Estádio Governador Alberto Tavares Silva, also known as Albertão is a multi-purpose stadium

Multi-purpose stadium

Multi-purpose stadiums are a type of stadium designed in such a way as to be easily used by multiple sports. While any stadium could potentially host more than one sport, this concept usually refers to a specific design philosophy that stresses multi-functionality over specificity...

 in Teresina

Teresina

Teresina is the capital and most populous municipality in the Brazilian state of Piauí. It is located in North-central Piauí 366 km from the coast.It is therefore, the only capital in the Northeast that is not located on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean. With 814 439 inhabitants, it is the 19th...

, Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

. It is currently used mostly for football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 matches and it is the home stadium of River Atlético Clube

River Atlético Clube

Ríver Atlético Clube, usually known simply as Ríver, is a Brazilian football club from Teresina, Piauí state.-History:On March 1, 1946, the club was founded by Ginásio Leão XIII students, commanded by the teacher Anilthon Soares...

 and Esporte Clube Flamengo

Esporte Clube Flamengo

Esporte Clube Flamengo, or Flamengo as they are usually called, are a Brazilian football team from Teresina in Piauí state, founded on December 8, 1937. Their home stadium is the Albertão, which has a maximum capacity of 60,000 people. They play in black and red shirts, black shorts and red and...

. The stadium holds 44,200. The stadium is owned by the government of Piauí

Piauí

Piauí is one of the states of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country.Piauí has the shortest coastline of any of the non-landlocked Brazilian states at 66 km , and the capital, Teresina, is the only state capital in the north east to be located inland...

 state and is named after Alberto Tavares Silva, who was Piauí governor between 1971 and 1975.

History

It was built in 1973, and inaugurated on August 26 of that year. Eight people died during the stadium's inauguration, after a tumult.

The inaugural match was played on August 26, 1973, when Tiradentes

Sociedade Esportiva Tiradentes

Sociedade Esportiva Tiradentes, commonly known as Tiradentes, are a Brazilian football team from Teresina. They won the Campeonato Piauiense five times and competed in the Série A five times. The women's team competed twice in the Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino.-Men's team:They were founded on...

 and Fluminense

Fluminense Football Club

Fluminense Football Club is a sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Founded in the beginning of the 20th century as a single-sport institution, Fluminense is today an umbrella organization for several teams in more than 16 different sport activities. The most popular endeavor of Fluminense,...

 drew 0-0.

The first goal of the stadium was scored on August 29, 1973, by Cruzeiro

Cruzeiro Esporte Clube

Cruzeiro Esporte Clube is a Brazilian football team, from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, and are one of the only five clubs to have never been relegated, along with Santos, São Paulo, Flamengo and Internacional. Founded on January 2, 1921, they are only one of three clubs to have participated in...

's Dirceu Lopes, when Tiradentes and Cruzeiro drew 1-1.

The stadium's attendance record currently stands at 60,271, set on March 13, 1983, when Flamengo

Clube de Regatas do Flamengo

Clube de Regatas do Flamengo , also known as Flamengo and familiarly as Mengão, is a Brazilian sports club based in the Flamengo bairro, Zona Sul, Rio de Janeiro, best known for its professional football team...

beat Tiradentes 3-1.

External links

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