Stadio Diego Armando Maradona

Stadio Diego Armando Maradona
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Former namesStadio San Paolo (1963–2020)
LocationNaples, Campania, Italy
Coordinates40°49′41″N 14°11′35″E / 40.8280°N 14.1930°E / 40.8280; 14.1930
OwnerComune di Napoli
Executive suites20
Capacity54,725 (all-seater)
Record attendance90,736 (Napoli v Juventus, 15 December 1974)
Field size110 m × 68 m (361 ft × 223 ft)
SurfaceGrass
Construction
Broke ground1948
Built1948–1959
Opened6 December 1959 (1959-12-06)
Renovated1989–1990, 2019
ArchitectCarlo Cocchia, Luigi Corradi
Tenants
SSC Napoli (1959–present)
Italy national football team (selected matches)

Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, formerly known as Stadio San Paolo,[1][2] is a stadium in the western Fuorigrotta suburb of Naples, Italy. It is the fourth largest football stadium in Italy,[3] after Milan's San Siro, Rome's Stadio Olimpico and Bari's San Nicola. For the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, the stadium hosted the football preliminaries. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of SSC Napoli. Constructed in 1959, the stadium was extensively renovated in 1989 for the 1990 World Cup and again in 2018. The stadium currently accommodates 60,240 spectators, but in the past with terraced sections, the stadium took close to 90,000.[4]

  1. ^ Edwards, Andy (4 December 2020). "Napoli's stadium now officially Stadio Diego Armando Maradona". NBC Sports. Originally named the Stadio San Paolo, after Saint Paul the Apostle, Napoli's home stadium will henceforth be called the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.
  2. ^ "Official: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona". Football Italia. 4 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Stadio San Paolo". The Stadium Guide. 23 March 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Stadio Diego Armando Maradona (Stadio San Paolo) –". Stadiumdb.com. Retrieved 2022-08-22.