Estadio Sergio León Chávez

Estadio Sergio León Chávez
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Estadio Sergio León Chávez December 2009 at night
Full name Estadio Sergio León Chávez
Former names Estadio Irapuato (1969–1990)
Location Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico Mexico
Coordinates 20°41′04″N 101°21′23″W / 20.6845°N 101.3563°W / 20.6845; -101.3563Coordinates: 20°41′04″N 101°21′23″W / 20.6845°N 101.3563°W / 20.6845; -101.3563
Owner Club Irapuato
Operator Club Irapuato
Capacity 28,500
Field size 105 m × 68 m (115 yd × 74 yd)
Surface Grass
Scoreboard Yes
Construction
Broke ground 1967
Built 1967–1969
Opened 23 March 1969
Renovated 1985-86
Expanded 1985
Tenants
Irapuato FC (1969–)

Estadio Sergio León Chávez is a Multi-purpose stadium in the city of Irapuato.

It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 28,500 people.[1][2] The stadium was built in 1967 and hosted group C of the FIFA World Cup in 1986 .

History

Before the stadium was built Irapuato had the Estadio Revolucion which was home to Irapuato FC. The stadium broke ground in 1967 and construction lasted two years. It was founded on 23 May 1969, simply as Estadio Irapuato, gaining its actual name on 4 January 1990, in honour of the former club's president. in October 1968 even before the stadium was completed Irapuato FC invited Spain to play a friendly against them in preparation for the 1968 Summer Olympics its first game played in the stadium, Spain would win the match 1-3. the first person to score in the new stadium was Juan Manuel Asensi from Spain. on 24 May 1970 the Brazil national football team played a friendly vs Irapuato FC in that match the Brazilians beat Irapuato 3-0 with goals from Roberto Rivelino, Roberto Miranda, and Paulo Cézar Caju, Pelé was present in that match.

Two International football Tournaments have been played in the Sergio Leon Chavez.

1986 FIFA World Cup

The Estadio Morelos in Morelia, Michoacán was originally going to be one of the venues for the world cup but due to problems in the building of the stadium led to the suspension of the work, The World Cup site was then transferred to the Estadio Sergio León Chávez.

During the 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship Tournament FIFA wanted to see whether Irapuato had what it took to host the FIFA World Cup, In 1985 the stadium was expanded and the capacity went from 16,300 to 33,000.

During 1985 several national teams played friendly matches in Irapuato. Also During the 1986 World Cup the Soviets used Irapuato as their training facility.

1986 FIFA World Cup Group C

2 June 1986
12:00 CST
Soviet Union  6 0  Hungary
Yakovenko  2'
Aleinikov  4'
Belanov  24' (pen.)
Yaremchuk  66', 75'
Rodionov  80'
Report
Estadio Sergio León Chávez, Irapuato
Attendance: 16,500
Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)

6 June 1986
12:00 CST
Hungary  2 0  Canada
Esterházy  2'
Détári  75'
Report
Estadio Sergio León Chávez, Irapuato
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Jamal Al Sharif (Syria)

9 June 1986
12:00 CST
Soviet Union  2 0  Canada
Blokhin  58'
Zavarov  74'
Report
Estadio Sergio León Chávez, Irapuato
Attendance: 14,200
Referee: Idriss Traore (Mali)

1983 FIFA World Youth Championship

8 June 1983
15:00
Ivory Coast  00  Uruguay
(Report)
Estadio Sergio León Chávez, Irapuato
Attendance: 15,317
Referee: Lee Do-Ha (South Korea)

7 June 1983
15:00
Czechoslovakia  32  China PR
Dostal 34', 89'
Kula 75'
(Report) Mai Chao 49'
Li Huayun 56'
Estadio Sergio León Chávez, Irapuato
Attendance: 15,317
Referee: M. Karim (Bahrain)

9 June 1983
15:00
China PR  30  Austria
Liu Haiguang 48'
Guo Yijun 79'
Duan Ju 88'
(Report)
Estadio Sergio León Chávez, Irapuato
Attendance: 15,317
Referee: Christopher Bambridge (Australia)

