- Estádio Serra Dourada
Infobox Stadium
stadium_name = Estádio do Governo do Estado de Goiás
nickname = Serra Dourada
location =Goiânia ,Goiás ,Brazil
broke_ground =
opened = 1975
owner = Goiás State Government
operator =
construction_cost =
architect =Paulo Mendes da Rocha
tenants = Goiás
Vila Nova
Atlético Goianiense
seating_capacity = 60,000The Estádio Serra Dourada is a football
stadium inaugurated onMarch 9 ,1975 inGoiânia ,Goiás ,Brazil , with a maximum capacity of 60,000 people. It was designed by thePritzker Prize -winner Brazilian architectPaulo Mendes da Rocha . The stadium is owned by the Goiás state Government, and is the home ground ofGoiás Esporte Clube andVila Nova Futebol Clube .History
Serra Dourada was completed in
1975 and was inaugurated onMarch 9 of that same year. It was one of the venues of the 1989 Copa América. The stadium was also the neutral ground used byCONMEBOL in the1981 Copa Libertadores group stage replay match between Flamengo and Atlético Mineiro, in which Flamengo was declared the winner by CONMEBOL, after five Atlético Mineiro players were sent off by the polemic refereeJosé Roberto Wright .The inaugural match was played on
March 9 ,1975 , when Goiás State All-Stars beat the Portugal national team 2-1. The first goal of the stadium was scored by Portugal's Octávio. The stadium's attendance record currently stands at 79,610, set in the inauguration match.The inauguration of Serra Dourada opened the way for
Goiás Esporte Clube supremacy in the Goiás State Championship. From 1975 onwards (the so-called "Serra Dourada Era") the club won the State Championship seventeen times, while Goiânia, once the biggest team in the state, would never win the championship again.References
*"Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro", Volume 2 - Lance, Rio de Janeiro: Aretê Editorial S/A, 2001.
External links
* [http://mavalem.sites.uol.com.br/go/Goiania1.htm Templos do Futebol]
* [http://www.estadioserradourada.go.gov.br Oficial Site (pt)]
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