Estadio Multiusos de San Lázaro
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Estadio Multiusos de San Lázaro is a multi-purpose stadium
in Santiago de Compostela
, Spain. It is currently used mostly for football
matches and is the home ground of Ciudad Santiago
. It has a capacity of 12,000 and the pitch dimensions are 107 x 68 metres.
Formed in 1978, SD Ciudad de Santiago played their first season at Estadio Manuel Paz in the Castiñeiriño quarter whilst work was completed on their first permanent ground.
Work started on the Multiusos de San Lázaro in 2006. Situated in the eastern suburb of San Lázaro, the stadium is a multi-purpose arena, used primarily for the football matches the Ciudad de Santiago. The stadium is oval in shape and has terracotta coloured roof that rises on the west side to incorporate the directors seating and press facilities on a second tier. The pitch is surround by a 400m athletics track, which is relatively uncommon in Spanish stadiums. The majority of the 12,000 seats are incorporated on a single, covered tier.
The inaugural match took place on 24 June 1993, when a four-way tournament was staged, featuring Deportivo La Coruña, CD Tenerife
, CA River Plate and São Paulo FC. Deportivo La Coruña and River Plate played in the first match and Bebeto
had the honour of scoring the first goal.
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 Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela is the capital of the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain.The city's Cathedral is the destination today, as it has been throughout history, of the important 9th century medieval pilgrimage route, the Way of St. James...
, Spain. 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 is the home ground of Ciudad Santiago
SD Ciudad de Santiago
Sociedad Deportiva Ciudad de Santiago, S.A.D. was a Spanish football team based in Santiago de Compostela, in the autonomous community of Galicia...
. It has a capacity of 12,000 and the pitch dimensions are 107 x 68 metres.
Formed in 1978, SD Ciudad de Santiago played their first season at Estadio Manuel Paz in the Castiñeiriño quarter whilst work was completed on their first permanent ground.
Work started on the Multiusos de San Lázaro in 2006. Situated in the eastern suburb of San Lázaro, the stadium is a multi-purpose arena, used primarily for the football matches the Ciudad de Santiago. The stadium is oval in shape and has terracotta coloured roof that rises on the west side to incorporate the directors seating and press facilities on a second tier. The pitch is surround by a 400m athletics track, which is relatively uncommon in Spanish stadiums. The majority of the 12,000 seats are incorporated on a single, covered tier.
The inaugural match took place on 24 June 1993, when a four-way tournament was staged, featuring Deportivo La Coruña, CD Tenerife
CD Tenerife
Club Deportivo Tenerife, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, in Tenerife . Founded in 1922, it currently plays in Segunda División B, holding home matches at Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López, with a 24,000-seat capacity.-History:Club Deportivo Tenerife was founded in...
, CA River Plate and São Paulo FC. Deportivo La Coruña and River Plate played in the first match and Bebeto
Bebeto
José Roberto Gama de Oliveira, known as 'Bebeto', is a former football forward, a World Champion for Brazil in the 1994 World Cup...
had the honour of scoring the first goal.