Estadio Ueno Manuel Ferreira
El Bosque de Para Uno
Full nameEstadio Manuel Ferreira
OwnerClub Olimpia
Capacity20,000[1]
Field size104 x 68 m
SurfaceGrass
Construction
Built1964
Opened15 May 1965
Renovated2017
Tenants
Club Olimpia (1965present)

The Estadio Manuel Ferreira, known as Estadio Ueno Manuel Ferreira due to sponsorship by banking company Ueno,[2] is a football stadium in Asunción, Paraguay. It is the home venue of Club Olimpia and is named after former club president Manuel Ferreira Sosa.

The stadium was opened in May 1965 with a friendly match between Olimpia and Santos FC of Brazil, whose team included Pelé. The excitement to see Pelé playing was so great that the stadium's capacity was exceeded. During the game, one of the fences supporting the crowd in the stands broke and many people were injured. As soon as the incident happened, Pelé ran and jumped over the fence to help the injured people. Only minor injuries occurred and the match proceeded, ending in a 2–2 draw.

Though the stadium is the home ground of Club Olimpia, the Defensores del Chaco stadium is used for major derbies against their rivals such as Cerro Porteño because of its greater capacity.

The stadium is nicknamed "The Forest of Stop One" on account of its surroundings constituting large, tall trees, and the location having been the first stop of a now defunct Paraguayan train.

See also

Concerts

Date Artist Tour
April 5, 1994 Italy Eros Ramazzotti Tutte Storie World Tour
February 2, 2007 Guatemala Ricardo Arjona Gira Adentro
March 1, 2008 Puerto Rico Chayanne Mi Tiempo Tour
April 30, 2008 Dominican Republic United States Aventura Corazoncito World Tour
March 27, 2010 Spain Alejandro Sanz Paraiso Tour
April 27, 2013 Guatemala Ricardo Arjona Metamorfosis World Tour
June 8, 2013 Mexico Marco Antonio Solís Una Noche de Luna Tour
October 3, 2014 Guatemala Ricardo Arjona Viaje Tour
February 18, 2016 Mexico Maná Cama incendiada Tour
April 24, 2016 Spain Alejandro Sanz Sirope Tour

References

  1. Anuario Conmebol Sudamericana 2022. CONMEBOL. 3 April 2023. p. 104. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  2. "Para Uno tiene nuevo nombre oficial" (in Spanish). RDN. 8 May 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2022.

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