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Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, formerly known as Stadio San Paolo, is a stadium in the western Fuorigrotta suburb of Naples, Italy. It is the fourth largest football stadium in Italy, 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 preliminaries.
- Carlo Cocchia, Luigi Corradi
- Comune di Napoli
- 1948–1959
Napoli’s Diego Armando Maradona (ex San Paolo) Stadium, inaugurated in 1959, is the third largest in Italy, after Milan’s Meazza Stadium and Rome’s Olimpico. Situated in the Fuorigrotta neighbourhood, it measures 110 by 68 meters.
Key facts. Club: SSC Napoli | Opening: 1959 | Capacity: 60,240 seats. History and description. Stadio San Paolo was built to provide Napoli with a permanent home after their old home Stadio Partenopeo had been destroyed in the Second World War by air raids.
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.
May 17, 2023 · The Stadio Diego Armando Maradona was initially unveiled as the Stadio San Paolo in 1959. It was constructed as a multi-purpose stadium, with an initial capacity of a whopping 75,000 spectators. However, it was football that would cement the stadium’s place in the annals of sports history.
Dec 4, 2020 · The Stadio San Paolo will now be known as the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, after the Napoli city council approved the resolution. Napoli owner Aurelio de Laurentiis proposed renaming the...
Dec 27, 2023 · Located in the western Fuorigrotta suburb of Naples, Italy, Stadio Diego Armando Maradona proudly stands as the fourth-largest football stadium in the country, following the footsteps of San Siro in Milan, Stadio Olimpico in Rome, and San Nicola in Bari.
