Estadio Hernando Siles

• Bolivian national football team
• Club Bolívar
• The Strongest La Paz
• La Paz FC

The Estadio Hernando Siles is the largest sports complex in the Bolivian capital La Paz holds around 42,000 spectators and was named in honor of Hernando Siles Reyes, President of Bolivia from 1926 to 1930, named.

History

In 1931, the inauguration of the stadium took place. The playing surface is 105 meters long and 68 meters wide. The stadium is located at an altitude of 3,637 m and is one of the highest stages of the earth.

Foreign teams complained often at a disadvantage due to the altitude and the associated thin air which requires an acclimatization period for effective adaptation. In May 2007, the soccer body FIFA decided to establish venues for the World Cup qualifiers, a height limit of 2500 meters above sea level. After protests, this limit was raised in the following month at 3000 feet and the Estadio Hernando Siles got a special permit.

The stadium was the venue of games of the South American football championships in 1963 and 1997. During Bolivia won the first tournament, it was defeated in June 1997 at the Estadio Hernan Siles Brazil with 1:3. In a playoff game between Hungary and Bolivia for a place in the Football World Cup 1978 hosts subject 2:3, after they had already lost the first game in Budapest with 0:6. In qualifying for the 1994 World Cup Bolivia defeated here in July 1993 Brazil 2-0 and added the world champion 's first defeat in a qualifying match to and qualified for the first time for the World Cup after the two previous participations required no qualification.

At club level, the final leg of the Copa Sudamericana in 2004 between the local Club Bolívar and CA Boca Juniors of the peak. The hosts won 1-0, but lost the return leg in Buenos Aires 0-2. Besides Bolívar wear with The Strongest La Paz and La Paz FC two other Bolivian first division club play their home games at the Estadio Hernando Siles from.