Parque Necaxa
| Parque Necaxa | |
|---|---|
| Data | |
| place |
 Mexico city
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| opening | September 14, 1930 |
| First game |
América - España (Unofficial) Club Necaxa - Mexican National Team (Official) |
| demolition | before 1955 |
| capacity | 15,000 |
| Societies) | |
Parque Necaxa was a soccer stadium in Mexico City , which was located on the property of the engineer William H. Frasser and was named after the soccer club Necaxa , which he financed . For better accessibility, a new tram line was set up that ran to the stadium entrance.
history
The Parque Necaxa, located on the Calzada de los Cuartos , was inaugurated on September 14, 1930 in the presence of the then President of Mexico , Pascual Ortiz Rubio . On the occasion of the stadium inauguration, two football games were played. The “foreplay” (the unofficial opening match) took place between América and España and ended 1: 1. The subsequent official opening game between hosts Necaxa and the Mexican national team was played by the following teams and Necaxa won 5: 4.
Necaxa: Ernesto Pauler - Tomás Lozano , José Sierra - Raúl González, Marcial Ortiz , Gumercindo “Sardina” López - Germán Díaz, José “Pepe” Ruiz , Rivero, Patiño, Ricardo Gómez.
Mexico: Óscar Bonfiglio - Manuel Rosas , Francisco Garza Gutiérrez - Benjamín Amézcua, Alfredo “Viejo” Sánchez , Felipe “Served” Rosas - Hilario “Moco” López , Roberto Gayón , Dionisio “Nicho” Mejía , Juan “Trompito” Carreño , Gabriel “ Nacha ”Alvarez.
The stadium's grandstands consisted of 29 rows and could officially accommodate around 15,000 spectators, but this capacity was sometimes significantly exceeded at particularly important games, such as the World Cup qualifier against Cuba on March 11, 1934, when 22,000 people were in the bulging crowded stadium crowded.
Until the opening of Parque Asturias in 1937, Parque Necaxa was considered the best sports park in the Mexican capital. His lawn, laid out by English specialists and supplied by an extremely modern American irrigation system at the time, was the best in Mexico and probably one of the best in the world.
After stadium and club owner WH Frasser had died in a dubious way in 1942, the club soon lacked the necessary financial means, so that he did not dare to jump into the Mexican professional league, which was newly introduced in 1943 . At the same time, the Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes, a much larger and more modern stadium, was opened in 1947 , so that the increasingly neglected Parque Necaxa was demolished. In its place, the Parque de béisbol del Seguro Social baseball stadium was built in 1955 . Today, on the site of the baseball stadium on Avenida Cuauhtémoc , which was demolished in 2000, in the colonia Narvarte (south of the center of Mexico City, south of the Delegación Benito Juárez) is a shopping center.
Special games
Mexican championship
On August 14, 1932, the decisive game for the capital city championship of the 1931/32 season between the two point leaders and arch rivals Necaxa and Atlante was played; because at that time the goal difference that Necaxa would have favored was not used to select the master. At this event, the specified stadium capacity was exceeded significantly for the first time and 18,000 people crowded into the stadium. Around 3,000 of them sat on the stairs. Never before had so many people gathered in Mexico to watch a football match. The game ended 3: 3, so the championship was still not decided. Because the second game also ended in a draw (1: 1), the championship was not decided until the third "playoff" (1: 0 for Atlante).
International matches
Three international matches for the Mexican national team were played in Parque Necaxa . The first took place on March 4, 1934 as part of the World Cup qualification against Cuba. Thanks to a flawless hat trick by Dionisio Mejía , who of all things was under contract with Necaxas arch-rival Atlante, within just four minutes (12th, 14th and 16th), Mexico was 3-0 up after a good quarter of an hour. The Cuban Mario López made it 3-2 with his goals in the 40th and 63rd minutes.
While a new visitor record was set with 20,000 in the first international match, a week later even 22,000 came against the same opponent, who witnessed a 5-0 win for the hosts, in which Dionisio Mejía again scored three goals (to 2-0, 3: 0 and 5: 0).
The third and final international match at Parque Necaxa was a 7-3 win over the USA on September 19, 1937, with eight goals falling in the second half alone (at half the Mexicans were leading 2-0). The top scorer in the game was Manuel Alonso from Real Club España, who scored three goals. The twice successful in this game Horacio Casarín was the only national player under contract with Necaxa, who scored an international goal in this stadium.
swell
- Juan Cid y Mulet: Libro de Oro del Fútbol Mexicano, Tomo II , B. Costa-Amic, Mexico City, 1961, p. 286
- El Parque Necaxa (Spanish; article dated September 2, 2009 on the Club Necaxa official website)
- El Parque Necaxa (Spanish; article from February 9, 2007 at Mediotiempo.com)
Individual references and web links
- ↑ Javier Bañuelos Rentería: Balón a tierra (1896-1932) , Editorial Clío, Mexico City, 1998, p. 51 / ISBN 970-663-022-8
- ↑ Javier Bañuelos Rentería: Balón a tierra (1896-1932) , Editorial Clío, Mexico City, 1998, pp. 80f / ISBN 970-663-022-8
- ^ The Mexican internationals (1923–1939) at RSSSF