stadium in Rio de Janeiro
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Maracanã Stadium ( portuguese : Estádio do Maracanã, standard brazilian portuguese : [ esˈtadʒi.u du maɾakɐˈnɐ̃ ], local pronunciation : [ iʃˈtadʒu du mɐˌɾakɐˈnɐ̃ ] ), officially named Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho ( IPA : [ iʃˈtadʒ ( one ) uracil ʒoʁnaˈliʃtɐ ˈmaɾi.u ˈfiʎu ] ), is an association football stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The stadium is part of a complex that includes an stadium known by the mention of Maracanãzinho, which means “ The Little Maracanã ” in Portuguese. Owned by the Rio de Janeiro state government, the stadium is now managed by the clubs Flamengo and Fluminense. It is located at the Maracanã vicinity, named after the Rio Maracanã, a immediately canalized river in Rio de Janeiro.

The stadium was opened in 1950 to host the FIFA World Cup, in which Brazil was beaten 2–1 by Uruguay in the decide game, in front of a still standing phonograph record attendance of 199,854 spectators, on 16 July 1950. [ 4 ] The venue has seen attendances of 150,000 or more at 26 occasions, the last being on 29 May 1983, as 155,253 spectators watched Flamengo beatnik Santos, 3–0. The stadium has seen crowd of more than 100,000 284 times. [ 4 ] But as terrace sections have been replaced with seats over time, and after the renovation for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, its original capacity has been reduced to the current 78,838, but it remains the largest stadium in Brazil. The stadium is chiefly used for football matches between the major football clubs in Rio de Janeiro, including Flamengo, Fluminense, Botafogo, and Vasco da Gama. It has besides hosted a total of concerts and other sporting events. The full attendance at the final ( and indeed decisive game, but not a final ) game of the 1950 World Cup was 199,854, making it the global ‘s largest stadium by capacity when it was inaugurated. After its 2010–2013 renovation, the rebuild stadium presently seats 78,838 spectators, making it the largest stadium in Brazil and the second base in South America after Estadio Monumental in Peru. [ 5 ] It was the main venue of the 2007 Pan American Games, hosting the football tournament and the opening and close up ceremonies. The Maracanã was partially rebuilt in homework for the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, and the 2014 World Cup, for which it hosted respective matches, including the final. It besides served as the venue for the opening and conclusion ceremonies of the 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, with the independent traverse and field events taking place at the Estádio Olímpico .

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The stadium was named in 1966 in honor of the recently deceased Mário Filho, a Pernambucan sports journalist, the brother of Nelson Rodrigues, who was a strong vocal music supporter of the construction of the Maracanã. [ 6 ] The stadium ‘s popular name is derived from the Maracanã River, whose point of origin is in the jungle-covered hills to the west, crossing respective bairros ( neighborhoods ) of Rio ‘s Zona Norte ( North Zone ), such as Tijuca and São Cristóvão, via a drain canal which features sloping sides constructed of concrete. Upon flowing into the Canal do Mangue, it empties into Guanabara Bay. The appoint “ Maracanã “ derives from the autochthonal Tupi–Guarani word for a type of parrot which inhabited the region. The stadium construction was prior to the formation of the subsequently Maracanã neighborhood, that was once part of Tijuca. The stadium of Red Star Belgrade, the Red Star Stadium, is popularly called Marakana in honor of the brazilian stadium. In March 2021, the Rio de Janeiro submit legislature voted to change the venue ‘s list to the Edson Arantes do Nascimento – Rei Pele stadium. Edson Arantes do Nascimento is the 80-year-old ‘s fully identify, while Rei means king in Portuguese. The Rio de Janeiro ‘s department of state governor must approve the mention change before it becomes official. [ 7 ]

history [edit ]

construction [edit ]

After winning the right to host the 1950 FIFA World Cup, the brazilian politics sought to build a new stadium for the tournament. The construction of Maracanã was criticized by Carlos Lacerda, then Congressman and political enemy of the mayor of the city, cosmopolitan Ângelo Mendes de Morais, for the expense and for the choose location of the stadium, arguing that it should be built in the West Zone region of Jacarepaguá. At the clock, a tennis stadium stood in the chosen area. hush it was supported by journalist Mário Filho, and Mendes de Morais was able to move the project forward. The rival for the design and construction was opened by the municipality of Rio de Janeiro in 1947, with the construction contract awarded to engineer Humberto Menescal, and the architectural sign awarded to seven brazilian architects, Michael Feldman, Waldir Ramos, Raphael Galvão, Oscar Valdetaro, Orlando Azevedo, Pedro Paulo Bernardes Bastos, and Antônio Dias Carneiro. [ 8 ] The first basis was laid at the locate of the stadium on 2 August 1948. [ 9 ] With the first World Cup crippled scheduled to be played on 24 June 1950, this left a short under two years to finish construction. however, function quickly fell behind schedule, prompting FIFA to send Dr. Ottorino Barassi, the head of the italian FA, who had organized the 1934 World Cup, to help in Rio de Janeiro. A work force of 1,500 constructed the stadium, with an extra 2,000 working in the final months. Despite the stadium having come into use in 1950, the construction was lone amply completed in 1965 .

