List of South American stadiums by capacity

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Estádio do Maracanã has the largest capacity in South America and hosted the 1950 World Cup Final.

Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo was renovated three times to have its current capacity.

Estadio Monumental of Peru is the third largest stadium in South America and was opened in 2000.

The Estadio Centenario hosted the first World Cup Final.

Estadio Palogrande at night

The following is an incomplete list of sports stadiums in South America. They are ordered by their capacity, that is the maximum number of spectators the stadium can accommodate.

Currently all South American stadiums with a capacity of 40,000 or more are included.

Most large stadiums in South America are used for soccer, with some having running tracks for athletics.

Rank	Stadium	Capacity	City	Country	Home Team/s
1	Maracanã	97,000	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Flamengo, Fluminense and Vasco da Gama
2	Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo	89,930	Guayaquil	Ecuador	Barcelona Sporting Club
3	Estadio Monumental	80,093	Lima	Peru	Universitario de Deportes
4	Estádio do Morumbi	80,000	São Paulo	Brazil	São Paulo Futebol Clube
5	Centenario Stadium	76,609	Montevideo	Uruguay	Uruguay national football team, Peñarol
6	Estádio Parque do Sabiá	75,000	Uberlândia	Brazil	Uberlândia Esporte Clube
7	Estadio Mineirão	71,860	Belo Horizonte	Brazil	Clube Atlético Mineiro, Cruzeiro Esporte Clube
8	Castelão	69,000	Fortaleza	Brazil	Ceará, Fortaleza
9	Estadio Nacional de Chile	66,650	Santiago	Chile	Chile national football team, Universidad de Chile
10	Estádio Fonte Nova	66,080	Salvador	Brazil	Esporte Clube Bahia
11	Estadio Monumental Antonio V. Liberti	65,645	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Argentina national football team, River Plate
12	Estadio Juan Domingo Perón	64,161	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Racing Club de Avellaneda
13	Estádio do Arruda	60,044	Recife	Brazil	Santa Cruz Futebol Clube
14	Albertão	60,000	Teresina	Brazil	some Esporte Clube Flamengo matches
15	Estádio Beira-Rio	58,306	Porto Alegre	Brazil	Sport Club Internacional
16	Estadio Metropolitano	58,000	Barranquilla	Colombia	Colombia national football team, Atlético Junior
17	Estadio Alberto J. Armando	57,395	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Club Atlético Boca Juniors
18	Estadio La Casa Blanca	55,400	Quito	Ecuador	Liga Deportiva Universitaria
20	Estádio Serra Dourada	54,048	Goiânia	Brazil	some Goiás Esporte Clube and Vila Nova Futebol Clube matches
21	Estadio Atanasio Girardot	52,872	Medellín	Colombia	Atlético Nacional, Independiente Medellín
22	Estadio Libertadores de América	52,823	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Club Atlético Independiente
23	Estadio Monumental de Maturín	52,000	Maturín	Venezuela	Monagas Sport Club
24	Estádio Olímpico Monumental	51,081	Porto Alegre	Brazil	Grêmio
25	Estádio Santa Cruz	50,000	Ribeirão Preto	Brazil	Botafogo Futebol Clube (SP)
26	Estadio José Amalfitani	49,540	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield
27	Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó	48,314	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Club Atlético Huracán
28	Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras	46,083	Córdoba	Argentina	Talleres de Córdoba, some Belgrano de Córdoba matches
29	Estadio El Campín	46,018	Bogotá	Colombia	Millonarios, Independiente Santa Fe
30	Estadio Monumental David Arellano	45,953	Santiago	Chile	Colo-Colo
31	Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero	45,625	Santiago de Cali	Colombia	Deportivo Cali, América de Cali
32	Estadio Nacional de Lima	45,574	Lima	Peru	Peru
33	Estádio Ilha do Retiro	45,500	Recife	Brazil	Sport Club do Recife
34	Estádio Mané Garrincha	45,200	Brasília	Brazil	some Sociedade Esportiva do Gama matches
35	Mangueirão	45,007	Belém	Brazil	some Paysandu Sport Club and Clube do Remo matches
T36	Estádio Olímpico	45,000	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas
T36	Estádio do Café	45,000	Londrina	Brazil	some Londrina Esporte Clube and Sociedade Esportiva Matsubara matches
T36	Pinheirão	45,000	Curitiba	Brazil	some Paraná Clube matches
T36	Verdão	45,000	Cuiabá	Brazil	Clube Esportivo Dom Bosco, Mixto Esporte Clube
40	Estadio Pedro Bidegain	43,494	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro
T41	Estadio Universidad San Marcos	43,000	Lima	Peru	Universidad San Marcos
T41	Vivaldão	43,000	Manaus	Brazil	América Futebol Clube (AM), Nacional Futebol Clube, Atlético Rio Negro Clube
T43	Estadio Metropolitano de Mérida	42,500	Mérida	Venezuela	Estudiantes de Mérida FC
45	Estadio Garcilaso de la Vega	42,056	Cusco	Peru	Cienciano del Cuzco
46	Estadio Palogrande	42,000	Manizales	Colombia	Once Caldas
46	Estadio Hernando Siles	42,000	La Paz	Bolivia	La Paz F.C., some Club Bolívar and The Strongest matches
47	Estadio Gigante de Arroyito	41,654	Rosario	Argentina	Rosario Central
T48	Polideportivo Cachamay	41,300	Ciudad Guayana	Venezuela	Atlético Club Mineros de Guayana
T48	Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa	41,000	Quito	Ecuador	Sociedad Deportivo Quito, Club Deportivo El Nacional
51	Estadio Lanús	40,320	Lanús	Argentina	Club Atlético Lanús
52	Estadio Metropolitano de Fútbol de Lara	40,312	Barquisimeto	Venezuela	Unión Lara
52	UNSA Stadium	40,217	Arequipa	Peru	Melgar
T53	Almeidão	40,000	João Pessoa	Brazil	Botafogo Futebol Clube (PB)
T53	Amigão	40,000	Campina Grande	Brazil	Treze Futebol Clube, Campinense Clube
T53	Estadio Ciudad de La Plata	40,000	La Plata	Argentina	Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, Estudiantes de La Plata