Mansiche Stadium

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Mansiche Stadium

Full name	Estadio Mansiche
Location	Trujillo, Peru
Built	1946
Opened	October 12, 1946
Renovated	1993, 2004, 2005
Expanded	1984, 2004
Owner	Instituto Peruano del Deporte
Surface	Polytan Ligaturf 240 ACS 65
Tenants	Carlos A. Mannucci Club Deportivo Universidad César Vallejo Sport Cesar Vallejo Alfonso Ugarte de Chiclin
Capacity	24,000^[1]
Field dimensions	105 x 68

Mansiche Stadium (Estadio Mansiche) is a multi-use stadium in Trujillo, Peru. It is used by many football clubs in Trujillo such as Universidad César Vallejo and Carlos A. Mannucci. The stadium holds 24,000 people.^[1]

Mansiche Stadium was inaugurated on October 12, 1946, with a game between Club Social Deportivo Trujillo and Sport Tigre de Trujillo. In 1984, the northern stand was built to meet the requirements needed to be used in the Copa Libertadores. Sporting Cristal used this stadium for their home games. In 1993, four floodlight towers were installed so that games could be played at night. The first game to play with these lights was between Independiente Medellín and Carlos A. Mannucci.

Peru hosted the Copa America 2004 and this stadium was a venue. Thus, the stadium was remodeled for this competition. The northern, southern, and eastern stands were demolished and reconstructed in order to expand its spectator capacity to 24,000. A VIP area was installed in the western stand and the conference rooms were remodeled. In addition, an electronic scoreboard was installed.

The following year, Peru hosted the FIFA U-17 World Championship. For this competition, artificial turf was installed into this stadium.

The stadium also has a running track for track and field sports.