Estadio Centenario de Armenia

Estadio Centenario de Armenia
"El jardín de America"
The Estadio Centenario de Armenia (2014)
Data
place	Armenia , Colombia
Coordinates	4 ° 30 '57 "  N , 75 ° 41' 55"  W Coordinates: 4 ° 30 '57 "  N , 75 ° 41' 55"  W.
owner	City of Armenia
opening	March 30, 1988
First game	Columbia - Canada 3: 0
Renovations	1999
surface	Natural grass
capacity	20,729 seats
playing area	110 × 90 m
Societies)
Deportes Quindío
Events
Copa America 2001 Bolivarian Games 2005 Junior Soccer South American Championship 2005 2011 U-20 World Cup

The Estadio Centenario de Armenia ( German  stadium of the hundredth anniversary of Armenia ) is a football stadium in the Colombian city ​​of Armenia in the Quindío department . It is nicknamed "El jardín de América" ( German "The Garden of America" ). The home of the Deportes Quindío football club currently has 20,729 seats. It replaced the Estadio de San José .  

history

Estadio Centenario de Armenia

Location of the stadium in Quindío

At the opening of the stadium on March 30, 1988, Colombia played against Canada (3-0). A year later in February, on the occasion of the city's 100th anniversary, a football tournament between the teams from Colombia, Chile , Peru and the U19 team from Colombia took place. Four of the six games were played in the Centenario de Armenia and Colombia won the tournament after three wins. Both the main and the opposite stands of the stadium are covered and it has an athletics facility . On January 25, 1999, an earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale struck the city. Then the system had to be renovated. The old Estadio de San José was destroyed in the quake and later demolished. In 2010 the San José reopened after being rebuilt.

The venue was renovated for the FIFA regulations for the 2011 U-20 World Cup . The east and west stands were given a new roof, new changing rooms for players and referees and a parking lot were built. Around 8.7 billion Colombian pesos were earmarked for the renovation .

Web links

• worldstadiums.com: Images of the stadium (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ europlan-online.de: Estadio Centenario - Armenia
2. ↑ rsssf.com: Copa Centenario de Armenia 1989 - tournament for the 100th anniversary of the city of Armenia (English)
3. ↑ nuevoestadio.com: Estadio de San José reopened (Spanish) Report of February 24, 2010