List of South American stadiums by capacity

The following is an incomplete list of South American stadiums. They are ordered by their total capacity, that is the maximum number of spectators the stadium can accommodate (not necessarily meaning seating capacity). Stadiums with a capacity of 30,000 or more are included.

Most large stadiums in South America are used for association football, with some having running tracks for athletics.

List

Rank	Stadium	Capacity	City	Country	Home team(s)
1	Maracanã	82,238	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Flamengo, Fluminense
2	Monumental "U"	80,093	Lima	Peru	Universitario
3	Castelão	75,263	São Luís	Brazil	Moto Club, Sampaio Corrêa
4	Mineirão	69,950	Belo Horizonte	Brazil	Atlético Mineiro, Cruzeiro
5	Universidad San Marcos	67,469	Lima	Peru	C.D. Universidad San Marcos
6	Morumbi	67,428	São Paulo	Brazil	São Paulo FC
7	Castelão	66,700	Fortaleza	Brazil	Ceará, Fortaleza
8	Centenario	66,160	Montevideo	Uruguay	Uruguay national football team
9	Beira-Rio	62,000	Porto Alegre	Brazil	SC Internacional
10	Arruda	60,044	Recife	Brazil	Santa Cruz
11	Nacional	60,000	Lima	Peru	Peru national football team
12	Monumental Banco Pichincha	59,230	Guayaquil	Ecuador	Barcelona SC
13	Monumental Antonio V. Liberti	57,921	Buenos Aires	Argentina	River Plate, Argentina national football team
14	Mario Alberto Kempes	56,000	Córdoba	Argentina	Belgrano (some games), Talleres (some games), Argentina national football team
15	Bahia Arena	55,000	Salvador	Brazil	2014 FIFA World Cup
16	Deportivo Cali	53,347	Palmira	Colombia	Deportivo Cali
17	Monumental de Maturín	51,796	Maturín	Venezuela	Monagas
18	Presidente Juan Domingo Perón	51,389	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Racing Club
19	Serra Dourada	50,049	Goiânia	Brazil	Goiás (some games), Vila Nova (some games)
20	Ciudad de La Plata	50,000	La Plata	Argentina	Estudiantes LP (some games), Gimnasia y Esgrima LP (some games)
21	Parque do Sabiá	50,000	Uberlândia	Brazil	Uberlândia
22	José Amalfitani	49,747	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Vélez Sársfield, Argentina national rugby union team (some games)
23	Metropolitano	49,612	Barranquilla	Colombia	Junior, Colombia national football team
24	Alberto J. Armando	49,100	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Boca Juniors
26	Tomás Adolfo Ducó	48,314	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Huracán
27	Nacional de Chile	47,500	Santiago	Chile	Chile national football team, Universidad de Chile
28	Ciudad de Lanús	46,519	Lanús	Argentina	Lanús
29	Mangueirão	45,007	Belém	Brazil	Paysandú (some games), Remo (some games)
30	Monumental David Arellano	45,000	Santiago	Chile	Colo-Colo, Chile national football team (some games)
31	Olímpico Monumental	45,000	Porto Alegre	Brazil	Grêmio
32	Morenão	45,000	Campo Grande	Brazil	Operário Futebol Clube, Comercial
33	Farahzão	44,414	Presidente Prudente	Brazil	Oeste Paulista
34	Albertão	44,200	Teresina	Brazil	EC Flamengo (some games)
35	El Campín	44,000	Bogotá	Colombia	Millonarios, Club Santa Fe
36	Engenhão	44,000	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Botafogo
37	Libertadores de América	44,000	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Independiente
38	José María Minella	43,542	Mar del Plata	Argentina	Aldosivi
39	Metropolitano de Mérida	42,500	Mérida	Venezuela	Estudiantes de Mérida FC
40	General Santander	42,500	Cúcuta	Colombia	Cúcuta Deportivo
41	Mané Garrincha	42,200	Brasília	Brazil	Gama (some games)
42	Garcilaso de la Vega	42,056	Cusco	Peru	Cienciano
43	Atanasio Girardot	42,000	Medellín	Colombia	Atlético Nacional, Independiente Medellín
44	Hernando Siles	42,000	La Paz	Bolivia	La Paz F.C. (some games), Bolívar, The Strongest
