Estadio Campeón del Siglo

Estadio Campeón del Siglo
Construction

Full name	Estadio Campeón del Siglo
Location	Bañados de Carrasco, Montevideo, Uruguay
Coordinates	34°47′48.9″S 56°04′01.8″W / 34.796917°S 56.067167°W / -34.796917; -56.067167Coordinates: 34°47′48.9″S 56°04′01.8″W / 34.796917°S 56.067167°W / -34.796917; -56.067167
Owner	C.A. Peñarol
Capacity	43,000^[1]
Surface	Grass
Broke ground	2014
Built	2014–2016
Opened	March 28, 2016
Construction cost	U$S 40 million
Architect	Luis Rodriguez Tellado
General contractor	Saceem
Tenants
C.A. Peñarol

Estadio Campeón del Siglo is a football stadium in Montevideo, Uruguay. It will be hosting most of the matches of Peñarol. The stadium can hold up to 43,000 people.^[1]^[2] The name of the stadium was originally intended as Estadio CA Peñarol, but was later changed to "Campeón del Siglo" as a provocation towards their hated local rivals Nacional. The name refers to an unofficial award that internet blog IFFHS gave the team in 2010, eventhough a official "Champion of the Century" award was already awarded to Real Madrid in 2000 by FIFA, which does not recognize IFFHS titles. The stadium marks the first official stadium by Peñarol since the club's founding in December 1913. In March 2016, a 18-yearold fan of Nacional, Pablo Montiel, was murdered by fans of Peñarol after walking nearby the stadium; the murder was celebrated by club staff member Ignacio Ruglio and by fans singing about his murder in Peñarol's following match against local team Racing de Montevideo.

References

1 2 "El Campeón del Siglo quedó habilitado para la Copa Libertadores; fue aforado en 40.700 lugares". Tenfield.com. 12 April 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
↑ "Stadiums in Uruguay". stadiumdb.com. Retrieved 11 February 2016.

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Peñarol

Club

Managers
Players

Predecessor

CURCC

Stadiums

Rival

Nacional (Uruguayan Clásico)

Key personnel

Chairman: Pedro Damiani
Manager: Pablo Bengoechea

League titles (49)

AUF (47)	1900 1901 1905 1907 1911 1918 1921 1928 1929 1932 1935 1936 1937 1938 1944 1945 1949 1951 1953 1954 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1964 1965 1967 1968 1973 1975 1975 1978 1979 1981 1982 1985 1986 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 2003 2009–10 2012–13

Other bodies (2)	1924 FUF 1926 CP

International titles (15)

FIFA / CONMEBOL (9)	1961, 1966, 1982 Intercontinental Cup 1960, 1961, 1966, 1982, 1987 Copa Libertadores 1969 Intercontinental Champions' Supercup

AUF / AFA (6)	1916 Tie Cup 1909, 1911, 1918 Copa de Honor Cousenier 1928 Copa Aldao 1942 Copa Escobar-Gerona

Other

Basketball

↑ "El Campeón del Siglo quedó habilitado para la Copa Libertadores; fue aforado en 40.700 lugares". Tenfield.com. 12 April 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2016.

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