Estádio do Canindé

Portuguesa Sao Paulo

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The Estádio do Canindé is a football stadium in the Brazilian city of São Paulo. It can accommodate 21 004 spectators and is the club Portuguesa Sao Paulo as homestead.

History

The Estádio do Canindé in São Paulo, the largest with more than ten million inhabitants city in Brazil and home to a variety of large stadiums, was built in 1953-1956 and opened on 11 November of the same year. For the first game in the new stadium, the future users of the club sports venue, the club Portuguesa Sao Paulo met, and a motley of the two top clubs urban Sao Paulo and Palmeiras Sao Paulo selection. The game ended with a 3-2 victory Portuguesa. Since that day Portuguesa Sao Paulo plays its home games at Estádio do Canindé. The association is a member of the Clube dos 13, and ranks among the thirteen most traditional football clubs in Brazil. Compared to other teams this association, however, the success list of Portuguesa of São Paulo is rather small. His greatest success was achieved by the association with the Brazilian runner-up in 1996. Moreover, they won the state championship three times of São Paulo. Currently Portuguesa Sao Paulo plays in the first class Série A after B could make the resurgence in the highest Brazilian league football in perfectly with the championship of the Série during the past season ( 2011).

The Estádio do Canindé today can accommodate 21 004 spectators. In earlier days, the capacity 've never been much higher. The record crowd in the stadium was erected, as the local rivals Corinthians the tenth in October 1982 made ​​a guest appearance at Portuguesa and 25 622 spectators attended the Estádio do Canindé. Officially, the stadium is named Osvaldo Teixeira Duarte Estádio doutor. Reason for this name is a former president of Portuguesa of São Paulo, Osvaldo Teixeira Duarte, who headed the club at the time of stadium construction. It is currently the third largest stadium in São Paulo behind the Estádio do Morumbi, which seats about 67,000 people and the Estádio do Pacaembu, which holds just over 40,000 spectators. It is important to note that currently, two other large stadium projects in São Paulo under construction. Both the new, comprehensive 40000-60000 people Itaquera Arena Corinthians, as well as the new Arena Palestra Itália are more spectators than have the Estádio do Canindé.