Maracanã Stadium

Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho
(Maracanã Stadium)
Construction

Full name	Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho
Location	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Coordinates	22°54′43.80″S 43°13′48.59″W / 22.9121667°S 43.2301639°W / -22.9121667; -43.2301639Coordinates: 22°54′43.80″S 43°13′48.59″W / 22.9121667°S 43.2301639°W / -22.9121667; -43.2301639
Owner	State of Rio de Janeiro
Operator	Complexo Maracanã Entretenimento S.A. (Odebrecht, IMX, AEG)
Capacity	78,838^[1]
Record attendance	199,850 (Uruguay vs Brazil, 16 July 1950)
Field size	105 m × 68 m (344 ft × 223 ft)
Surface	Grass
Broke ground	2 August 1948
Opened	16 June 1950^[2]
Renovated	2000, 2006, 2013
Architect	Waldir Ramos Raphael Galvão Miguel Feldman Oscar Valdetaro Pedro Paulo B. Bastos Orlando Azevedo Antônio Dias Carneiro
Tenants
Brazil national football team (1950–present) Flamengo (Série A) (1950–present) Fluminense (Série A) (1950–present) 2016 Summer Olympics

The Maracanã Stadium (Portuguese: Estádio do Maracanã, standard Brazilian Portuguese: [esˈtadʒi.u du maɾakɐˈnɐ̃], local pronunciation: [iʃˈtadʒu du mɐˌɾakɐˈnɐ̃]) ), also known as Maracanã, officially Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho (IPA: [iʃˈtadʒ(i)u ʒoʁnaˈliʃtɐ ˈmaɾi.u ˈfiʎu]), is a football stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The stadium is part of a complex that includes an arena known by the name of Maracanãzinho, which means "the Little Maracanã" in Portuguese.

Owned by the Rio de Janeiro state government, it is, as is the Maracanã neighborhood where it is located, named after the Rio Maracanã, a now canalized river in Rio de Janeiro. It was opened in 1950 to host the FIFA World Cup, in which Brazil was beaten 2–1 by Uruguay in the deciding game. Since then, it has mainly been used for football matches between the major football clubs in Rio de Janeiro, including Flamengo, Fluminense, Botafogo and Vasco da Gama. It has also hosted a number of concerts and other sporting events.

The total attendance at the final game of the 1950 FIFA World Cup was 199,854, making it the world's largest stadium by capacity (when it was inaugurated). After its 2010–13 renovation, the rebuilt stadium currently seats 78,838 spectators, making it the largest stadium in Brazil and the second in South America after Estadio Monumental in Peru.^[3]

It was the main venue of the 2007 Pan American Games, hosting the football tournament and the opening and closing ceremonies. The Maracanã was partially rebuilt in preparation for the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, and the 2014 World Cup, where the final of the latter competition was held. It will also be the venue for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics.

Name

The official name of the stadium, Mário Filho, was given in honor of an old Pernambucan journalist, (the brother of Nelson Rodrigues), who was a strong vocal supporter of the construction of the Maracanã.

The stadium's popular name is derived from the Maracanã River, whose point of origin is in the jungle covered hills to the west, crossing various bairros (neighborhoods) of Rio's Zona Norte (North Zone) such as Tijuca and São Cristóvão via a canal which features sloping sides constructed of concrete. Upon flowing into the Canal do Mangue, it empties into Guanabara Bay. The name Maracanã derives from the indigenous Tupi–Guarani word for a type of parrot which inhabited the region. The stadium construction was prior to the formation of the Maracanã neighborhood that was once part of Tijuca.

History

Maracanã Stadium and complex.

