Estadio Malvinas Argentinas

CD Godoy Cruz

  • Football World Cup 1978
  • Junior World Championship 2001
  • Copa America 2011
  • The Rugby Championship 2012
  • Concerts

The Estadio Malvinas Argentinas ( German stadium in the Argentine Malvinas), Estadio Ciudad de Mendoza to 1982 (German Municipal Stadium of Mendoza), is located in the Argentine city of Mendoza. It was built in the years 1976 to 1978 and served as the venue for the World Cup 1978. The stadium has a capacity of 40 268 seats, of which 20 268 seats and 20,000 standing places.

By 1982, the stadium was simply called Estadio Ciudad de Mendoza. Then it got (Spanish: Guerra de las Malvinas ) in the middle of the Falklands War between Argentina and the United Kingdom for patriotic reasons its current name.

In 2001, the stadium was one of the venues for the Junior World Cup, held in Argentina.

Since the first ascent of the football club CD Godoy Cruz in the Primera División 2006 Games of the highest Argentine league will be held for the first time in the stadium.

The stadium is also one of the eight venues for the Copa América 2011.

Early 2011 found construction work undertaken on the occasion of the Copa Libertadores. This work included the complete replacement of the seats including new grandstand roof. Also a stadium LED screen was installed with 128 sqm area, the largest in South America.

  • Football stadium in Argentina
  • Province of Mendoza
  • Built in the 1970s
  • Football stadium in South America
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