Estádio Jóia da Princesa

Estádio Municipal Alberto Oliveira, usually known as Estádio Jóia da Princesa is a multi-use stadium in Feira de Santana, Brazil. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 25,000. It was built in 1953. Fluminense de Feira Futebol Clube plays its home matches at the stadium.

Estádio Jóia da Princesa is owned by the Feira de Santana Town Hall. The stadium's formal name honors Alberto Oliveira, who was a Feira de Santana's alderman ("vereador", in Portuguese language) and was a president of Fluminense de Feira. The stadium's nickname honors Estádio Brinco de Ouro.

History

In 1953, the works on Estádio Jóia da Princesa were completed. The inaugural match was played on April 23 of that year, when Bahia de Feira beat Galícia Esporte Clube 2-0. The first goal of the stadium was scored by Bahia de Feira's Mário Porto.

The stadium's attendance record currently stands at 20,254, set on August 22, 1985 when Fluminense de Feira beat Vasco da Gama 1-0.

References

*"Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro", Volume 2 - Lance, Rio de Janeiro: Aretê Editorial S/A, 2001.

External links

* [http://mavalem.sites.uol.com.br/ba/Feira.htm Templos do Futebol]