Construction

After winning the right to host the 1950 FIFA World Cup, the Brazilian government sought to build a new stadium for the tournament. The construction of Maracanã was criticized by Carlos Lacerda, then Congressman and political enemy of the mayor of the city, general Ângelo Mendes de Morais, for the expense and for the chosen location for the stadium, arguing that it should be built in the West Zone neighborhood of Jacarepaguá. At the time, a tennis stadium stood in the chosen area. Still it was supported by journalist Mário Filho, and Mendes de Morais was able to move the project forward. The competition for the design and construction was opened by the municipality of Rio de Janeiro in 1947, with the construction contract awarded to engineer Humberto Menescal, and the architectural contract awarded to seven Brazilian architects, Michael Feldman, Waldir Ramos, Raphael Galvão, Oscar Valdetaro, Orlando Azevedo, Pedro Paulo Bernardes Bastos, and Antônio Dias Carneiro.^[4]

The first cornerstone was laid at the site of the stadium on 2 August 1948.^[5] With the first World Cup game scheduled to be played on 24 June 1950, this left a little under two years to finish construction. However, work quickly fell behind schedule, prompting FIFA to send Dr. Ottorino Barassi, the head of the Italian FA, who had organized the 1934 World Cup, to help in Rio de Janeiro. A work force of 1,500 constructed the stadium, with an additional 2,000 working in the final months. Despite the stadium having come into use in 1950, the construction was only fully completed in 1965.

Opening and World Cup 1950

Maracanã Stadium and mountains.

The opening match of the stadium took place on 16 June 1950. Rio de Janeiro All-Stars beat São Paulo All-Stars 3–1; Didi became the player to score the first ever goal at the stadium.^[6] Despite hosting a match, the stadium was still unfinished. It lacked toilet facilities and a press stand, and still looked like a building site. It was said that the stadium could house 200,000 standing spectators, overtaking Hampden Park as the largest stadium in the world. Despite the stadium's unfinished state, FIFA allowed matches to be played at the venue, and on 24 June 1950, the first World Cup match took place, with 81,000 spectators in attendance.

In that first match for which Maracanã had been built, Brazil beat Mexico with a final score 4–0, with Ademir becoming the first scorer of a competitive goal at the stadium with his 30th-minute strike. Ademir had two goals in total, plus one each from Baltasar and Jair. The match was refereed by Englishman George Reader. Five of Brazil's six games at the tournament were played at Maracanã (the exception being their 2–2 draw with Switzerland in São Paulo).

1950 FIFA World Cup

Date	Time (UTC-03)	Team #1	Res.	Team #2	Round	Attendance
24 June 1950	15:00	Brazil	4–0	Mexico	Group 1	82,000
25 June 1950	15:00	England	2–0	Chile	Group 2	30,000
29 June 1950	15:00	Spain	2–0	Chile	Group 2	16,000
1 July 1950	15:00	Brazil	2–0	Yugoslavia	Group 1	142,000
2 July 1950	15:00	Spain	1–0	England	Group 2	74,000
9 July 1950	15:00	Brazil	7–1	Sweden	Final Round	139,000
13 July 1950	15:00	Brazil	6–1	Spain	Final Round	153,000
16 July 1950	15:00	Uruguay	2–1	Brazil	Final Round	199,854

The Maracanazo

Main article: Uruguay v Brazil (1950 FIFA World Cup)

Eventually, Brazil progressed to the final round, facing Uruguay in the match (part of a round-robin final phase) that turned out to be the tournament-deciding match on 16 July 1950. Brazil only needed a draw to finish as champion, but Uruguay won the game 2–1, shocking and silencing the massive crowd. This defeat on home soil instantly became a significant event in Brazilian history, being known popularly as the Maracanazo. The official attendance of the final game was 199,854, with the actual attendance estimated to be about 210,000.^[7]^[8]

Post-1950 World Cup years

Maracanã Stadium in a digital view.

On 21 March 1954, a new official attendance record was set in the game between Brazil and Paraguay, after 183,513 spectators entered the stadium with a ticket and 194,603 (177,656 p.) in Fla-Flu (1963). In 1963, stadium authorities replaced the square goal posts with round ones, but it was still two years before the stadium would be fully completed. In 1965, 17 years after construction began, the stadium was finally finished.

