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Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, formerly known as Stadio San Paolo, [1] [2] is a stadium in the western Fuorigrotta suburb of Naples, Italy. It is the fourth largest football stadium in Italy, [3] after Milan 's San Siro, Rome 's Stadio Olimpico and Bari 's San Nicola. For the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, the stadium hosted the football ...
Stadio San Paolo officially opened on the 6th of December 1959 with a match between Napoli and Juventus (2-1). It was initially completely uncovered and could hold about 87,500 spectators, mostly standing. The stadium was modernised for the European Championships in 1980, during which it hosted three first round group matches and the match for ...
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The Stadio Diego Armando Maradona is located in the West of Naples and is the third largest stadium in all of Italy, beaten only by the San Siro and the Stadio Olimpico. It was built over the course of eleven years from 1948 to 1959 with the specific aim of being used for the preliminary games of the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.
The Azzurri. Stadio San Paolo is the largest sports facility in the city of Naples. For seven years, from 1984-1991, one of the greatest soccer players of the twentieth century, Diego Maradona, was seen on the playing field of El Pibe de Oro. San Paolo Stadium is located in the Fuorigrotta neighborhood, in the western and most populous part of ...
Dec 4, 2020 · Published December 4, 2020 07:26 AM. Getty Images. Napoli have officially renamed their stadium in memory of the late, great Diego Maradona. [ MORE: Premier League Player of the Season tracker ] Originally named the Stadio San Paolo, after Saint Paul the Apostle, Napoli’s home stadium will henceforth be called the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.
A New Temple for Napoli Fans has Opened. With minor construction delays just finished before the deadline of 14 September 2019, for the clash between S.S.C. Napoli and Sampdoria, Napoli came out as champions in their new revitalised Stadio San Paolo. This stadium is in the western suburb of Fuorigrotta in Naples, Italy.
