Estadio Nuevo Vivero

Estadio Nuevo Vivero
Location Badajoz, Extremadura,
 ESP
Owner Excmo. Ayuntamiento de Badajoz
Capacity 15,198
Field size 105 x 68
Surface natural grass
Construction
Opened 1998
Construction cost 4.5 million €
Tenants
CD Badajoz

Estadio Nuevo Vivero is a multi-use stadium in Badajoz, Spain. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of CD Badajoz. The stadium holds 15,198 and was built in 1999. They previously played at Estadio El Vivero, in the east of the city, before moving a few kilometres south of the Guadiana in 1999 to this purpose built arena. The stadium has hosted two full internationals for the Spanish national team and one of the women's team.

On 8 September 1999 Spain beat Cyprus 8-0 in a UEFA Euro 2000 qualification group match. Nearly seven years later, on 2 September 2006, the Spanish national team returned to the Estadio Nuevo Vivero and beat Liechtenstien 4-0 in a qualification group match for the UEFA Euro 2008.

On 1 December 2015, the Spanish women's team beat Portugal by 2–0 in a qualification game for the UEFA Women's Euro 2017.

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Coordinates: 38°51′32.12″N 7°00′21.19″W / 38.8589222°N 7.0058861°W / 38.8589222; -7.0058861

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