Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena

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Father Ernesto Martearena Stadium
Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena
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Aerial view of the stadium in 2014
Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena
Full nameEstadio Padre Ernesto Martearena
AddressAvenida Juan Pablo II
Salta
Argentina
Coordinates 24°49′15″S65°25′9″W / 24.82083°S 65.41917°W / -24.82083; -65.41917
Owner Salta Province
OperatorGovernment of Salta
Capacity 21,000
Field size105 x 70
Surface Grass
Construction
OpenedJanuary 5, 2001;23 years ago (2001-01-05) [1]
ArchitectMSGSSV Studio [2]
BuilderRiva S.A. [3]
Project managerOSM Arquitectura [3]
Tenants

Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena (English: Father Ernesto Martearena Stadium) is a football stadium in Salta, Argentina, built for the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship. It holds 20,408 people and is now the home ground of Juventud Antoniana and Central Norte, both playing currently in the country's third level.

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While it is mainly used for football, the Argentina national rugby team has also played at Padre Martearena stadium. The structure is formed by four sectors, two sides tiers with capacity for 6,000 each one, and two main grandstands with 4,000. They are also formed by 22 modules of 900 spectators each. [3]

The stadium was named after Father Ernesto Martearena (1944–2001), a priest who served in the province and was recognised for his social work. [4] Martearena was killed after being assaulted by two men in his own house. [5] [6]

Football

FIFA Youth World Cup

During the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship this stadium hosted the Group E, conformed by Netherlands, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Ethiopia, and the round of 16 match between Costa Rica and Czech Republic. [7]

DateTime
(UTC−03)
GroupTeam #1Res.Team #2Attend.
18 June14:00Group EFlag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador
2–1
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 14,000
18 June16:45Group EFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
1–3
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 14,000
21 June14:00Group EFlag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
3–1
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 10,000
21 June16:45Group EFlag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador
1–1
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 14,000
24 June14:00Group EFlag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador
0–1
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 15,000
24 June16:45Group EFlag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
2–3
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 17,000
28 June14:00Round of 16Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
1–2
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 13,000

Copa América

It also hosted two Group B matches for the 2011 Copa America:

DateTime
(UTC−03)
GroupTeam #1Res.Team #2Attend.
July 918:30 Group B Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela
1–0
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 12,000
July 1319:15Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay
3–3
Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela 18,000

Other football events

The stadium hosted for the first time an international club competition when Boca Juniors played its home matches for the round of 16 and quarter finals of the 2004 Copa Sudamericana. For the 2005 and 2006 editions of the cup, Boca Juniors used this stadium only for the round of 16 home matches.

Since 2002 Salta hosts one of the many annual Summer Tournaments and has hosted several matches for the Copa Argentina on its 2011–12, 2013–14 and 2014–15 editions.

Rugby

Argentina

Argentina national rugby union team, Los Pumas, has played several test matches here and several Rugby Championship matches. [8]

DateResultRivalTournament/Trophy
June 11, 2005
35–21
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Argentina v Italy test series
June 13, 2009
24–22
Flag of England.svg  England Argentina v England test series
June 8, 2013
3–32
Flag of England.svg  England Argentina v England test series
August 9, 2013
58–12
Flag of Australia (converted).svg NSW Barbarians 2013 Rugby Championship Warm-ups
August 9, 2014
31–33
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2014 Rugby Championship
May 5, 2015
28–23
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Test match
August 27, 2016
26–24
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2016 Rugby Championship
August 26, 2017
23–41
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2017 Rugby Championship
October 6, 2018
34–45
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2018 Rugby Championship
August 10, 2019
13–46
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2019 Rugby Championship

Shows

Some of the artists that have performed at the Padre Martearena Stadium are Indio Solari (2009 and 2011), Wisin & Yandel (2010), Calle 13 (2011), Shakira (2011), Ricardo Arjona (2014), Violetta (2015) and Ricky Martin (2016).

See also

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References

  1. Estadio Padre Martearena
  2. Estadio de Salta on Studio website
  3. 1 2 3 En Salta, nuevo estadio mundialista on La Nación, 19 Sep 2001
  4. Padre E. Martearena (biography) by José de Guardia de Ponté on Portal de Salta
  5. Confesaron los asesinos del sacerdote salteño, La Nación, 14 Oct 2001
  6. Salta bajo shock por el asesinato de un sacerdote con 17 puñaladas, Página/12, 2001
  7. Estadio Padre Martearena on Copa Argentina
  8. "Internacionales / Test matches". uar.com.ar. Archived from the original on 2015-06-29. Retrieved 2015-07-16.
Preceded by
various venues in
Venezuela
Copa América
Venue

2011
Succeeded by
various venues in
Chile