Biggest stadium in every country in South America.
ARGENTINA Estadio Antonio Vespucio Liberti. Also referred to
as El Monumental, the stadium is located in Buenos Aires and is the home of River Plate and the main
venue of Argentina national football team. It has a capacity of 70,074 and it opened on 26 May 1938.
It hosted the 1978 FIFA World Cup Final and four finals of Copa America.
BOLIVIA Estadio Hernando Siles.
Located in La Paz, the stadium opened in 1930 and has a capacity of 41,143.
The stadium is named after Hernando Siles Reyes, the 31st President of Bolivia, and at an altitude
of 3,637 meters (11,932 feet) above sea level, is one of the highest professional stadiums
in the world. It is the home of the Bolivia national football team and many football clubs
including three major Bolivian league clubs: Club Bolívar, The Strongest and La Paz FC.
BRAZIL Estádio Maracanã.
Officially Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho, the Maracanã is located in Rio de Janeiro.
It has a capacity of 78,838 and it is the home stadium of Flamengo and Fluminense.
It is also the main stadium of the Brazilian national football team.
The stadium opened on 16 June 1950 to host the FIFA World Cup in which Brazil was beaten 2–1 by
Uruguay in the deciding game, in front of a still standing record attendance of 199,854 spectators.
Maracanã also hosted the World Cup final in 2014
and it hosted football and the opening and closing ceremonies at the 2016 Olympic Games.
CHILE Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez
Prádanos. Estadio Nacional is the national stadium of Chile and is located in Santiago.
It has a capacity of 48,665 and it opened on 3 December 1938.
It is the home of Chile national football team, Club Universidad de Chile, and rugby union team
Selknam. It was one of the venues of the 1962 FIFA World Cup where it hosted the final.
COLOMBIA Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez.
Commonly known as Estadio Metropolitano, the Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez is located
in Barranquilla and has a capacity of 46,692. It opened in 1986 and is the home stadium of Colombia
national football team and Atlético Junior. It was one of the venues of 2001 Copa America.
ECUADOR Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo. Located
in Guayaquil, the stadium has a capacity of 59,283 and it opened on 27 December 1987. It is the home
stadium of Barcelona SC. It hosted 5 matches of the 1993 Copa América, including the final.
FRENCH GUIANA Stade Georges-Chaumet. Located in Cayenne,
and has a capacity of 7,000. It is mostly used for football and is the home of the
French Guiana national football team and CSC Cayenne. The stadium opened in 1965.
GUYANA Providence Stadium.
The Providence Stadium or Guyana National Stadium is located in Providence. It has a capacity of
15,000 and it opened in 2006 to host Super Eight matches in the 2007 Cricket World Cup. It is the
home of the Guyana cricket team, Guyana Amazon Warriors and Guyana national football team.
PARAGUAY Estadio General Pablo Rojas. Locally known as La
Olla, the stadium is located in Asunción and has a capacity of 51, 237. It opened on 24 May 1970
and is the home of Cerro Porteño. The stadium hosted matches at the 1999 Copa América.
PERU Estadio Monumental. Located in Lima,
Estadio Monumental has a capacity of 80,093, which makes it the largest stadium in South America.
It is the home of Club Universitario de Deportes and it opened on 2 July
2000. The stadium hosted the 2019 Copa Libertadores final.
SURINAME André Kamperveen Stadium.
Located in Paramaribo, the stadium is the official national stadium of the Suriname national football
team and football teams S.V. Transvaal and S.C.V. Bintang Lair. It has a capacity of 7,100
and it opened on August 29, 1953. The stadium is named after André Kamperveen, the first president
of the Caribbean Football Union. URUGUAY
Estadio Centenario. Located in Montevideo, Estadio Centenario has a capacity of
60,235. It opened on 18 July 1930, and it hosted the inaugural 1930 FIFA World Cup. It is the
home stadium of the Uruguay national football team and Montevideo City Torque football club.
In 1983, the stadium was declared by FIFA as the first Historical Monument of World Football,
to this day the only building to achieve this recognition worldwide.
VENEZUELA Estadio Monumental
de Maturín. Located in Maturín, the stadium has a capacity of 52,000. It is the home of
Monagas Sport Club and it opened in 2007. It was one of the venues of the 2007 Copa America.