Estadio Sergio León Chávez

Estadio Sergio León Chávez
Full name Estadio Sergio León Chávez
Location Irapuato, Guanajuato, MX
Built 1967-1969
Opened March 23, 1969
Owner Club Irapuato
Capacity 24,000
Field dimensions 115 x 74 yds
105 x 68 m
Tenants
Club Irapuato(1969-present)

Estadio Sergio León Chávez is a multi-use stadium in Irapuato, Mexico. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 24,000 people.[1] [2] The stadium was built in 1967 and hosted one group of the FIFA World Cup in 1986.

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History

The first game played in the stadium was Club Irapuato vs Spain national football team because of the 1968 Summer Olympics, Spain won 1-3; the first person to make a goal in the stadium was Juan Manuel Asensi from Spain. Founded on May 23, 1969, simply as Estadio Irapuato, gaining its actual name on January 4, 1990, in honour of the former club's president.

1986 FIFA World Cup Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Soviet Union 3 2 1 0 9 1 +8 5
 France 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 5
 Hungary 3 1 0 2 2 9 −7 2
 Canada 3 0 0 3 0 5 −5 0

2 June 1986
12:00 CST
Soviet Union  6 – 0  Hungary Estadio Sergio León Chavez, Irapuato
Attendance: 16,500
Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)
Yakovenko  2'
Aleinikov  4'
Belanov  24' (pen.)
Yaremchuk  66'75'
Rodionov  80'
Report

6 June 1986
12:00 CST
Hungary  2 – 0  Canada Estadio Sergio León Chavez, Irapuato
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Jamal Al Sharif (Syria)
Esterházy  2'
Détári  75'
Report

9 June 1986
12:00 CST
Soviet Union  2 – 0  Canada Estadio Sergio León Chavez, Irapuato
Attendance: 14,200
Referee: Idriss Traore (Mali)
Blokhin  58'
Zavarov  74'
Report


1983 FIFA World Youth Championship

June 8, 1983
15:00
Côte d'Ivoire  0–0  Uruguay Estadio Sergio León Chavez, Irapuato
Attendance: 15,317
Referee: Lee Do-Ha (South Korea)
(Report)

June 7, 1983
15:00
Czechoslovakia  3–2  China PR Estadio Sergio León Chavez, Irapuato
Attendance: 15,317
Referee: M. Karim (Bahrain)
Dostal 34', 89'
Kula 75'
(Report) Mai Chao 49'
Li Huayun 56'

June 9, 1983
15:00
China PR  3–0  Austria Estadio Sergio León Chavez, Irapuato
Attendance: 15,317
Referee: Christopher Bambridge (Australia)
Liu Haiguang 48'
Guo Yijun 79'
Duan Ju 88'
(Report)

Other Internationals Played In Irapuato

6 December 1983
12:00 CST
Mexico  5 – 0  Canada Estadio Sergio León Chavez, Irapuato
Referee: Antonio R. Marquez (Mexico)
Luis Flores (footballer)  8'
Luis Flores  15'
Jose Luis Alderete  30'
Raul Gonzalez Orihuela  53'
Ruben Gonzalez Molina  68'

24 January 1984
12:00 CST
Mexico  3 – 0  Venezuela Estadio Sergio León Chavez, Irapuato
Referee: Marco Antonio Dorantes (Mexico)
Mario Diaz  71'
Francisco Chavez Serrano  75'
Unknown  ?'

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