Estadio Nacional (Lima)
San Martín de Porres Peruvian national football team
- Games of San Martín de Porres
- Games of the Peruvian national football team
- Campeonato Sudamericano 1953
- Copa América 1957
- Copa America 2004
- U-17 World Cup 2005
The Estadio Nacional is a stadium in the Peruvian capital Lima. It can accommodate 45 574 spectators and is used for club Club Deportivo Universidad San Martín de Porres and the Peruvian national football team as homestead.
Before the Estadio Nacional, as it exists in its present form was built, the Estadio Guadalupe in Lima serves as the home of the Peruvian national football team. The Estadio Guadalupe was built in 1897. In the stadium were 40,000 spectators. During the period of its existence, the Estadio Guadalupe hosted numerous competitions such as the Campeonato Sudamericanos 1927, 1935 and 1939. Decided in 1951, the President of Peru, Manuel A. Odría that the Estadio Guadalupe should be replaced by a new, more modern stadium. In the same year began the construction of a new national stadium for Peru. The construction work was completed a year later, so that the new stadium, which one gave the name Estadio Nacional, was inaugurated on 27 October 1952. At that time the capacity of the stadium was still 48,000 spectators.
In 1964, however, it came at the Estadio Nacional in Lima to disaster. In the match between Peru and Argentina were killed over 300 of the 48,000 spectators, as a mass panic broke out. As a result of these events, the capacity of the stadium was reduced to 42,000 seats and increases safety. By now you have raised the capacity back to 45 574 places. For the Pan-American Games in 2015 Peru is currently working on a major renovation of the National Stadium, which will have 60,000 seats in the future. In addition, to be installed at the Estadio Nacional athletics tracks.
The Estadio Nacional was already often the venue for international competitions. The Campeonato Sudamericano 1953 took place in Peru and the Estadio Nacional was also one of the host cities of the South American Championship. Among other things, the final, in which Paraguay clinched his first title in the Copa America, took place here. Four years later, the Estadio Nacional was once again a venue for the Copa América, this time held all the games at the National Stadium in Peru. In this Campeonato Sudamericano Argentina won his eleventh continental title. Yet another Copa América was held in this stadium, namely, as Brazil 's seventh title in this competition celebrated in 2004. In this tournament, found seven games in this stadium instead, including the final between Argentina and Brazil. The stadium is used by the Peruvian national football team as home ground, so that it discharges almost all of their matches here. Peru has qualified four times for a World Cup to this day, with the best result was the quarterfinals in Mexico in 1970. The Copa America Peru could yet win twice. At club level, the Estadio Nacional of Club Deportivo Universidad San Martín de Porres is utilized. The club was founded in 2004 has been twice Peruvian champion. Before the founding of Club Deportivo Universidad San Martín de Porres, the Estadio Nacional was only used for international matches.