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Estadio Azteca

Mexico City, Ciudad de México, Mexico

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Estadio Azteca, officially known as Estadio Banorte for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium located in Coyoacán, Mexico City. It is the official home of football team Club América, as well as the Mexico national team. The stadium sits at an altitude of 2,200 m above sea level. With a capacity of 87,523, it is the largest stadium in Latin America and the eighth-largest association football stadium in the world.

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History & Stats

Opened

29 May 1966

Nickname

El Coloso de Santa Úrsula, "The Colossus of Santa Úrsula"

Former names

Estadio Azteca (1966–1997, 1999–2025), Estadio Guillermo Cañedo (1997–1998)

Capacity

87,523

Record attendance

Football: (Mexico vs Brazil, 7 July 1968), Boxing: (Julio César Chávez vs Greg Haugen, 20 February 1993)

Owner

Televisa

Operator

Ollamani, S.A.B.

Surface

GrassMaster

Construction cost

MXN$260 million

Broke ground

1961

Renovated

1986, 1999, 2013, 2016, 2024–2026

Tenants

Club América (1966–present), Cruz Azul (1971–1996, 2018–2023), Mexico national football team (1966–present) & (selected matches), Necaxa (1966–1971, 1982–2003), Atlante (1966–1982, 1996–2001, 2004–2007), Atlético Español (1971–1982)

1970 FIFA World Cup Final · 1970

Pelé's Brazil beat Italy 4–1 in what many consider the greatest team performance in World Cup history. Pelé's pass to Carlos Alberto for the fourth goal is one of the most celebrated sequences in soccer.

Hand of God Goal · 1986

Diego Maradona's two goals against England in the 1986 quarterfinal — the first punched in with his hand ('the Hand of God'), the second a 60-yard slalom past five defenders voted 'Goal of the Century' in a 2002 FIFA poll. The most talked-about game in World Cup history.

Goal of the Century · 1986

Maradona's solo goal against England on June 22, 1986 — taking the ball in his own half, beating five English players and the goalkeeper, and scoring. Officially voted the best goal of the 20th century by FIFA in 2002.

1986 FIFA World Cup Final · 1986

Maradona's Argentina beat West Germany 3–2 to claim the World Cup at the same ground where he had scored the Hand of God and the Goal of the Century weeks earlier. Azteca is one of only two stadiums to have hosted two World Cup finals.