Estadio Hidalgo

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Estadio Miguel Hidalgo
"El Huracan"
Estadio Hidalgo
Estadio Hidalgo
Data
place MexicoMexico Pachuca , Hidalgo , Mexico
Coordinates 20 ° 6 '18.8 "  N , 98 ° 45' 22.1"  W Coordinates: 20 ° 6 '18.8 "  N , 98 ° 45' 22.1"  W.
opening February 14, 1993
First game CF Pachuca - UNAM Pumas 0-1
surface Natural grass
capacity 30,000 seats
playing area 105 × 68 m
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Events

The Estadio Miguel Hidalgo "El Huracán" , usually just shortened to Estadio Hidalgo , is a football stadium in Pachuca , Hidalgo , Mexico . It offers 30,000 spectators, is usually used for football matches and is home to CF Pachuca . It is currently considered one of the most comfortable football stadiums in all of Latin America .

history

The Estadio Hidalgo is named after the national hero Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla , after whom the state whose capital is Pachuca was named. It was inaugurated on February 14, 1993 with the first division meeting of CF Pachuca against the UNAM Pumas and ended with a 0-1 defeat for the home team.

Although CF Pachuca was one of the most important football pioneers in Mexico, who won the old Primera Fuerza three times (1905, 1918, 1920), he had lost the connection for long stretches and was in the professional league introduced in 1943 only between 1967/68 and 1972 / 73 represented with moderate success. Ironically, in the year of the stadium inauguration (1992/93), Pachuca was finally first class again, but was relegated just as immediately as it was four years later at the end of the 1996/97 season.

But with the return to the Primera División in 1998, a new era began; because in the ten years between 1999/00 and 2008/09 the Tuzos were champions more often than any other team and more finals for the Mexican championship were played in the Estadio Hidalgo than in any other stadium. A final took place here seven times and Pachuca won the championship five times. In second place is the Estadio Nemesio Díez with six finals and their team CD Toluca with four championship titles in the same period.

It is noteworthy in the final statistics that CF Pachuca won all four home games at the Estadio Hidalgo against teams that did not come from the capital, while all three games against teams from Mexico City ended in a draw. It is also interesting that the first leg of the first four finals took place in Pachuca and the second leg of each of the following three finals.

Here is an overview of all seven finals for the Mexican championship (results from the perspective of CF Pachuca):

Playtime Final opponent Home match result Away result Seasonal balance sheet Pachuca
Winter 99 Cruz Azul 2: 2 (first leg) 1-0 after the golden goal master
Summer 01 Santos Laguna 2: 1 (first leg) 1: 3 Runner-up
Winter 01 UANL Tigres 2: 0 (first leg) 1: 1 master
Apertura 03 UANL Tigres 3: 1 (first leg) 0: 1 master
Clausura 06 San Luis 1: 0 (second leg) 0-0 master
Clausura 07 America 1: 1 (second leg) 2: 1 master
Clausura 09 UNAM Pumas 2: 2 (second leg) 0: 1 Runner-up

In addition to the seven finals for the domestic soccer championship, three international finals also took place at the Estadio Hidalgo. It is noteworthy that the Tuzos could only win one of their three home games, but always finished the respective tournament as winners.

Here is an overview of all three international finals (results from the perspective of CF Pachuca):

competition Final opponent Home match result Away result Balance sheet CF Pachuca
Copa Sudamericana 2006 Colo-Colo 1: 1 (first leg) 2: 1 Tournament winner
CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2007 Guadalajara 0: 0 (second leg) 2: 2 Tournament winner
CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2008 Saprissa 2: 1 (second leg) 1: 1 Tournament winner

Web links

Commons : Estadio Hidalgo  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Explanations

  1. ↑ Because the goals scored away from home do not play a decisive role in this tournament, a penalty shoot-out was necessary, in which Tuzos had the upper hand against Chivas 7: 6. A side note also deserves the fact that the final of the CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2002, for which Pachuca had also qualified, was played in only one game. It took place at the Estadio Azul of Mexico City and was won 1-0 by Pachuca against Morelia .