opening and 1950 FIFA World Cup [edit ]

Opening game of the Maracanã Stadium, shortly before the 1950 FIFA World Cup. The hatchway match of the stadium took place on 16 June 1950. Rio de Janeiro All-Stars beat São Paulo All-Stars 3–1 ; Didi became the musician to score the beginning ever goal at the stadium. While the major region of the stadium was finished, it even looked like a construction site ; it lacked toilet facilities and a press box. brazilian officials claimed it could seat over 200,000 people, while the Guinness Book of World Records estimated it could seat 180,000 and other sources pegged capacity at 155,000. What is beyond challenge is that Maracanã overtook Hampden Park as the largest stadium in the world. Despite the stadium ‘s unfinished department of state, FIFA allowed matches to be played at the venue, and on 24 June 1950, the first World Cup match took position, with 81,000 spectators in attendance. In that first match for which Maracanã had been built, Brazil beat Mexico with a final score 4–0, with Ademir becoming the first scorer of a competitive goal at the stadium with his 30th-minute strike. Ademir had two goals in full, plus one each from Baltasar and Jair. The couple was refereed by Englishman George Reader. Five of Brazil ‘s six games at the tournament were played at Maracanã ( the exception being their 2–2 draw with Switzerland in São Paulo ). finally, Brazil progressed to the final polish, facing Uruguay in the match ( function of a round-robin final phase ) that turned out to be the tournament-deciding equal on 16 July 1950. Brazil only needed a draw to finish as champion, but Uruguay won the game 2–1, shocking and silencing the massive crowd. This get the better of on home dirty instantaneously became a significant event in brazilian history, being known popularly as the Maracanazo. The official attendance of the concluding game was 199,854, with the actual attendance estimated to be about 210,000. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] In any case, it was the largest crowd ever to see a football game—a record that is highly improbable to be threatened in an era when most international matches are played in all-seater stadiums. At the time of the World Cup, the stadium was by and large grandstands with no individual seats .

stadium completion and post-World Cup years [edit ]

original configuration of the Maracanã from 1950 to 2010, featuring a two-tier bowl and solid-color seating. ( left: Exterior view, 2009. right: inner position looking towards the southern end, 2007. ) Since the World Cup in 1950, Maracanã Stadium has chiefly been used for club games involving four major football clubs in Rio — Vasco, Botafogo, Flamengo and Fluminense. The stadium has besides hosted numerous domestic football cup finals, most notably the Copa do Brasil and the Campeonato Carioca. On 21 March 1954, a new official attendance record was set in the game between Brazil and Paraguay, after 183,513 spectators entered the stadium with a ticket and 194,603 ( 177,656 p. ) in Fla-Flu ( 1963 ). In 1963, stadium authorities replaced the square finish posts with round ones, but it was still two years before the stadium would be amply completed. In 1965, 17 years after construction began, the stadium was last finished. In September 1966, upon the death of Mário Rodrigues Filho, the brazilian diarist, columnist, sports visualize, and big campaigner who was largely creditworthy for the stadium in the first place being built, the administrators of the stadium renamed the stadium after him : Estádio Jornalista Mário Rodrigues Filho. however, the nickname of Maracanã has continued to be used as the common referent. In 1969, Pelé scored the 1,000th goal of his career at Maracanã, against CR Vasco district attorney Gama in front of 65,157 spectators. [ 13 ] In 1989 the stadium hosted the games of the final examination turn of the Copa America ; in the lapp year, Zico scored his final goal for Flamengo at the Maracanã, taking his goal match at the stadium to 333, a record that calm stood as of 2021. An upper digest in the stadium collapsed on 19 July 1992, in the second plot of the finals of 1992 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, between Botafogo and Flamengo, leading to the end of three spectators and injuring 50 others. [ 14 ] Following the disaster, the stadium ‘s capacity was greatly reduced as it was converted to an all-seater stadium in the belated 1990s. meanwhile, the grind was classified as a national landmark in 1998, meaning that it could not be demolished. [ citation needed ] The stadium hosted the first ever FIFA Club World Cup final match between CR Vasco district attorney Gama and Corinthians Paulista, which Corinthians won on penalties .

twenty-first century, renovations and 2014 FIFA World Cup [edit ]

