Estádio Beira-Rio

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Estádio José Pinheiro Borda
Estádio Beira-Rio
Gigante da Beira-Rio
Portoalegre aerea arenabeirario.jpg
Exterior view of the stadium in March 2014
Data
place BrazilBrazil Porto Alegre , Brazil
Coordinates 30 ° 3 '56.2 "  S , 51 ° 14' 9.9"  W Coordinates: 30 ° 3 '56.2 "  S , 51 ° 14' 9.9"  W.
owner Internacional Porto Alegre
opening April 6, 1969
First game Internacional Porto Alegre -
Benfica Lisbon 2-1
Renovations 2012-2013
surface Natural grass
architect Rui Tedesco
capacity 50,287
playing area 108 × 72 m
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Events

The Estádio Beira-Rio (official name: Estádio José Pinheiro Borda, nickname: Gigante da Beira-Rio ) is a football stadium in the southern Brazilian city ​​of Porto Alegre . It was built in 1959 and serves as the home stadium of the Internacional Porto Alegre club .

history

Estádio Beira-Rio before the renovation

In 1956, the management members of Internacional Porto Alegre came up with the idea of ​​building a new venue for the club. At the time, the club, which has long been one of the best in Brazil, played its games in the Estádio dos Eucaliptos , which was built in 1931 and only had a 20,000-seat audience. Three years later the construction of a new stadium for Internacional began. Nevertheless, the club continued to play in the old stadium until 1969, before the decision was made to tear it down and play its home games at the Estádio Beira-Rio.

Just three years after the stadium opened on April 6, 1969 with a friendly match between Internacional Porto Alegre and the Portuguese record champions Benfica Lisbon , the record crowd in the Estádio Beira-Rio, which is still valid today, was counted as 107,000 spectators for a game of the Rio Grande national team do Sul against the Brazilian national soccer team streamed into the stadium.

Conversion for the 2014 World Cup

The Estádio Beira-Rio was rebuilt for the soccer World Cup in 2014 and since then has a capacity of 50,287 seats.

2014 World Cup matches

Interior view in February 2014

The following games took place in the stadium during the World Cup:

Sun., June 15, 2014, 4:00 p.m. (9:00 p.m. CEST) - Group E.
FranceFrance France - HondurasHonduras Honduras 3: 0 (1: 0)
Wed., June 18, 2014, 1:00 p.m. (6:00 p.m. CEST) - Group B
AustraliaAustralia Australia - NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 2: 3 (1: 1)
Sun., June 22, 2014, 4:00 p.m. (9:00 p.m. CEST) - Group H.
Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea - AlgeriaAlgeria Algeria 2: 4 (0: 3)
Wed., June 25, 2014, 1:00 p.m. (6:00 p.m. CEST) - Group F
NigeriaNigeria Nigeria - ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 2: 3 (1: 2)
Mon., June 30, 2014, 5:00 p.m. (10:00 p.m. CEST) - Round of 16 6
GermanyGermany Germany - AlgeriaAlgeria Algeria 2: 1 n.V. (0: 0, 0: 0)

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