Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena

Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena

Location	Salta, Argentina
Capacity	20,408
Surface	Grass
Opened	2001
Tenants
Juventud Antoniana Central Norte

Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena is a multi-use stadium in Salta, Argentina. The stadium, built for the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship, holds 20,408 people and was opened in January 2001. It is now the home ground of football clubs Juventud Antoniana and Central Norte, both playing currently in the country's third level.

While it is mainly used for football, the Argentina national rugby union team has also played at the stadium.

Football

During the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship this stadium hosted the Group E, conformed by Netherlands, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Ethiopia, and the round of 16 match between Costa Rica and Czech Republic. It also hosted two Group B matches for the 2011 Copa America:

Date	Time (UTC-03)	Group	Team #1	Res.	Team #2	Attendance
July 9	18:30	Group B	Venezuela	1–0	Ecuador	12,000
July 13	19:15	Group B	Paraguay	3–3	Venezuela	18,000

The stadium hosted for the first time an international club competition when Boca Juniors played its home matches for the round of 16 and quarter finals of the 2004 Copa Sudamericana. For the 2005 and 2006 editions of the cup, Boca Juniors used this stadium only for the round of 16 home matches.

Since 2002 Salta hosts one of the many annual Summer Tournaments and has hosted several matches for the Copa Argentina on its 2011–12, 2013–14 and 2014–15 editions.

Rugby

Argentina national rugby union team, Los Pumas, has played several test matches here and three The Rugby Championship matches against South Africa for the 2014, 2016 and 2017 editions.

Date	Team #1	Result	Team #2	Tournament/Trophy
June 11, 2005	Argentina	35–21	Italy	Argentina v Italy test series
June 13, 2009	Argentina	24–22	England	Argentina v England test series
June 8, 2013	Argentina	3–32	England	Argentina v England test series
August 9, 2013	Argentina	58–12	NSW Barbarians	2013 Rugby Championship Warm-ups
August 9, 2014	Argentina	31–33	South Africa	2014 Rugby Championship
May 5, 2015	Argentina	28–23	United States	Test match
August 27, 2016	Argentina	26–24	South Africa	2016 Rugby Championship
August 26, 2017	Argentina	23–41	South Africa	2017 Rugby Championship
October 6, 2018	Argentina	34-45	Australia	2018 Rugby Championship
August 10, 2019	Argentina	13–46	South Africa	2019 Rugby Championship

Shows

Some of the artists that have performed at the Padre Martearena Stadium are Indio Solari (2009 and 2011), Wisin & Yandel (2010), Calle 13 (2011), Shakira (2011), Ricardo Arjona (2014), Violetta (2015) and Ricky Martin (2016).