45	Modelo Alberto Spencer Herrera	42,000	Guayaquil	Ecuador
46	Pedro Bidegain	42,000	Buenos Aires	Argentina	San Lorenzo
47	Gigante de Arroyito	41,654	Rosario	Argentina	Rosario Central
48	Polideportivo Cachamay	41,300	Ciudad Guayana	Venezuela	Mineros
49	Olímpico Atahualpa	41,000	Quito	Ecuador	Deportivo Quito, El Nacional, Universidad Católica, Ecuador national football team
50	Metropolitano de Fútbol de Lara	40,312	Barquisimeto	Venezuela	Deportivo Lara
51	Monumental Virgen de Chapi	40,217	Arequipa	Peru	Melgar
52	Verdão	40,000	Cuiabá	Brazil	Dom Bosco, Mixto
53	Almeidão	40,000	João Pessoa	Brazil	Botafogo (PB)
54	Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo	38,755	San Cristóbal	Venezuela	Deportivo Táchira
55	Marcelo Bielsa	38,095	Rosario	Argentina	Newell's Old Boys
56	Olímpico Pascual Guerrero	38,000	Santiago de Cali	Colombia	América de Cali
57	Couto Pereira	38,000	Curitiba	Brazil	Coritiba
58	Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera	38,000	Santa Cruz de la Sierra	Bolivia	Oriente Petrolero, Destroyers, Blooming
59	Pacaembu	37,952	São Paulo	Brazil	Corinthians
60	Olímpico Luis Ramos	37,485	Puerto la Cruz	Venezuela	Deportivo Anzoátegui
61	Palogrande	36,553	Manizales	Colombia	Once Caldas
62	Defensores del Chaco	36,000	Asunción	Paraguay	Paraguay national football team
63	Barradão	35,632	Salvador	Brazil	Vitória
64	Alejandro Villanueva	35,000	Lima	Peru	Alianza Lima
65	Amigão	35,000	Campina Grande	Brazil	Treze, Campinense
66	Pinheirão	35,000	Curitiba	Brazil	Paraná (some games)
67	Malvinas Argentinas	34,875	Mendoza	Argentina	Godoy Cruz
68	Don León Kolbowsky	34,000	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Atlanta
69	Eduardo Gallardón	33,542	Lomas de Zamora	Argentina	Los Andes
70	Juan Carmelo Zerillo	33,500	La Plata	Argentina	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)
71	Florencio Sola	33,351	Banfield	Argentina	Banfield
72	Centenario José Luis Meiszner	33,000	Quilmes	Argentina	Quilmes
73	JK	33,000	Itumbiara	Brazil	Itumbiara
74	Teixeirão	32,936	São José do Rio Preto	Brazil	América (SP)
75	General Pablo Rojas	32,910	Asunción	Paraguay	Cerro Porteño
76	Monumental José Fierro	32,700	San Miguel de Tucumán	Argentina	Atlético Tucumán
77	Nueva España	32,500	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Deportivo Español
78	Brinco de Ouro	32,453	Campinas	Brazil	Guarani
79	Brigadier Gral. Estanislao López	32,300	Santa Fe	Argentina	Colón
80	Félix Capriles	32,000	Cochabamba	Bolivia	Club Aurora, Jorge Wilstermann
81	Olímpico Patria	32,000	Sucre	Bolivia	Universitario, Independiente Petrolero
82	Pituaçu	31,667	Salvador	Brazil	Bahia
83	Café	31,019	Londrina	Brazil	Londrina (some games), Matsubara (some games)
84	Vivaldão	31,000	Manaus	Brazil	América (AM), Nacional, Rio Negro
85	Ciudad de Vicente López	31,000	Vicente López	Argentina	Platense
86	Centenário	30,822	Caxias do Sul	Brazil	Caxias do Sul
87	Ilha do Retiro	30,520	Recife	Brazil	Recife
88	Hernán Ramírez Villegas	30,313	Pereira	Colombia	Deportivo Pereira
89	Coliseo de Victoria	30,000	Victoria	Argentina	Tigre
90	Colosso da Lagoa	30,000	Erechim	Brazil	Ypiranga (E)
91	Manuel Murillo Toro	30,000	Ibagué	Colombia	Deportes Tolima
92	Presidente Perón	30,000	Córdoba	Argentina	Instituto
93	Machadão	30,000	Natal	Brazil	América (RN)
94	Serejão	30,000	Taguatinga	Brazil	Taguatinga
95	La Ceiba	30,000	San Felix	Venezuela

See also

• List of African stadiums by capacity
• List of Asian stadiums by capacity
• List of European stadiums by capacity
• List of North American stadiums by capacity
• List of Oceanian stadiums by capacity
• List of stadiums by capacity
• List of association football stadiums by capacity
• List of sporting venues with a highest attendance of 100,000 or more

External links

• www.fussballtempel.net