Other Internationals Played In Irapuato

6 December 1983
Mexico  5-0  Canada
Luis Flores  8', 15'
Jose Alderete  30'
Raúl González  53'
Raul Arias  68'
Estadio Sergio León Chávez, Irapuato
Referee: Antonio Márquez Ramírez (Mexico)
Mexico:
GK Arturo Javier Ledesma
DF Felix Cruz
DF Rafael Amador
DF Héctor Manuel Esparza
DF Raul Gonzalez
MF Jesus Roca Ruiz
MF Jose Luis Aldrete
MF Horacio Rocha
MF Luis Francisco Garcia
FW Luis Flores
FW Luis Gilberto Plascencia
Substitutions:
MF Alejandro Domínguez
MF Raul Arias
FW Francisco Jose Fernandez
GK Victor Manuel Aguado
Manager:
Bora Milutinović Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Canada:
GK Chris Turner
DF Ken Garraway
DF Trevor McCallum
DF Shaun Lowther
DF Craig Martin
MF Charlie Falzon
MF Greg Ion
MF John Connor
MF Randy Ragan
FW George Pakos
FW Paul James
Substitutions:
Manager:
Tony Waiters England

24 January 1984
12:00 CST
Mexico  3 0  Venezuela
Javier Aguirre  23'
Mario Diaz  71'
Francisco Chavez  75'
Estadio Sergio León Chávez, Irapuato
Referee: Marco Antonio Dorantes (Mexico)
Mexico:
GK Olaf Heredia
DF Armando Manzo Red card
DF Vinicio Bravo  45'
DF Alfredo Tena
DF Mario Trejo
MF Juan Antonio Luna  45'
MF Javier Aguirre
MF Armando Manzo
MF Mario Diaz Perez
FW Enrique López Zarza Red card
FW Luis Gilberto Plascencia  63'
Substitutions:
DF Francisco Chávez Serrano  45'
MF Manuel Negrete  45'
MF Javier Hernández  63'
FW Luis Flores
Manager:
Bora Milutinović Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Venezuela:
GK César Baena
DF Franco Rizzi
DF Aranguren
DF Useche
DF Icea  45'
MF Juvencio Betancourt
MF Alvarez  45'
MF Gonzalez  45'
MF Herrera
FW Asdrúbal Olivares
FW Bernardo Anor  45'
Substitutions:
DF Membrilla  45'
MF Olivares  45'
MF Barco  45'
FW Milillo  45'
Manager:
Walter Roque Uruguay

8 December 1985
16:00 CST
Hungary  1 – 0  South Korea
Kálmán Kovács  52'
Estadio Sergio León Chávez, Irapuato
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Antonio Márquez Ramírez (Mexico)
HUNGARY:
GK1 Péter Disztl
DF2 Sándor Sallai
DF3 Antal Róth  46'
DF6 Imre Garaba
DF Attila Héredi  61'
DF5 József Kardos
MF8 Antal Nagy (c)
MF10 Lajos Détári
MF21Gyula Hajszán
FW7 József Kiprich  67'
FW19György Bognár
Substitutions:
FW20Kálmán Kovács
FW9László Dajka
DFLászló Gyimesi  46'
DF14Zoltán Péter  61'
Ferenc Mészáros  67'
Manager:
György Mezey Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
SOUTH KOREA:
GK1 Cho Byung-Deuk
DF2 Park Kyung-Hoon
DF5 Chung Yong-Hwan
DF12 Kim Pyung-Seok  28'
MF8 Cho Young-Jeung  47'
MF18 Kim Sam-Soo  64'
MF4 Cho Kwang-Rae
MF16Kim Joo-Sung  73'
MF13 Noh Soo-Jin  71'
FW7Kim Jong-Boo
FW10 Park Chang-Sun(c)
Substitutions:
DF3Chung Jong-Soo  28'
DF15Yoo Byung-Ok  47'
FW6Lee Tae-Ho  64'
DF14Cho Min-Kook  71'
FW11Byun Byung-Joo  73'
Manager:
Kim Jung-Nam South Korea

References

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