Carlo Zecchini Stadium
Carlo Zecchini Stadium | |
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Stadio Carlo Zecchini as seen from the north curve | |
Earlier names | |
Stadio Olimpico Comunale |
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Data | |
place | Via Veterani dello Sport 58100 Grosseto , Italy |
Coordinates | 42 ° 45 '32.9 " N , 11 ° 6' 26.2" E |
owner | City of Grosseto |
opening | 1960 |
First game | Italy 1-1 France |
Renovations | 2007 |
surface | Natural grass |
architect | Raffaello Fagnoni , Enrico Bianchini , Dagoberto Ortensi |
capacity | 9,988 seats |
playing area | 105 × 67 m |
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The Stadio Carlo Zecchini is a football stadium with an athletics facility in Grosseto . The Italian city is located in the province of the same name in the Tuscany region . The stadium's capacity is now 9,988 spectators.
history
The sports facility, opened in 1960 under the name Stadio Olimpico Comunale , is the venue for the US Grosseto football club . The current name goes back to a former player of the club in the 1960s. The first game took place on June 5, 1960 between the Olympic teams of Italy and France (1-1).
The stadium was the venue for three soccer games at the 1960 Summer Olympics .
- August 26, 1960: Bulgaria - Turkey 3: 0 (1: 0)
- 29 August 1960: France - India 1: 1 (0: 0)
- September 1, 1960: United Kingdom - Chinese Taipei 3: 2 (1: 0)
International athletics competitions were also held in the arena. In 2001 the European Athletics Junior Championships stopped in Grosseto. Three years later it was the World Junior Athletics Championships .
In 2007 US Grosseto rose to Serie B and the venue was adapted to the requirements. Access to the stadium has been improved; the changing rooms renewed; an electronic scoreboard installed and a new lawn laid.
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Web links
- biancorossi.it: Stadium on the US Grosseto website (Italian)
- Stadio Comunale Olimpico "Carlo Zecchini" ( Memento from September 6, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) (Italian)
- europlan-online.de: Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini - Grosseto
- stadionwelt.de: Pictures
Individual evidence
- ↑ biancorossi.it: stadium capacity (Italian)