Estadio Morelos
| Estadio Generalísimo José María Morelos y Pavón | |
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 Morelia , Michoacan , Mexico
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| Coordinates | 19 ° 43 ′ 7.5 ″ N , 101 ° 14 ′ 1 ″ W |
| owner | Michoacan State |
| opening | April 9, 1989 |
| First game | Monarcas 2-1 America |
| surface | Natural grass |
| architect | David Fuentes Arrona |
| capacity | 41,500 seats |
| playing area | 110 × 70 m |
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The Estadio Morelos is a football stadium in the northwest of the city of Morelia in the Mexican state of Michoacán . It is primarily used for football matches and is the home ground of the Monarcas Morelia football club . It also serves as a multifunctional arena . It can accommodate 41,500 visitors.
The official and full name of the stadium is Estadio Generalísimo José María Morelos y Pavón , commemorating the hero of the Mexican War of Independence who was born here in Morelia. At that time, however, his native city was still called Valladolid before it was given its current name in his honor.
history
When the Estadio Morelos did not yet exist, the Atlético Morelia football team, whose name was expanded to Club Atlético Monarcas Morelia in 1999, played at the Estadio Venustiano Carranza . Because this was not suitable for the World Cup and Morelia was chosen as a venue for the 1986 World Cup in 1984 , the planning phase for a new stadium was started. This should be built in the southwest of the city. At this point, however, unexpected problems arose due to the nature of the soil of the selected site. Therefore, the plans could not be realized and Morelia lost its status as a World Cup venue to the city of Irapuato and its Estadio Sergio León Chávez .
In the seasons following the World Cup in 86, the local soccer team reached the semi-finals of the Mexican soccer championship twice in a row . It failed in 1986/87 against Cruz Azul (2: 0 and 1: 4) and 1987/88 against the eventual champions América (2: 2 and 3: 3) only on penalties. The sporting successes revived interest in a new stadium. For this purpose, a group of entrepreneurs led by Luis Álvarez Barreiro was formed, which, with the support of the then governor of Michoacán, Luis Martínez Villicaña, set up a foundation to finance the new building project.
Upon completion of the stadium, the Foundation transferred ownership of it to the Michoacán State Government. The Estadio Morelos was officially opened with a match between the local soccer team Monarcas Morelia and Club América from the capital. The first goal was scored by Chilean Ángel Juan Bustos , who worked for Morelia, and Morelia won 2-1 at the end. Although the stadium is only designed for 41,500 spectators, more than 48,000 tickets were awarded for the opening game due to organizational errors and the stadium appeared to be bursting at the seams.
After the Monarcas had qualified to participate in the Copa Libertadores in 2002, today's floodlight system was set up to enable the evening games. In this tournament, the home team remained unbeaten in four matches against teams from South America ( Vélez Sársfield 0-0, Sporting Cristal 4-0, Nacional Montevideo 4-2, Olmedo Riobamba 3-2) and only had to face each other in the inner-Mexican duel of the quarter-finals give the capital club América 1: 2 beaten.
Further highlights were the three finals of the Mexican football championship held here between 2000 and 2003. In these, the Monarcas met Deportivo Toluca twice (3: 1 and 1: 0) and once against CF Monterrey (0: 0). But because there were also games on the opponent's place, the Monarcas could only book one championship title in winter 2000. Furthermore, in 2002 the only international match of a Mexican national team so far took place at the Estadio Morelos. It ended with a 2-0 loss to Bulgaria .
In 2004, a large screen was installed in the upper area of the south stand. Since 2005 there have also been various measures to protect viewers, such as installing various surveillance cameras.
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- Estadio Morelos. Arquitectura y construction. arqhys.com, accessed October 31, 2010 (Spanish).