Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa during a 2010 World Cup qualifying match
Location	Quito, Ecuador
Coordinates
Owner	Concentración Deportiva de Pichincha
Operator	Concentración Deportiva de Pichincha
Capacity	35,742
Field size	105 x 70 m
Surface	Grass
Construction
Broke ground	May 1948
Built	1948–1951
Opened	November 25, 1951
Expanded	1977
Project manager	Menatlas Quito C.A.
Tenants
Ecuadorian national team América de Quito Deportivo Quito El Nacional Universidad Católica Aucas LDU Quito ESPOLI	(1970–present) - (1962–present) (1964–present) (1963–present) (1962–1991) (1962–1996) (1991–1995) (1995–2001)

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa (Spanish pronunciation: [ataˈwalpa]) is a multi-purpose stadium in Quito, Ecuador. It is currently used mostly for football matches and has a capacity of 40,948.

Overview

Built in 1951, it sits at the intersection of the Avenida 6 de Diciembre and Avenida Naciones Unidas, two major streets in Ecuador's capital city. Football clubs Deportivo Quito, El Nacional and Universidad Católica use the facility for their home games, although other prominent teams in the city have used the stadium for home games in the past. The stadium is named after Inca prince Atahualpa. The stadium is located at an elevation of 2,782 metres (9,127 ft).

At this venue, the Ecuadorian national football team has beaten Brazil twice, Paraguay twice, and Argentina twice, amongst others, securing their positions in Korea/Japan 2002 and Germany 2006. During the qualifying for Germany 2006, Ecuador qualified and remained undefeated in this stadium.

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• (Spanish) Concentración Deportiva de Pichincha's website