Nogueirão

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Estádio Leonardo Nogueira, usually known as Nogueirão, is a multi-use stadium located in Mossoró, Brazil. It is used mostly for football matches and hosts the home matches of Associação Cultural Esporte Clube Baraúnas. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 25,000 people and was built in 1967.

Nogueirão is owned by the Liga Desportiva Mossoroense (Mossoró City Sporting League). The stadium is named after Manoel Leonardo Nogueira, who was the president of the city's Liga Municipal de Esportes (Municpality's Sport League) and was the responsible for the stadium's construction.

[edit] History

In 1967, the works on Ipatingão were completed. The inaugural match was played on June 4 of that year, when Ceará beat Mossoró City Combined Team 2-0. The first goal of the stadium was scored by Ceará's Mozart.

The stadium's attendance record currently stands at 18,063, set on August 11, 1985 when Flamengo beat Baraúnas 3-2.