Estádio Ilha do Retiro
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The Ilha do Retiro is a sports stadium situated in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco, owned by Sport Recife.
The stadium official name is Estádio Adelmar da Costa Carvalho and it was inaugurated on July 4, 1937.
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[edit] History
Ilha do Retiro is the first stadium to be built in Recife, and it happened after Sport Recife bought a 17-hectare small ranch.
In the 1950 World Cup, the match between Chile and the United States was played at the stadium.
[edit] Trivia
- The stadium common name, Ilha do Retiro is the name of the neighborhood where it is located in.
- The stadium official name, Adelmar da Costa Carvalho, is an homage to the person of the same name, who was Sport Recife's president, and who helped in the first major rennovation of the stadium.
- Blocks of high-rise flats border the ground giving the residents and visitors excellent views of the games in the stadium from their windows and balconies.
[edit] Information
- Official name: Estádio Adelmar da Costa Carvalho
- Capacity: 45,500 people
- Pitch Size: 105m x 78m
- Opened on July 4, 1937 (Sport-Santa Cruz 6-5)
- Record: 56,875 people (Sport-Porto/PE 2-0, June 7, 1998 in Campeonato Pernambucano)
- Address: Praça da Bandeira, s/nº - Recife (PE)
[edit] External links
- PeloSportTudo.com Picture Gallery (in Portuguese)
- Sportloucura (in Portuguese)
- Templos do Futebol (in Portuguese)