Since the World Cup in 1950, Maracanã Stadium has mainly been used for club games involving four major football clubs in Rio— Vasco, Botafogo, Flamengo and Fluminense. The stadium has also hosted numerous domestic football cup finals, most notably the Copa do Brasil and the Campeonato Carioca.

In September 1966, upon the death of Mário Rodrigues Filho, the Brazilian journalist, columnist, sports figure, and prominent campaigner who was largely responsible for the stadium originally being built, the administrators of the stadium renamed the stadium after him: Estádio Jornalista Mário Rodrigues Filho. However, the nickname of Maracanã has continued to be used as the common referent.

In 1969, Pelé scored the 1,000th goal of his career at Maracanã against Vasco in front of 65,157 spectators.^[9] In 1989 the stadium hosted the games of the final round of the Copa America; in the same year Zico scored his final goal for Flamengo at the Maracanã, taking his goal tally at the stadium to 333, a record that still stands as of 2011.

1990s and 2000s

An upper stand in the stadium collapsed on 19 July 1992, in the second game of the finals of 1992 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, between Botafogo vs. Flamengo, leading to the death of three spectators and injuring 50 others.^[10] Following the disaster, the stadium's capacity was greatly reduced as it was converted to an all-seater stadium in the late 1990s. Despite this, the ground was classified as a national landmark in 1998, meaning that it could not be demolished. The stadium hosted the first ever FIFA Club World Cup final match between Vasco da Gama and Corinthians, which Corinthians won on penalties.

Following its 50th anniversary in 2000, the stadium underwent renovations which would increase its full capacity to around 103,000. After years of planning and nine months of closure between 2005 and 2006, the stadium was reopened in January 2007 with an all-seated capacity of 87,000.

Maracanã stadium in February 2009, showing the two-tier configuration and concrete roof

Rebuilding for the World Cup 2014 and the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games

Maracanã stadium in 2014, Downtown Rio on the far end.

For the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics and Paralympics, a major reconstruction project was initiated in 2010. The original seating bowl, with a two-tier configuration, was demolished, giving way to a new one-tier seating bowl.^[11] The original stadium's roof in concrete was removed and replaced with a fiberglass tensioned membrane coated with Polytetrafluoroethylene. The new roof covers 95% of the seats inside the stadium, unlike the former design, where protection was only afforded to some seats in the upper ring and the bleachers above the gate access of each sector. The old boxes, which were installed at a level above the stands for the 2000 FIFA Club World Cup, were dismantled in the reconstruction process. The new seats are colored yellow, blue and white, which—combined with the green of the match field—form the Brazilian national colors. In addition, the grayish tone has returned as the main façade color of the stadium.

On 30 May 2013, a friendly game between Brazil and England scheduled for 2 June was called off by a local judge due to safety concerns related to the stadium. The government of Rio de Janeiro appealed the decision^[12] and the game went ahead as originally planned, the final score being a 2–2 draw.^[12]^[13] This match marked the reopening of the new Maracanã.^[11]

On 12 June 2014, the 2014 FIFA World Cup opened with Brazil defeating Croatia 3–1, but that match was held in São Paulo. The first game of the World Cup to be held in Maracanã was a 2–1 victory by Argentina over Bosnia-Herzegovina on Sunday, 15 June. Host Brazil ending up never playing a match in the Maracanã during the tournament, as they failed to reach the final after being eliminated in the semi-finals. In the final, Germany defeated Argentina 1–0 in extra time.^[14]

Internal view of the stadium in 2013.

2013 FIFA Confederations Cup

Date	Time (UTC-03)	Team #1	Res.	Team #2	Round	Attendance
16 June 2013	16:00	Mexico	1–2	Italy	Group A	73,123
20 June 2013	16:00	Spain	10–0	Tahiti	Group B	71,806
30 June 2013	19:00	Brazil	3–0	Spain	Final	73,531

2014 FIFA World Cup

Date	Time	Team #1	Res.	Team #2	Round	Attendance
15 June 2014	19:00	Argentina	2–1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Group F	74,393
18 June 2014	16:00	Spain	0–2	Chile	Group B	74,101
22 June 2014	13:00	Belgium	1–0	Russia	Group H	73,819
25 June 2014	17:00	Ecuador	0–0	France	Group E	73,750
28 June 2014	17:00	Colombia	2–0	Uruguay	Round of 16	73,804
4 July 2014	13:00	France	0–1	Germany	Quarter-finals	73,965
13 July 2014	16:00	Germany	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Argentina	Final	74,738

Non-football events

2014 FIFA World Cup Final, between Argentina and Germany.

2013 FIFA Confederations Cup in Maracanã.

The stadium in the 2007 Pan American Games Opening Ceremony.

