The name of the stadium refers to the 1993 Zambia national football team air disaster which took the lives of most of its national football team.

Upon completion of construction in 2013, it was originally named the Gabon Disaster Heroes National Stadium because of this, but the ruling Patriotic Front government was pressured to change the name by the populace.

On 7 July 2021, a state funeral of former President Kenneth Kaunda was held at the National Heroes Stadium.

[4][5] The Heroes National Stadium is located adjacent to the refurbished Independence Stadium and adjacent to the Heroes Acres Memorial where the players who died in the Gabon air disaster in 1993 are buried.

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