Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario

Football stadium in San Juan, Argentina

Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario is a football stadium located in the Pocito Department of San Juan Province, Argentina. Owned by the Government of San Juan Province, it currently hosts the home matches of local clubs San Martín, Sportivo Desamparados, and others. The stadium also served as venue for the 2011 Copa América. Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario was designed with a capacity of 25,000 spectators[3] and required an investment of AR$86 million.[2]

Apart from football matches, the stadium has also hosted rugby union and field hockey matches.[1]

History

Works started in March 2009, with a total of 500 workers employed.[4] Works extended for 24 months.[1] The stadium was supposed to be inaugurated in May, 2010, to commemorate the 200 years of the May Revolution. Delays, however, have meant that the stadium was inaugurated on March 16, 2011, with the Argentina vs Venezuela friendly match which Argentina won by a score of 4–1, in front of an attendance of 30,000. That year, the stadium hosted group stage and quarter-final matches in the 2011 Copa América.

In March 2013, an additional field was also inaugurated at a cost of AR$ 9 million. The field has similar measures (105 x 68 m) and six lighting towers which allow it to host matches at night.[1]

In 2012, Estadio del Bicentenario hosted the first final of the relaunched Copa Argentina, where Boca Juniors beat Racing 21.[5] One year later, the stadium was one of the two venues of the 2013 South American Youth Championship and hosted Group B in the first stage.

In 2018, it again hosted the Argentina national team, this time for a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) match against Colombia, which Argentina won 3–0.

In 2023, the stadium is expected to host matches of the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Sporting events

2011 Copa América

Date Group Team 1 Score Team 2
4 Jul Group C  Uruguay  Peru
4 Jul Group C  Chile  Mexico
17 Jul Quarter-finals  Chile  Venezuela

2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup

Date Group Team 1 Score Team 2
20 May Group B  United States
1–0
  Ecuador
20 May Group B  Fiji
0–4
  Slovakia
23 May Group B  United States
3–0
  Fiji
23 May Group B  Ecuador
2–1
  Slovakia
26 May Group B  Slovakia
0–2
  United States
26 May Group A  New Zealand
0–5
  Argentina
31 May Round of 16  Colombia
5–1
  Slovakia
31 May Round of 16  Argentina
0–2
  Nigeria
5 Jun Quarter-finals  Israel
3–2
(a.e.t.)
  Brazil
5 Jun Quarter-finals  Colombia
1–3
  Italy

FIFA World Cup qualification

Date Team #1 Res. Team #2 Qualifier for Att.
15 Nov 2016  Argentina
3–0
  Colombia 2018 FIFA World Cup 25,000
16 Nov 2021  Argentina
0–0
  Brazil 2022 FIFA World Cup 25,000

Rugby union

Date Event Home team Score Away team Ref.
10 Jun 2017 England tour  Argentina
34–38
  England [6]
9 Jun 2018 Wales tour  Argentina
10–23
  Wales [7]
13 Aug 2022 The Rugby Championship  Argentina
48–17
  Australia [8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Estadio del Bicentenario on San Juan al Mundo
  2. ^ a b Así quedó el estadio Bicentenario on TN, 15 Mar 2011
  3. ^ a b Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario on Copa Argentina.org
  4. ^ El escenario del amistoso on AFA website, 6 Jun 2019
  5. ^ Estadio San Juan on Copa Argentina website
  6. ^ Memoria y Balance 2017[permanent dead link] at UAR
  7. ^ Memoria y Balance 2018[permanent dead link] at UAR
  8. ^ Rugby Championship: histórica victoria de Los Pumas ante Australia por 48-17 on ESPN, 13 Aug 2022

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