Uruguayan Football Stadiums are mainly used by clubs in the Uruguayan League and in some cases are maintained by the various departmental governments. The nation's oldest stadium is the Gran Parque Central Stadium, owned Nacional, built in 1900, while the largest capacity stadium is the Centenario Stadium, owned by the Intendancy of Montevideo, with 60,235 spectators.
Stadium | City | Owner | Utilization | Construction | Capacity |
Parque Artigas | Las Piedras | Intendencia de Canelones | Juventud | - | 12,000 |
Doctor Mario Sobrero | Rocha | Intendencia de Rocha | Rocha | 1955 | 10,000 |
Complejo Rentistas | Montevideo | Rentistas | Rentistas | 1998 | 10,600 |
Raúl Goyenola | Tacuarembó | Intendencia de Tacuarembó | Tacuarembó | 1955 | 8,000 [10] |
Obdulio Varela | Montevideo | Villa Española | Villa Española | 2002 | 8,000 |
Parque Maracaná | Montevideo | Intendencia de Montevideo | Cerrito | 2008 | 8,000 |
Profesor Alberto Suppici | Colonia | Intendencia de Colonia | Plaza Colonia | - | 6,500 |
Parque Palermo | Montevideo | Central Español | Central Español | 1937 | 6,500 |
Parque Luis Méndez Piana | Montevideo | Intendencia de Montevideo | Miramar Misiones | - | 6,500 |
Carlos Ángel Fossa | Montevideo | Sud América | Sud América | - | 6,500 |
Ateniense | San Carlos | Atenas | Atenas | - | 6,000 |
Parque José Nasazzi | Montevideo | Bella Vista | Bella Vista | 1972 | 5,002 [11] |
Stadium | City | Owner | Utilization | Construction | Capacity |
La Bombonera | Montevideo | Basáñez | Basáñez | 1981 | 5,000 |
Parque Salus | Montevideo | Salus | Salus | - | 4,000 |
Parque Ancap | Montevideo | Ancap | Uruguay Montevideo | - | 3,000 |
Parque Doctor Carlos Suero | Montevideo | Colón | Colón | - | 2,000 |
Parque Pedro Ángel Bossio | Montevideo | Huracán | Huracán | - | 2,000 |
Parque Falco Lichtemberger | Montevideo | Albion | Albion | - | 2,000 |
Parque Oriental | La Paz | Oriental | Oriental | - | 1,500 |
The following is a list of football stadiums in Uruguay, ordered by capacity.
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