Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo
- Barcelona SC Guayaquil
- Games of Barcelona SC Guayaquil
- Final of the Copa Libertadores 1990
- Copa América 1993
- U-17 World Cup 1995
- Final of the Copa Libertadores 1998
The Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha is a football stadium in the Ecuadorian city of Guayaquil. It is the home of the football club Barcelona SC Guayaquil.
The Football Association Federación de Fútbol Ecuatoriana are officially a stadium capacity of 59 283 spectators.
History
The Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha was built in 1987 on the initiative of Isidro Romero Carbo, the president of Barcelona SC Guayaquil. This was a private stadium for his club, who had previously played at the Estadio Modelo Alberto Spencer Herrera along with several other clubs. Then took place on 27 December 1987, the opening of the stadium. The first game in the new stadium took place between the team of Barcelona SC Guayaquil and FC Barcelona from Spain. The Spaniard won the game 1-0. In this game many famous South American football players were there, including Brazil's three -time world champion Pele, who held this stadium for one of the finest in the world.
" Se é o maior o Maracanã estádio do mundo é o Monumental belos to dos mais. "
"If Maracanã is the largest stadium in the world, Monumental is one of the most beautiful in the world "
In January 2008, the president of Barcelona SC, Eduardo Maruri sold the rights to the stadium to Banco del Pichincha, the National Bank of Ecuador, as this would flush a little money into the coffers of the club. Since then, the stadium has its present name Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha, after it had previously, named after its owners, Isidro Romero Carbo and Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo said.
Since 1987, the Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha is used by the club Barcelona SC Guayaquil. Barcelona SC has been 13 times Ecuadorian Champion which makes giants of the country. Also, the club won five times the Supercup of Guayaquil, in which the teams from Guayaquil determine a city champion. Twice Barcelona SC also reached the final of the Copa Libertadores, but it collapsed in 1990 against Club Olimpia of Paraguay, as well as in 1998 against CR Vasco da Gama from Brazil. Also found in the Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha already taken many countries competitions. Among other things, were four games of the Copa América 1993, the alignment was able to secure Ecuador, held in this stadium. Even the finale, in which Argentina 2-1 Mexico secured against the title, was held in the largest football stadium in Ecuador. The Ecuadorian national football team also played already numerous international matches here. Also, the ground has been one of the venues for the FIFA U-17 World Cup in 1995, when Ghana became world champion.