Estadio Julio H. Grondona
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 Sarandí , Argentina
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| Coordinates | 34 ° 40 '31.9 " S , 58 ° 20' 25.9" W |
| owner | Arsenal de Sarandí |
| opening | 22nd August 1964 |
| Renovations | 2004 |
| surface | Natural grass |
| capacity | 18,300 |
| playing area | 103 × 67 |
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The Estadio Julio H. Grondona is a multifunctional stadium in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires . It has space for 18,300 spectators and serves as the home of the Arsenal de Sarandí football club .
history
The Estadio Julio Humberto Grondona was built in 1964 and opened on August 22nd of the same year. It is located in Partido Avellaneda , an industrial suburb of Argentina's capital, Buenos Aires . In Avellaneda, the Estadio Julio H. Grondona is the third largest stadium behind the Estadio Presidente Perón des Racing Club and the Estadio Libertadores de América by CA Independiente , both of which hold more than fifty thousand spectators. Just behind the Estadio Julio H. Grondona is the Estadio Nueva España , where Deportivo Español plays and fits eighteen thousand people. The Estadio Julio H. Grondona is named after Julio Grondona (* 1931), an Argentine football official. Grondona founded the Arsenal de Sarandí club together with his brother in 1957 and chaired it until 1976. Grondona has been a member of the FIFA Executive Committee since 1988 and is currently President of the Argentine Football Association since 1979 .
The Estadio Julio H. Grondona is used by the Arsenal de Sarandí football club as a venue for home games. The club has never won the Argentine championship so far. The greatest success in the club's history is winning the Copa Sudamericana 2007 , when Club America from Mexico was in the final with 2: 3 in the Aztec Stadium in Mexico City and 2: 1 in the Estadio Presidente Perón in Avellaneda, the Estadio Julio H. Grondona with its 18,000 seats too small for such a final, which was defeated by the away goals rule. Arsenal de Sarandí currently plays in Argentina's top football league, the Primera División .