Brazilian national football team in Maracanã

International sports competitions

In 1980 and 1983, volleyball matches between Brazil and the USSR played at the ground.
The stadium hosted the opening and closing ceremonies of the XV Pan American Games.
The stadium will host the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2016 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Paralympics.

Music

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the stadium, on 16 January 1980, Frank Sinatra performed to a crowd of 180,000.^[15]
Both Tina Turner and Paul McCartney made the Guinness Book of World Records with performances at the stadium. Both concerts, in January 1988 (Break Every Rule Tour) and April 1990 (The Paul McCartney World Tour), respectively, attracted crowds of over 182,000 people.^[16]^[17]
On 18 June 1983, KISS performed for 137,000 fans at the stadium, which marks the record attendance for the band. This and two other stadium shows in Brazil would be the last time KISS would perform in their signature makeup until the reunion of the original lineup at their Alive/Worldwide Tour in 1996.
From 18–27 January 1991, the stadium hosted the second edition of Rock in Rio, with Prince, Guns N' Roses, George Michael, INXS, a-ha and New Kids on the Block as headliners.
The January 1995 edition of the Hollywood Rock festival consisted of two successive concerts by The Rolling Stones at the stadium.
Sting and Madonna are the only international pop stars to have played dates at Maracanã on different occasions. Sting opened his ...Nothing Like the Sun world tour at the stadium on 20 November 1987. Approximately 20 years later, on 8 December 2007, he performed there again with The Police. Madonna played the venue on 6 November 1993, with the Girlie Show in front of 120,000 people, and then again 15 years later on 14 and 15 December 2008, as part of the Sticky & Sweet Tour, selling over 107,000 tickets.
Rush and Backstreet Boys also played the venue. Rush's concert in 2002 is documented on their live album and DVD Rush in Rio. Brazilian artists also played at the stadium, like Ivete Sangalo, Sandy & Junior, Diante do Trono and Roberto Carlos.
On 25 January 2015, Foo Fighters played a concert at Maracanã Stadium during their Sonic Highways World Tour in front of 45.000 people. It was the first music concert held at the stadium since it was rebuilt.

Miscellaneous

Pope John Paul II celebrated masses at the stadium.
The stadium of the Red Star Belgrade (the Red Star Stadium) is also popularly called Maracanã.

References

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↑ Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho
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Preceded by Stade Olympique de Colombes Paris	FIFA World Cup Final Venue (This match was the tournament-deciding game of a round-robin phase.) 1950	Succeeded by Wankdorf Stadium Bern
Preceded by Estadio Monumental Buenos Aires	Copa América Final Round Matches 1989	Succeeded by Estadio Nacional de Chile Santiago de Chile
Preceded by None	FIFA Club World Cup Final Venue 2000	Succeeded by International Stadium Yokohama Yokohama
Preceded by Estadio Olímpico Juan Pablo Duarte Santo Domingo	Pan American Games Opening and Closing Ceremonies 2007	Succeeded by Estadio Omnilife Guadalajara
Preceded by Ellis Park Stadium Johannesburg	FIFA Confederations Cup Final Venue 2013	Succeeded by Piter Arena Saint Petersburg
Preceded by Soccer City Johannesburg	FIFA World Cup Final Venue 2014	Succeeded by Luzhniki Stadium Moscow
Preceded by Olympic Stadium London	Summer Olympics Opening and Closing Ceremonies 2016	Succeeded by Olympic Stadium Tokyo
Preceded by Wembley Stadium London	Summer Olympics Football Finals 2016	Succeeded by Olympic Stadium Tokyo

