting Facts About Chad (sub-Saharan Africa) - Yahoo Voices |publisher=voices.yahoo.com |access-date=2013-12-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206094927/http://voices.yahoo.com/world-travel-guide-interesting-facts-chad-sub-7443278.html?cat=37 |archive-date=2013-12-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.unicef.org/football/index_intro_33945.html |title=2006 FIFA World Cup - Mahamat Ali, 13, finds an outlet in football at a Chad refugee camp |publisher=UNICEF |access-date=2013-12-03 |archive-date=2013-12-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206060059/http://www.unicef.org/football/index_intro_33945.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Many of top Chadian footballers have played professionally in [[Football in France|France]]. According to one source, [[Nambatingue Tokomon]], known as "Toko", played for renowned French soccer clubs, including [[Paris St. Germain]], in the 1970s and 1980s. [[Abdoulay Karateka]] also played for Paris St. Germain. [[Japhet N'Doram|Ndoram Japhet]] played for [[F.C. Nantes Atlantique|Nantes]] and [[Monaco]] in the 1990s. The [[Chad national football team|national team]] represents football in Chad internationally, however, the squad has never qualified for the [[FIFA World Cup]] or the [[African Cup of Nations]]. They did not enter qualification tournaments for the World Cup until 2002.

== Football stadiums in Chad ==

This list contains football stadiums in Chad. The [[Stade Omnisports Idriss Mahamat Ouya]] is currently the largest stadium in Chad by capacity. It is used by the national football team of Chad.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Stadium!!City!!Tenants!!Capacity!!Image
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Stade olympique Maréchal Idriss Déby Itno]]||[[N'Djamena]]||[[Chad national football team]]||33,000||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Stade Omnisports Idriss Mahamat Ouya]]||[[N'Djamena]]|| ||20,000||
|}

== See also ==
* [[Lists of stadiums]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Football in Chad}}
{{Football in Africa}}

[[Category:Football in Chad| ]]

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Football in Chad - Revision history

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