Estadio Sergio León Chávez Explained

Estadio Sergio León Chávez
Fullname:Estadio Sergio León Chávez
Nickname:El Mundialista
"The Mundialista"
Former Names:Estadio Irapuato (1969–1990)
Location:Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
Broke Ground:1967
Built:1967–1969
Opened:23 March 1969
Renovated:1985–86
Expanded:1985
Owner:Club Irapuato
Operator:Club Irapuato
Surface:Grass
Scoreboard:Yes
Capacity:25,000
Dimensions:105x
Tenants:Irapuato (1969–2021) (2023–)

Estadio Sergio León Chávez is a Multi-purpose stadium in the city of Irapuato.

It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 25,000people.[1] [2] The stadium was built in 1967 and hosted three matches in group C of the FIFA World Cup in 1986.

History

Before the stadium was built Irapuato had the Estadio Revolución which was home to Irapuato FC. The stadium broke ground in 1967 and construction lasted two years. It was founded on 23 May 1969, simply as Estadio Irapuato, gaining its actual name on 4 January 1990, in honour of the former club's president. in October 1968 even before the stadium was completed Irapuato FC invited Spain to play a friendly against them in preparation for the 1968 Summer Olympics its first game played in the stadium, Spain would win the match 1–3. the first person to score in the new stadium was Juan Manuel Asensi from Spain. on 24 May 1970 the Brazil national football team played a friendly vs Irapuato FC in that match the Brazilians beat Irapuato 3–0 with goals from Rivellino, Roberto Miranda and Caju. Pelé was present in that match.

Two international football tournaments have played matches at the Sergio Leon Chavez:

One Continental football tournament has played matches at the Sergio Leon Chavez:

2024 CONCACAF U-20 Championship

The Estadio Sergio León Chávez Hosts Group B & C during the Tournament and two Quarterfinal Matches.

1986 FIFA World Cup

The Estadio Morelos in Morelia, Michoacán was originally going to be one of the venues for the World Cup. Still, problems in the building of the stadium led to the suspension of the work, The World Cup site was then transferred to the Estadio Sergio León Chávez.

During the 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship Tournament FIFA wanted to see whether Irapuato had what it took to host the FIFA World Cup, In 1985 the stadium was expanded and the capacity went from 16,300 to 33,000.

From 1983 to 1985 several national teams played friendly matches in Irapuato. Also during the 1986 World Cup the Soviets used Irapuato as their training facility.

1986 FIFA World Cup Group C

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1983 FIFA World Youth Championship

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Other Internationals Played In Irapuato

Mexico:
GK Arturo Javier Ledesma
DF
DF
DF Héctor Manuel Esparza
DF Raul Gonzalez
MF Jesus Roca Ruiz
MF Jose Luis Aldrete
MF Horacio Rocha
MF Luis Francisco Garcia
FW
FW Luis Gilberto Plascencia
Substitutions:
MF
MF
FW Francisco Jose Fernandez
GK Victor Manuel Aguado
Manager:
Canada:
GK
DF
DF
DF
DF
MF
MF
MF
MF
FW
FW
Substitutions:
Manager:
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Mexico:
GK
DF
DF Vinicio Bravo
DF
DF
MF
MF Javier Aguirre
MF Armando Manzo
MF Mario Diaz Perez
FW Enrique López Zarza
FW Luis Gilberto Plascencia
Substitutions:
DF Francisco Chávez Serrano
MF
MF
FW
Manager:
Venezuela:
GK
DF Franco Rizzi
DF Aranguren
DF Useche
DF Icea
MF Juvencio Betancourt
MF Alvarez
MF Gonzalez
MF Herrera
FW Asdrúbal Olivares
FW Bernardo Anor
Substitutions:
DF Membrilla
MF Olivares
MF Barco
FW Milillo
Manager:
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HUNGARY:
GK1 Péter Disztl
DF2 Sándor Sallai
DF3 Antal Róth
DF6 Imre Garaba
DF Attila Héredi
DF5 József Kardos
MF8 Antal Nagy (c)
MF10 Lajos Détári
MF21Gyula Hajszán
FW7 József Kiprich
FW19György Bognár
Substitutions:
FW20Kálmán Kovács
FW9László Dajka
DFLászló Gyimesi
DF14Zoltán Péter
Ferenc Mészáros
Manager:
György Mezey
SOUTH KOREA:
GK1 Cho Byung-Deuk
DF2 Park Kyung-Hoon
DF5 Chung Yong-Hwan
DF12 Kim Pyung-Seok
MF8 Cho Young-Jeung
MF18 Kim Sam-Soo
MF4 Cho Kwang-Rae
MF16Kim Joo-Sung
MF13 Noh Soo-Jin
FW7
FW10 Park Chang-Sun(c)
Substitutions:
DF3Chung Jong-Soo
DF15Yoo Byung-Ok
FW6Lee Tae-Ho
DF14Cho Min-Kook
FW11Byun Byung-Joo
Manager:
Kim Jung-Nam

Notes and References

  1. http://www.fussballtempel.net/concacaf/MEX.html www.fussballtempel.net
  2. Web site: Nuestra Casa..Estadio Sergio Leon Chavez . 24 February 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110714065152/http://foro.mediotiempo.com/showthread.php?54393-Nuestra-Casa..Estadio-Sergio-Leon-Chavez. . 14 July 2011 . dead .