weekend motorbike enthusiasts. The city has several
recreational green parks which enjoy a very basic level of maintenance and are
open to the public. Of particular significance is the Dag Hammarskjöld Crash
Site Memorial located some 10 km north of Ndola city centre. Dag
Hammarskjöld Stadium, which was located on the banks of the Kafubu river south
of the city and was razed in the 1980s to make way for an improved one, was
never rebuilt on original site. Instead, construction works began in early 2009
on a new location north-west of the city for a replacement football stadium
capable of hosting major international matches. It will be an ultra-modern
stadium with a seating capacity of 50,000.
Ndola city is home to Zesco United, a top-flight team in
the Zambia Premier League. Zesco FC is nicknamed "team ya ziko", in
the Nyanja language. ('the country's team' or 'national team')
