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FNB Stadium: what's nearby, how to get there and when to go · 2026

Residents living around Nasrec plan their weekly travel around kickoff times, because major fixtures for Kaizer Chiefs shut down road transit along the Soweto border.

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About the place

FNB Stadium stands in Nasrec on the border of Soweto, staging home matches for Kaizer Chiefs alongside major national team fixtures.

The venue carries multiple names across Johannesburg, alternating between its official commercial title and the alternate designations of Soccer City or the Calabash. Stadium Management South Africa directs the property, maintaining the facilities for rugby union clashes as well as South African Premiership matches.

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Tournament rules forced a temporary name change during the global championship, when international federation bylaws prohibited commercial brand titles and reinstated the Soccer City moniker. Today the arena hosts Kaizer Chiefs league campaigns alongside national team games, concentrating heavy crowd movement in Nasrec.

Associations
  • Kaizer Chiefs F.C.Plays home fixtures here in the domestic premiership.
  • The CalabashTraditional moniker used alongside the commercial title.
  • Matchday CongestionMajor football fixtures restrict road movement across Nasrec.
  • Soccer CityDesignation required by federation rules during world tournaments.
Facts
  • Stadium Management South Africa operates and maintains the stadium grounds.
  • Kaizer Chiefs contests its South African Premiership home matches at this ground.
  • Federation rules required dropping the commercial title in favor of Soccer City for world championship events.
  • The grounds host competitive rugby union matches in addition to professional football.
Source: Wikipedia
FNB Stadium in pictures6 photos
Dundas Football Club · cc-by-2.0 · Jun 17, 2010
NJR ZA · cc-by-sa-3.0 · May 31, 2008
2010 World Cup - Shine 2010 (Please credit photo to www.shine2010.co.za when re-publishing picture.) · cc-by-2.0 · Jun 2, 2010
Jesse Allen · pdm · Jun 11, 2010

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