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Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena

Coordinates: 24°49′15″S 65°25′9″W / 24.82083°S 65.41917°W / -24.82083; -65.41917
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Father Ernesto Martearena Stadium
Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena
Aerial view of the stadium in 2014
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Full nameEstadio Padre Ernesto Martearena
AddressAvenida Juan Pablo II
Salta
Argentina
Coordinates24°49′15″S 65°25′9″W / 24.82083°S 65.41917°W / -24.82083; -65.41917
OwnerSalta Province
OperatorGovernment of Salta
Capacity21,000
Field size105 x 70
SurfaceGrass
Construction
OpenedJanuary 5, 2001; 23 years ago (2001-01-05)[1]
ArchitectMSGSSV Studio [2]
BuilderRiva S.A.[3]
Project managerOSM Arquitectura [3]
Tenants

Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena (English: Father Ernesto Martearena Stadium) is a football stadium in Salta, Argentina, built for the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship. It holds 20,408 people and is now the home ground of 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 team has also played at Padre Martearena stadium. The structure is formed by four sectors, two sides tiers with capacity for 6,000 each one, and two main grandstands with 4,000. They are also formed by 22 modules of 900 spectators each.[3]

The stadium was named after Father Ernesto Martearena (1944–2001), a priest who served in the province and was recognised for his social work.[4] Martearena was killed after being assaulted by two men in his own house.[5][6]

Football

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FIFA Youth World Cup

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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.[7]

Date Time
(UTC−03)
Group Team #1 Res. Team #2 Attend.
18 June 14:00 Group E  Ecuador
2–1
 Ethiopia 14,000
18 June 16:45 Group E  Netherlands
1–3
 Costa Rica 14,000
21 June 14:00 Group E  Costa Rica
3–1
 Ethiopia 10,000
21 June 16:45 Group E  Ecuador
1–1
 Netherlands 14,000
24 June 14:00 Group E  Ecuador
0–1
 Costa Rica 15,000
24 June 16:45 Group E  Ethiopia
2–3
 Netherlands 17,000
28 June 14:00 Round of 16  Costa Rica
1–2
 Czech Republic 13,000

Copa América

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It also hosted two Group B matches for the 2011 Copa America:

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

Other football events

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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

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Argentina

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Argentina national rugby union team, Los Pumas, has played several test matches here and several Rugby Championship matches.[8]

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

Shows

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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).

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Estadio Padre Martearena
  2. ^ Estadio de Salta on Studio website
  3. ^ a b c En Salta, nuevo estadio mundialista on La Nación, 19 Sep 2001
  4. ^ Padre E. Martearena (biography) by José de Guardia de Ponté on Portal de Salta
  5. ^ Confesaron los asesinos del sacerdote salteño, La Nación, 14 Oct 2001
  6. ^ Salta bajo shock por el asesinato de un sacerdote con 17 puñaladas, Página/12, 2001
  7. ^ Estadio Padre Martearena on Copa Argentina
  8. ^ "Internacionales / Test matches". uar.com.ar. Archived from the original on 2015-06-29. Retrieved 2015-07-16.
Preceded by
various venues in
Venezuela
Copa América
Venue

2011
Succeeded by
various venues in
Chile