Estadio El Helmántico
The Estadio Helmántico is in Villares de la Reina, a suburb of Salamanca, located soccer stadium. It can accommodate 17,341 spectators and served the club UD Salamanca until its dissolution in June 2013 as a home.
History
The Estadio Helmántico in Salamanca, the capital of the eponymous province in the Spanish region of Castilla y Leon, was built in 1970 and opened on April 8 of the same year. For the first game in the new stadium, the future home team, UD Salamanca and the Portuguese top club Sporting Lisbon met for a friendly match. The first competitive match at the Estadio Helmántico took place on 26 April 1970 between the UD Salamanca and Real Valladolid (2-1) in the 34th game day of the Spanish, Segunda División second division. Since then, the stadium of UD Salamanca was used as the venue for home games. The club played for twelve years in the Spanish top league, La Liga and could reach as a best finish seventh in the season 1974/75 there. However, Title was only in the Segunda División AD, the second division, collect, you won three times.
The Estadio Helmántico replaced in 1970, the Estadio El Calvario, where UD Salamanca had previously played. It now offers space for 17,341 spectators. In the stadium, the Spanish national football team has also carried out a number of internationals. The first international match, which was held at the Estadio Helmántico was a cashed after goals from Manolín Cuesta ( 2) and Carlos Alonso González 3-0 between Spain and Turkey in May 1971. Spain. Some seven years later was the second international match in Salamanca the opponent for Spain Cyprus. The Iberians were victorious 5-0. A third international game followed in 1988, when Spain with 1:3 drew the short straw in a qualifying match for the European Championship in the same year against Sweden. 2005 won the Spanish national team in another friendly match in Salamanca 3-0 over China. The latest up to international contest in the stadium of UD Salamanca took place on 8 October 2010, when Spain won 3-1 in the qualifying for the 2012 European Championship in Poland and Ukraine to Lithuania.
On 18 June 2013, the UD Salamanca to dissolve the association had to announce after a meeting of creditors for debt in the amount of approximately 23 million euros. The ownership of the club, including the Estadio Helmántico that has a value of about 14 million euros will be auctioned.