Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes

Los Cármenes
Full name Nuevo Los Cármenes
Location Calle Pintor Manuel Maldonado, s/n. 18008 - Granada, Spain
Built 1993–1995
Opened 16 May 1995
Renovated 2011
Owner Ayuntamiento de Granada
Operator Ayuntamiento de Granada
Surface Grass
Capacity 22,524
Field dimensions 105 × 70 m
Tenants
Granada (since 1995)
Granada 74 (2002–2004)
Granada At (since 2005–2009)

Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes is a multi-use stadium in Granada, Spain. Currently, it is used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 22,524 people. The stadium was built in 1995 to be the home ground of Granada CF, the main football club of the city.

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History

The stadium opened on 16 May 1995. On 6 June 1995, Real Madrid and Bayer Leverkusen contested the first match at the new stadium. Real Madrid won the match with a final score of 1:0. Peter Dubovský scored the goal.

The first official match was an under-21 contest between Spain and Armenia. The final result was 4:0, with the goals scored by Óscar, Roberto, Morales and Raúl.

Granada CF played the first match on 22 August during the celebration of the XXIII Granada Trophy when beated Real Betis by 4–1.

Location

This stadium is located at Zaidín, a suburb south of the city of Granada. It's very well connected with the Circunvalación highway and with Camino de Ronda, one of the more important streets of the city. It was constructed by the side of Palacio de Deportes de Granada.

Spain

The Spanish National Team has played seven times in Granada (in both stadiums, Los Cármenes and Nuevo Los Cármenes), three of them were official. Spain is still undefeated in this town with seven victories, the last against Czech Republic winning 2–1 with two Villa goals in a qualifying match for the UEFA Euro 2012 classification. Villa thus became the top scorer in the history of Spain.

24 November 1971
20:00 UTC+1
UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying
Spain  7–0  Cyprus Los Cármenes, Granada
Attendance: 19,176
Referee: Joseph Cassar Naudi (Malta)
Pirri  8'47' (pen.)
Quino  15'23'
Aguilar  63'
Lora  66'
Rojo I  75'

26 April 1978
Friendly
Spain  2–0  Mexico Los Cármenes, Granada
Referee: Alain Delmer (France)
Quini  6'
Dani  16'

25 March 1981
Granada CF 50 Anniversary
Spain  3–2  England Los Cármenes, Granada

6 September 1995
UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
Spain  6 – 0  Cyprus Nuevo Los Cármenes, Granada
Attendance: 16,150
Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)
Guerrero  45'
Alfonso  51'
Pizzi  75'79'
Hierro  78'
Caminero  83'

23 September 1998
Friendly
Spain  1 – 0  Russia Nuevo Los Cármenes, Granada
Attendance: 16,200
Referee: Said Belqola (Morocco)
Alkiza  39'

20 November 2002
Friendly
Spain  1 – 0  Bulgaria Nuevo Los Cármenes, Granada
Attendance: 16,200
Referee: Bruno Coué (France)
José Mari  10'

25 March 2011
22:00 UTC+1
UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
Spain  2 – 1  Czech Republic Nuevo Los Cármenes, Granada
Attendance: 16,400
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
Villa  69'73' (pen.) Report Plašil  29'

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