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Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos (originally known as Estadio Nacional) is the national stadium of Chile, and is located in the Ñuñoa district of Santiago.The stadium, located into the Estadio Nacional Sports Park, [2] is the largest in Chile with an official capacity of 46,190.
The 48,665-capacity Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos is the home of Club Universidad de Chile. The following is a list of football stadiums in Chile , ordered by capacity. Existing stadiums
The National Stadium, where the opening ceremony of the Pan American Games in Santiago will take place on Friday, is a source of pride for many in Chile. The Pan American Games, the largest multi ...
The Chile national team plays their qualifying matches at the Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos located in Santiago, Chile and can be found at the commune of Ñuñoa. The construction of the stadium began in February 1937, and opened on 3 December 1938.
In March 2022, the first venue for the games was officially inaugurated: the field hockey stadium on the National Stadium Grounds. [2] In June 2022, organizers revealed the final venue plan consisting of 41 competition venues in four regions of the country: Santiago, Valparaíso, O'Higgins and Biobío. [3]
Only seven days after Pinochet seized power, he ordered the military to round up approximately 10,000 students, workers, and political activists and jammed them into Santiago's National Stadium on September 18, 1973. This stadium, which symbolized Chile's greatest pastime, turned into a concentration camp within a few days.
The Chile national team represents Chile at all international football competitions. The team is controlled by the Federación de Fútbol de Chile which was established in 1895. [9] They won Copa América in 2015 and 2016. [10] They have also appeared in 9 FIFA World Cup tournaments and were hosts of the 1962 FIFA World Cup finishing in 3rd place.
After the Chilean coup of 1973 organized by the Chilean Army, who overthrew the socialist government of Salvador Allende, [5] Victor Jara was found at the Universidad Tecnica del Estado and together with Littre Quiroga, the general director of the National Directorate of Prisons, and other detainees was held at the Estadio Chile, which was being used as a detention center. [6]