- Serejão
Estádio Elmo Serejo Farias, usually known as Serejão or Estádio Boca do Jacaré, is a
football (soccer) stadium inTaguatinga , Distrito Federal,Brazil . The stadium holds 32,000 people. It was built in1978 .cite web | title = Brasiliense Futebol Clube de Taguatinga | url=http://www.correioweb.com.br/futebol2008/clubes.htm?idTime=18 | accessdate = 2008-08-28 | publisher=Correio Braziliense |language=Portuguese ] The stadium is owned by the Taguatinga Regional Administration and by the Distrito Federal Government.tadium name
Its formal name honors Elmo Serejo Farias, who was Taguatinga's administrator and Distrito Federal's governor during the stadium construction.
The nickname Estádio Boca do Jacaré means "Alligator's Mouth Stadium", and is a reference to
Brasiliense Futebol Clube 's nickname.Serejão means "Big Serejo".
History
The inaugural match was played on
January 23 ,1978 , when Taguatinga beat Vila Nova 1-0. The first goal of the stadium was scored by Taguatinga's Dinate.The stadium's attendance record currently stands at 26,205 people, set on
October 5 ,2005 when Flamengo beat Brasiliense 3-2.In
2001 , the stadium was reformed, and its maximum capacity was expanded from 22,000 people to 32,000 people.References
*"Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro", Volume 2 - Lance, Rio de Janeiro: Aretê Editorial S/A, 2001.
External links
* [http://mavalem.sites.uol.com.br/df/Taguatinga.htm Templos do Futebol]
* [http://www.brasiliensefc.net/estadio.php Brasiliense Official Website]
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