Estadio Mateo Flores
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- CSD Municipal
- National Soccer Team of Guatemala
- Games for CSD Municipal
- Matches of the national football team of Guatemala
- Copa Centroamericana Nations Cup 2005
- Concerts
The Estadio Mateo Flores is a football stadium in the guatemakenischen capital, Guatemala City. It can accommodate 30,000 spectators and serves the club CSD Municipal as homestead.
History
The Estadio Mateo Flores was built in 1948 to 1950 and on August 18 opened in 1950 as part of the 6 games in Central America and the Caribbean, where Mateo Flores, a long-distance runner from Guatemala, won the half marathon. First was the stadium Estadio Olímpico. But when Flores in 1952 also won the Boston Marathon, the Estadio Olimpico was renamed by order of the government in the Estadio Mateo Flores guatemalkenischer. In 1965 at the Estadio Mateo Flores was the CONCACAF Nations Cup, the predecessor of the Gold Cup competition, held. It found all matches in the competition held in this stadium. 1973 hosted Guatemala held its first Central American Youth Games, which also took place at the Estadio Mateo Flores all games. This stadium also three more editions were held this competition (1986 and 2001). Also, the Estadio Mateo Flores annually the finish line of the Tour of Guatemala, the largest cycling competition in Central America.
On 16 October 1996 at least 83 people died shortly before the qualifying match for the 1998 World Cup against Costa Rica in a stampede. Prior to the sale of counterfeit tickets had ensured that the stadium was heavily crowded. In addition, there were hardly any ways to prevent this disaster in the stadium. The President of Guatemala, Álvaro Arzú Irigoyen, immediately decided that Guatemala would withdraw from the World Cup qualifiers. FIFA banned as a result of this event the Estadio Mateo Flores continued use of for internationals, before the security problems were solved. Meanwhile, countries fighting may be played again here, although the stadium is still not one hundred percent sure. It is still regarded as susceptible to the occurrence of emergency situations in games with high visitor numbers.
The Estadio Mateo Flores since 1950 bears the club CSD Municipal of its home games. Municipal has been 25 times champions of Guatemala and won the national cup eight times. His greatest success came in 1974 with the club winning the CONCACAF Champions ' Cup in the final against SV Transvaal of Suriname. 1995 once again made the finals, but this time Deportivo Saprissa of Costa Rica held the upper hand.
Also found in the Estadio Mateo Flores already held numerous concerts. So here 's event included already Metallica, the Black Eyed Peas, Carlos Santana, Ricky Martin, Guns N 'Roses, The Rasmus and Daddy Yankee.