Clube de Regatas do Flamengo

Information	Club History Head Coaches Honors Statistics

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Training Ground	Ninho do Urubu Estádio da Gávea

Players	Players (Full List) Noted Players 100+ appearances Foreign Players

Rivalries	Clássico dos Milhões Fla-Flu Atlético Mineiro rivalry

Retired Numbers	12

Others	Flamengo Basketball All articles

Fluminense FC

Information	Club History Head Coaches Honors

Home Stadium	Estádio das Laranjeiras Maracanã

Players	Players (Full List) Noted Players

Rivalries	Fla-Flu

Others	Guaynabo Fluminense FC All articles

2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A venues

Allianz Parque Arena da Baixada Arena Condá Arena Corinthians Arena do Grêmio Arena Pernambuco Arruda Barradão Beira-Rio Couto Pereira Engenhão Ilha do Retiro Independência Maracanã Mineirão Moisés Lucarelli Morumbi Orlando Scarpelli Vila Belmiro

1950 FIFA World Cup stadiums

Eucaliptos (Porto Alegre) Independência (Belo Horizonte) Ilha do Retiro (Recife) Maracanã (Rio de Janeiro) Pacaembu (São Paulo) Vila Capanema (Curitiba)

2014 FIFA World Cup stadiums

Mineirão (Belo Horizonte) Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha (Brasília) Arena Pantanal (Cuiabá) Arena da Baixada (Curitiba) Castelão (Fortaleza) Arena da Amazônia (Manaus) Arena das Dunas (Natal) Beira-Rio (Porto Alegre) Arena Pernambuco (Recife) Maracanã (Rio de Janeiro) Arena Fonte Nova (Salvador) Arena de São Paulo (São Paulo)

FIFA World Cup Final venues

Estadio Centenario (Uruguay 1930)
Stadio Nazionale PNF (Italy 1934)
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir (France 1938)
Maracanã Stadium (Brazil 1950)
Wankdorf Stadium (Switzerland 1954)
Råsunda Stadium (Sweden 1958)
Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos (Chile 1962)
Wembley Stadium (England 1966)
Estadio Azteca (Mexico 1970)
Olympiastadion (West Germany 1974)
Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti (Argentina 1978)
Santiago Bernabéu Stadium (Spain 1982)
Estadio Azteca (Mexico 1986)
Stadio Olimpico (Italy 1990)
Rose Bowl (United States 1994)
Stade de France (France 1998)
International Stadium Yokohama (Korea/Japan 2002)
Olympiastadion (Germany 2006)
FNB Stadium (South Africa 2010)
Maracanã Stadium (Brazil 2014)
Luzhniki Stadium (Russia 2018)
Lusail Iconic Stadium (Qatar 2022)

Pan American Games stadia

Buenos Aires 1951 Mexico City 1955 Chicago 1959 São Paulo 1963 Winnipeg 1967 Cali 1971 Mexico City 1975 San Juan 1979 Caracas 1983 Indianapolis 1987 Havana 1991 Mar del Plata 1995 Winnipeg 1999 Santo Domingo 2003 Rio de Janeiro 2007 Guadalajara 2011 Toronto 2015 Lima 2019

Summer Olympic stadia

Venues of the 2016 Summer Olympics

Barra Cluster	Carioca Arena 1 Carioca Arena 2 Carioca Arena 3 Future Arena Maria Lenk Aquatic Center Olympic Aquatics Stadium Olympic Tennis Center HSBC Arena Pontal Riocentro (four venues) Rio Olympic Velodrome

Copacabana Cluster	Copacabana Arena Fort Copacabana Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas Marina da Glória

Deodoro Cluster	Deodoro Aquatics Centre Deodoro Stadium National Equestrian Center National Shooting Center Olympic BMX Center Olympic Hockey Center Mountain Bike Centre Olympic Whitewater Stadium Youth Arena

