Campo Pio XI explained

Stadium Name:Campo Pio XI
Fullname:Cavalieri di Colombo Campo Pio XI
Location:Via Santa Maria Mediatrice, 22
Rome, Italy
Coordinates:41.8969°N 12.4464°W
Opened:1926
Surface:Artificial turf
Tenants:Vatican City national football team
Vatican City women's national football team
Vatican City Championship
Coppa Sergio Valci
Supercoppa
Clericus Cup
Seating Capacity:500
Website:Official Website

Campo Pio XI is an association football stadium in Rome, Italy. The stadium hosts all of Vatican City's football activities, including the Vatican City Championship, the Clericus Cup, and the Vatican City national football teams.[1] It is also home to the Petriana Calcio, an amateur youth multi-sport club.[2]

Overview

The Pio XI multi-sport complex is located on an 18-acre piece of land in Rome only some 400 meters from Vatican City[3] [4] It has a capacity of 500 spectators and is equipped with artificial turf and floodlights.[5] [6] The field is known for having a clear view of Saint Peter's Basilica.[7]

History

The Campo Pio XI stadium is part of one of several sports complexes built, funded, and maintained by the Italian Knights of Columbus.[8] The fraternal organization began building free recreational facilities for Roman Catholic youth in 1920 after Pope Benedict XV asked the Order to do so.[9] The field was consecrated and blessed by Cardinal Pietro Gasparri, Vatican Secretary of State, in May 1926.[8]

Serie A club AS Roma hosts youth tournaments at the stadium.[10]

On 10 June 2018, during Vatican Family Day, the stadium hosted the first Vatican women's football match following that year's Vatican Super Cup.[11] Shortly thereafter it became home to the nascent Vatican City women's national football team.[12]

International matches

After playing its first three full-internationals at the Stadio Pio XII, the stadium hosted the Vatican City national football team for the first time on 10 May 2014.[4]

List of matches

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: McGuinness . Pat . Vatican City: a Potted History . Pat's Football Blog . 2 July 2019.
  2. Web site: Petriana Calcio . Petriana Calcio . 2 July 2019 . Italian . https://web.archive.org/web/20190702215516/http://www.petrianacalcio.it/index.php . 2 July 2019 . dead .
  3. News: Montague. James. A Friendly Game for a Beatific State. The New York Times. 12 May 2014 . 14 May 2014.
  4. Web site: Monaco confirm May trip to Rome for Vatican friendly. 21 March 2014 . nonfifafootball.blogspot.com. 14 May 2014.
  5. Web site: Strutture . Petriana Calcio . 2 July 2019.
  6. Web site: Cardinale Francis Joseph Spellman. Stadi Italia. 14 May 2014. Italian.
  7. Web site: Calcio e Citta del Vaticano. Stadi Italia. 14 May 2014. Italian.
  8. Web site: Campo Sportivo - Pio XI . Knights of Columbus . 2 July 2019 . Italian.
  9. Web site: Centri Sportivi a Roma - Introduzione . Knights of Columbus . 2 July 2019 . Italian.
  10. Web site: Trofeo Carcan A.S. Roma al Pio XI . https://web.archive.org/web/20190702220004/http://scuolacalcio.asroma.it/notizia/62/trofeo-carcan-as-roma-al-pio-xi . 2 July 2019 . AS Roma . Italian.
  11. Web site: Vatican: Family Day on June 10th with the Super Cup finals and the first women's football match . agensir.it . 2 July 2019.
  12. Web site: Vatican women strap on their boots for first time in World Cup year . 4 June 2019 . Times of Malta . 2 July 2019.