Estadio de Atotxa
| Estadio Municipal de Atotxa | |
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| Atotxa | |
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 San Sebastian , Spain
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| Coordinates | 43 ° 19 '5 " N , 1 ° 58' 31" W |
| owner | City of San Sebastian |
| operator | City of San Sebastian |
| opening | October 4, 1913 |
| First game | October 5, 1913 Real Sociedad - Athletic Bilbao 3: 3 |
| demolition | 1999 |
| surface | Natural grass |
| capacity | 17,000 seats |
| playing area | 105 × 70 m |
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The Estadio de Atotxa ( Spanish Estadio de Atocha , full name: Estadio Municipal de Atocha , short: Atotxa ) was a football stadium in the Spanish city of San Sebastián in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country .
history
The Estadio de Atotxa was the home stadium of the Spanish first division club Real Sociedad San Sebastián for eighty years from 1913 to 1993 . In the end it offered 17,000 spectators. In 1993 Real Sociedad moved to the newly built Estadio Anoeta . After a few years of vacancy, the old venue was demolished in 1999. Residential houses were then built on the site. The Atotxa itself was the successor to the Estadio de Ondarreta , in which Real Sociedad was based from 1909 to 1913.
On December 28, 1982, the second leg of the Supercopa de España took place in Atotxa . After a 0: 1 against Real Madrid in the first leg in Madrid, Real Sociedad won the Supercopa with a 4: 0 after extra time at their home stadium.
Web links
- estadiosdeespana.com: San Sebastian - Atotxa (Spanish)
- eldomingoalascinco.com: Estadio de Atocha, San Sebastián (Spanish)
- diariosdefutbol.com: Grandes estadios (III): Atotxa (Spanish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ estadiosdeespana.com: Demolition of the stadium ( Memento of the original from July 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)
- ↑ lafutbolteca.com: Spanish Football Lexicon (Spanish)
- ↑ rsssf.com: Results of the Supercopa de España (English)