Following its fiftieth anniversary in 2000, the stadium undergo renovations which would increase its wide capacity to around 103,000. After years of plan and nine months of closure between 2005 and 2006, the stadium was reopened in January 2007 with an all-seated capability of 87,000. For the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics and Paralympics, a major reconstruction plan was initiated in 2010. The original seating bowl, with a two-tier shape, was demolished, giving way to a fresh one-tier seating bowl. [ 15 ] The original stadium ‘s roof in concrete was removed and replaced with a fiberglass tensioned membrane coated with polytetra-fluoroethylene. The newly ceiling covers 95 % of the seats inside the stadium, unlike the early purpose, where protective covering was only afforded to some seats in the amphetamine ring and the bleachers above the gate entree of each sector. The erstwhile boxes, which were installed at a charge above the stands for the 2000 FIFA Club World Championship, were dismantled in the reconstruction process. The new seats are colored scandalmongering, aristocratic and white, which combined with the green of the match field, form the brazilian national colors. In addition, the grey shade has returned as the chief façade semblance of the stadium. On 30 May 2013, a friendly crippled between Brazil and England scheduled for 2 June was called off by a local judge because of safety concerns related to the stadium. The government of Rio de Janeiro appealed the decision [ 16 ] and the crippled went ahead as in the first place planned, the final score being a 2–2 draw. [ 16 ] This match marked the reopen of the raw Maracanã. [ 15 ] On 12 June 2014, the 2014 FIFA World Cup opened with Brazil defeating Croatia, 3–1, but that match was held in São Paulo. The foremost game of the World Cup to be held in Maracanã was a 2–1 victory by Argentina over Bosnia-Herzegovina on Sunday, 15 June 2014. Host Brazil ended up never playing a match in the Maracanã during the tournament, as they failed to reach the final after being eliminated in the semi-finals 7-1 by Germany. In the concluding, Germany defeated Argentina 1–0 in extra time. [ 17 ]

disrepair after the 2016 Summer Olympics [edit ]

antenna photograph of Maracanã ‘s playing field in February 2017 The stadium lay dormant in the months after the 2016 Olympics and Paralympics, with photos surfacing in early 2017 of a dried-up play field covered in brown spots and missing turf, ripped-out seats, and wrong to windows and doors. A debt of R $ 3 million ( US $ 939,937 ) to the local anesthetic energy company led to office being shut off at Maracanã. At the heart of the offspring was a legal wrangle between the stadium ‘s owner, operator, and the organize committee for the Rio Olympics over responsibility for maintaining the grounds. Maracanã SA, the operator, charges that the Olympic committee did not return the venue in an acceptable condition, while the committee says the things that they needed to fix should not keep Maracanã from operate. [ 18 ] Within six months of the Olympics, day by day tours of the stadium were halted due to vandalism at the stadium and fierce robberies in the area. Items of prize were looted from the stadium including displace extinguishers, televisions, and a bronze broke of diarist Mário Filho, for whom the stadium was named. [ 19 ] [ 20 ]

New managers [edit ]

On 5 April 2017, the french group Lagardère signed an agreement to administer the Maracanã. In full, Lagardère will invest more than R $ 500 million by the end of the concession, won by Odebrecht in 2013 and valid until 2048. The Folha de São Paulo newspaper informed that the group estimates that it will need to spend about R $ 15 million on hand brake reforms at the stadium. In 2013, the former managers of Odebrecht together with AEG and IMX, a caller owned by brazilian billionaire Eike Batista, won the bid to manage the stadium for 35 years. The company was associated with brazilian building company OAS and the Amsterdam Arena. At the time, Lagardère was in moment stead in the bid. [ 21 ]
The celebrated valley tudo match between japanese judoka Masahiko Kimura and brazilian jiu-jitsu player Hélio Gracie was held at the Maracanã on October 23, 1951. At the time many in Brazil felt that Gracie was invincible in martial arts, and that Kimura would not be welcomed back to Japan if he lost the bout. Kimura won via technical submission after breaking Gracie ‘s sleeve with a gyaku-ude-garami hold, which has since become known as a Kimura lock in BJJ and assorted martial arts .

International sports competitions [edit ]

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tournament results [edit ]

1950 FIFA World Cup [edit ]

1989 Copa América [edit ]

2013 FIFA Confederations Cup [edit ]

2014 FIFA World Cup [edit ]

2016 Summer Olympics [edit ]

2019 Copa América [edit ]

2021 Copa América [edit ]

On 10 July 2021, the stadium hosted the concluding of the 2021 Copa América, for the second back-to-back clock .

Date Time (UTC-03) Team #1 Result Team #2 Round Attendance
10 July 2021 21:00  Argentina 1–0  Brazil Final 7,800

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