Maracanã Cluster	Estádio Olímpico João Havelange Maracanã Maracanãzinho Sambódromo

Football stadia	Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha Arena Fonte Nova Mineirão Arena Corinthians Arena da Amazônia

Venues of the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Barra Cluster	Olympic Aquatics Stadium Olympic Tennis Center Carioca Arena 1 Carioca Arena 2 Carioca Arena 3 Future Arena Pontal Rio Olympic Arena Riocentro - Pavilion 3 Riocentro - Pavilion 6 Rio Olympic Velodrome

Copacabana Cluster	Fort Copacabana Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas Marina da Glória

Deodoro Cluster	Deodoro Stadium National Equestrian Center National Shooting Center Olympic Hockey Center Youth Arena

Maracanã Cluster	Estádio Olímpico João Havelange Maracanã Sambódromo

Olympic venues in association football

1900 Vélodrome de Vincennes 1904 Francis Field 1908 White City Stadium 1912 Råsunda IP, Stockholm Olympic Stadium (final), Tranebergs Idrottsplats 1920 Jules Ottenstadion, Olympisch Stadion (final), Stade Joseph Marien, Stadion Broodstraat 1924 Stade Bergeyre, Stade de Colombes (final), Stade de Paris, Stade Pershing 1928 Monnikenhuize, Olympic Stadium (final), Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel 1936 Hertha-BSC Field, Mommsenstadion, Olympiastadion (final), Poststadion 1948 Arsenal Stadium, Champion Hill, Craven Cottage, Cricklefield Stadium, Empire Stadium (medal matches), Green Pond Road, Griffin Park, Selhurst Park, White Hart Lane 1952 Helsinki Football Grounds, Kotka, Lahti, Olympic Stadium (final), Tampere, Turku 1956 Melbourne Cricket Ground (final), Olympic Park Stadium 1960 Florence Communal Stadium, Grosseto Communal Stadium, L'Aquila Communal Stadium, Livorno Ardenza Stadium, Naples Saint Paul's Stadium, Pescara Adriatic Stadium, Stadio Flaminio (final) 1964 Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium, Mitsuzawa Football Field, Nagai Stadium, Tokyo National Stadium (final), Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium, Ōmiya Football Field, Prince Chichibu Memorial Football Field 1968 Estadio Azteca (final), Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Estadio Nou Camp, Jalisco Stadium 1972 Drei Flüsse Stadion, ESV-Stadion, Jahnstadion, Olympiastadion (final), Rosenaustadion, Urban Stadium 1976 Lansdowne Park, Olympic Stadium (final), Sherbrooke Stadium, Varsity Stadium 1980 Dinamo Stadium, Dynamo Central Stadium, Grand Arena, Grand Arena (final), Kirov Stadium, Republican Stadium 1984 Harvard Stadium, Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Rose Bowl (final), Stanford Stadium 1988 Busan Stadium, Daegu Stadium, Daejeon Stadium, Dongdaemun Stadium, Olympic Stadium (final) 1992 Estadi de la Nova Creu Alta, Camp Nou (final), Estadio Luís Casanova, La Romareda, Sarrià Stadium 1996 Florida Citrus Bowl, Legion Field, Orange Bowl, RFK Memorial Stadium, Sanford Stadium (both finals) 2000 Stadium Australia, Brisbane Cricket Ground, Bruce Stadium, Hindmarsh Stadium, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Olympic Stadium (men's final), Sydney Football Stadium (women's final) 2004 Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Karaiskakis Stadium (women's final), Olympic Stadium (men's final), Pampeloponnisiako Stadium, Pankritio Stadium, Panthessaliko Stadium 2008 Beijing National Stadium (men's final), Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Shanghai Stadium, Shenyang Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Workers' Stadium (women's final) 2012 City of Coventry Stadium, Hampden Park, Millennium Stadium, St James' Park, Old Trafford, Wembley Stadium (both finals) 2016 Estádio Nacional de Brasília, Arena Fonte Nova, Mineirão, Arena Corinthians, Arena da Amazônia, Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Maracanã (both finals)

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