Estadio José Amalfitani

Estadio José Amalfitani
	El Fortin
	Estadio José Amalfitani
Data
place	Av. Juan B. Justo 9200 Buenos Aires , Argentina;
Coordinates	34 ° 38 '7.4 " S , 58 ° 31' 14.5" W Coordinates: 34 ° 38 '7.4 " S , 58 ° 31' 14.5" W.
owner	CA Vélez Sarsfield
start of building	1947
opening	April 22, 1951
First game	CA Vélez Sársfield - CA River Plate 2-2
Renovations	1978
surface	Natural grass
architect	José Amalfitani
capacity	49,540 seats
playing area	105 × 70 m
Societies)
	CA Vélez Sársfield (soccer); Jaguares (rugby);
Events
	Football World Cup 1978; Junior World Cup 2001; Rugby Championship (annually since 2016);

The Estadio José Amalfitani ( German José Amalfitani Stadium ) is a stadium in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires . It is the home ground and property of the Argentine first division club CA Vélez Sársfield . Within Argentina, the facility is also known as El Fortín , outside the country it is often named after its main user, Vélez Sársfield .

history

The stadium, located in the Liniers district , was built from 1947 to 1951 and inaugurated on April 22, 1951 with the game CA Vélez Sársfield against River Plate Buenos Aires (2-2). Most of it was rebuilt for the 1978 World Cup . It holds 49,540 spectators, although - as is often the case in Argentina - it is not all about seats.

Others

The stadium is used regularly for rugby union games and concerts . The Argentine national rugby union team regularly plays its international matches here. The rugby union club Jaguares , which takes part in the international Super Rugby competition, has also played its games at El Fortín since 2016 .

Grandstand seats

49,540 seats are available in the stadium.

Platea Norte Baja: 1,728 seats
Platea Norte Media: 1,932 seats
Platea Norte Alta: 5,091 seats
Platea Sur Baja: 5,817 places
Platea Sur Alta: 6,072 seats
Popular Este: 14,700 seats
Popular Oeste: 14,200 places

gallery

Distant view of the stadium
Top view

Web links

Commons : Estadio José Amalfitani - Collection of images, videos and audio files

velezsarsfield.com.ar: Stadium on the website of the Vélez Sársfield club (Spanish)
stadionwelt.de: picture gallery

Individual evidence

↑ velezsarsfield.com.ar: Los Jaguares juegan en Vélez article from December 17, 2015 (Spanish)
↑ velezsarsfield.com.ar: Estadio José Amalfitani (Spanish)

[1] velezsarsfield.com.ar: Los Jaguares juegan en Vélez article from December 17, 2015 (Spanish)

[2] velezsarsfield.com.ar: Estadio José Amalfitani (Spanish)