Castelão (Ceará)

Castelão (Ceará)

Infobox Stadium
stadium_name = Castelão
nickname = "Gigante da Boa Vista"


fullname = Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo
location = Fortaleza, Brazil
coordinates = 3°48′26.16″S, 38°31′20.93″W
broke_ground =
built =
opened = November 11 1973
renovated = 2002
expanded =
closed =
demolished =
record attendance = 118.496
owner = Governo do Estado
operator = Secretaria de Esportes e Juventude
surface =
construction_cost =
architect = José Liberal de Castro
Gehard Ernst Borman
Reginaldo Mendes Rangel
Marcílio Dias de Luna
Ivan da Silva Britto
structural engineer = Hugo Alcântara Mota
services engineer =
general_contractor=
project_manager =
main_contractors =
former_names =
tenants =
Ceará
Fortaleza
Ferroviário
seating_capacity =
60,326cite web | title = Estádio Castelão | url=http://www.sesporte.ce.gov.br/institucional/castelao.html | accessdate = 2008-09-12 | publisher=SESPORTE |language=Portuguese ]
dimensions =
110 x 75 mcite web | title = Castelão | url=http://mavalem.sites.uol.com.br/ce/Fortaleza1.htm | accessdate = 2008-09-13 | publisher=Templos do Futebol |language=Portuguese ]

The Estádio Plácido Aderaldo Castelo, also known as the Castelão or Gigante da Boa Vista, is a football stadium inaugurated on November 11, 1973 in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, with a maximum capacity of 60,326 people. The stadium is owned by the Ceará state Government, and is the home ground of Ceará Sporting Club and Fortaleza Esporte Clube. Its formal name honors Plácido Aderaldo Castelo, Ceará governor from September 12, 1966 to March 15, 1971, and was the stadium construction idealizer.cite book | first = | last = | title = Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro Lance Volume 2 | publisher = Aretê Editorial S/A | location = Rio de Janeiro | year = 2001 | pages = pp. 457–458| id = ISBN 8588651017]

History

Castelão was completed in 1973 and was inaugurated on November 11 of that year.

In May, 2000, the Ceará state government started to reform the stadium. The reformations were divided in three stages, and started on May 16, 2001. The first stage consisted in the recovery of the ditches, and of the bleachers junctions, as well as the recovery of the low walls. The second atag of the reformation started on July 20, 2001, and consisted in the recovery and strengthen of the stadium physical structure. The third stage consisted in the recovery of the electrical, hydraulic, sanitary and electronic installations.

The inaugural match was played on November 11, 1973, when Ceará and Fortaleza drew 0-0. The stadium's first goal was scored on November 18, 1973 by Ceará's Erandy, when Ceará beat Vitória 1-0.

The re-inaugural match was played on March 23, 2002, when the Brazil national team beat the Yugoslavia national team 1-0. The stadium's first goal after the re-inauguration was scored by Brazil's Luizão.

The stadium's attendance record currently stands at 118,496, set on August 27. 1980, when the Brazil national team beat the Uruguay national team 1-0.

Castelão is a possible venue to 2014 World Cup that will be held in Brazil.

International matches

*August 27, 1980
Brazil-Uruguay 1-0
Referee: Luís Carlos Félix
Goal: Getúlio (Brazil).
*May 10, 1989
Brazil-Peru 4-1
Referee: Espósito - Argentina
Goals: Charles (2), Bebeto and Zé do Carmo (Brazil); C. Torres (Peru).
*February 26, 1992
Brazil-USA 3-0
Referee: Luiz Vilanova
Goals: Raí (2) and Antônio Carlos (Brazil).
*February 22, 1995
Brazil-Slovakia 5-0
Referee: Dacildo Mourão
Goals: Bebeto (2), Souza, Túlio and Márcio Santos (Brazil).
*November 18, 1998
Brazil-Russia 5-1
Referee: Gustavo Mendez (Uruguay)
Goals: Élber, Amoroso (2), Rivaldo and Marcos Assunção (Brazil); Kournokov (Russia).
*March 28, 2002
Brazil-Yugoslavia 1-0
Referee: Epifanio Gonsales (Paraguay)
Goal: Luizão (Brazil).
*August 21, 2002
Brazil-Paraguay 0-1
Referee: Oscar Ruiz (Colombia)
Goal: Cuevas (Paraguay).

Other events

On July 9, 1980, it was opened in Fortaleza the 10th National Eucharistic Congress. Pope John Paul II participated in the celebrations of the Congress and the Estádio Castelão received the largest public of its history: 120,000 followers. On this occasion, during Virgílio Távora's government, the stadium was reformed, and the bleachers of the inferior section were concluded.

Another religious celebration happened on August 13, 1995. On this occasion the archbishop of Fortaleza Dom Aloísio Lorscheider farewell gathered 50 thousand followers.

Several artistic shows were made at the stadium. One of the most outstanding happened on December 10, 1996 when Xuxa commanded the animation to thousands of children.

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