Estádio da Curuzu

Estádio da Curuzu

Curuzu
Full name	Estádio Leônidas Sodré de Castro
Location	Belém, Pará, Brazil
Coordinates	1°26′38″S 48°27′46″W
Owner	Paysandu
Operator	Paysandu
Capacity	16,200
Record attendance	18,024 (Paysandu v Avaí, 22 December 2001)
Field size	105 x 68 m
Surface	Grass
Construction
Opened	14 June 1914
Renovated	2014
Expanded	2010
Tenants
Paysandu

Estádio Leônidas Sodré de Castro, also known as Estádio Leônidas Castro, but usually known as Estádio da Curuzu, is a football stadium owned by Paysandu Sport Club, located in São Braz neighborhood, Belém, Pará, Brazil. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 16,200 people.

The stadium is nicknamed Estádio da Curuzu because it is located near the Curuzu street. Estádio da Curuzu is also nicknamed the Vovô da Cidade (meaning City's Grandpa) because it is the oldest stadium of Pará state.

History

Paysandu acquired the stadium from Empresa Ferreira & Comandita in July 1918, paying 12 contos de réis for it.

On 4 July 1997, one of the quickest goals in a football match was scored at Estádio da Curuzu. In the fourth second of the first half of the match, Vital Filho, of Paysandu, scored a goal against Santa Rosa ^{[1] [2]}.

On 22 December 2001, at Estádio da Curuzu, Paysandu beat Avaí, of Santa Catarina state, 4-0, and won the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, thus being promoted to the following year's first division ^[3].

On 28 April 2002, Paysandu beat São Raimundo, of Amazonas state, 3-0 at Estádio da Curuzu, winning the Copa Norte, thus gaining the right to dispute the Copa dos Campeões in the same year ^[4].

References

1. ^ (in Portuguese) FuteBOL
2. ^ (in Portuguese) Campeões do Futebol
3. ^ (in Portuguese) Paysandu goleia Avaí, fatura título e volta ao Brasileirão - Terra (22 December 2001)
4. ^ (in Portuguese) Paysandu é campeão no Norte e impede o tetra do São Raimundo - Folha Online

External links

• (in Portuguese) Templos do Futebol
• (in Portuguese) Torcida Nação Bicolor Archived 2006-05-07 at the Wayback Machine
• (in Portuguese) Paysandu Official Website
• (in Portuguese) Campeões do Futebol
• (in Portuguese) Amapapão
• (in Portuguese)World Stadiums
• Sambafoot

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