Estadio José Zorrilla

For the previous home of Real Valladolid, see Estadio José Zorrilla (1940).

Estadio Municipal José Zorrilla
Construction

Full name	Estadio Municipal José Zorrilla
Location	Avenida del Mundial 82, s/n 47014, Valladolid, Province of Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain
Coordinates	41°38′40″N 4°45′40″W / 41.64444°N 4.76111°W / 41.64444; -4.76111
Owner	Ayuntamiento de Valladolid
Operator	Real Valladolid
Executive suites	120
Capacity	26,512^[1]
Field size	105 m × 68 m (344 ft × 223 ft)
Surface	Grass
Opened	20 February 1982
Architect	Ricardo Soria
Tenants
Real Valladolid (1982—present)

Estadio José Zorrilla [esˈtaðjo xoˈse θoˈriʎa] is a football stadium in Valladolid, Spain. The stadium holds 26,512 people.

The stadium was built in 1982 and is named after poet José Zorrilla y Moral. Prior to this, they played in the old Estadio José Zorrilla.

The first match to be played at the stadium was a Spanish Liga match 20 February 1982 between Real Valladolid and Athletic Bilbao which ended in a 1–0 victory for Valladolid, the only goal being scored in the 84th minute by Jorge Alonso. The 1982 Copa del Rey Final was played at the stadium on 13 April, with Real Madrid defeating Sporting de Gijón 2–1.

During the 1982 FIFA World Cup, three Group D matches (Czechoslovakia-Kuwait, France-Kuwait and France-Czechoslovakia) were played at the Estadio Zorrilla.

Pop Superstar Michael Jackson performed a sold_out show on september 9 1997 during his HIStory World Tour.

Plans are currently under way to expand the stadium to 40,000 spectators. The project is known as Valladolid Arena^[2] [baʎaˈðolið aˈɾena].

In 2016, the stadium hosted the Copa del Rey de Rugby final between SilverStorm El Salvador and VRAC Entrepinares. 26,500 spectators attended to the game beating the record of attendance to a rugby union match in Spain.^[3]

1982 FIFA World Cup

The stadium was one of the venues of the 1982 FIFA World Cup, and held the following matches:

Date	Team 1	Res.	Team 2	Round
1982-06-17	Czechoslovakia	1–1	Kuwait	Group 4 (first round)
1982-06-21	France	4–1	Kuwait	Group 4 (first round)
1982-06-24	France	1–1	Czechoslovakia	Group 4 (first round)

External links

Estadio José Zorrilla at Estadios de Espana

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Estadio José Zorrilla.

↑ "Estadio José Zorrilla" (in Spanish). Real Valladolid. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
↑ "El proyecto 'Valladolid Arena' deja vía libre para cerrar o cubrir el Estadio - El Día de Valladolid Digital". Eldiadevalladolid.com. Retrieved 2011-11-17.
↑ "El Salvador y el rugby salen campeones en Zorrilla" (in Spanish). Marca. 17 April 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2016.

Real Valladolid

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Teams	Real Valladolid Real Valladolid B Real Valladolid C Real Valladolid (women's)

Home stadium	José Zorrilla (1982–) José Zorrilla (1940–1982) Ciudad Deportiva del Real Valladolid (training)

Related articles	Ciudad de Valladolid Trophy Castilla y León Cup (Current edition)

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Segunda División venues, 2016–17

Anduva Anxo Carro Carlos Tartiere Ciutat de València Coliseum Alfonso Pérez El Alcoraz H. Rodríguez López Iberostar José Zorrilla Juegos Mediterráneos La Condomina La Romareda Los Pajaritos Manuel Martínez Valero Montilivi Municipal de Reus Nou Estadi Nuevo Arcángel Ramón de Carranza Santo Domingo Vallecas Viejo Nervión

1982 FIFA World Cup stadiums

José Rico Peréz (Alicante) Martínez Valero (Elche) Camp Nou (Barcelona) Sarrià (Barcelona) San Mamés (Bilbao) El Molinón (Gijón) Riazor (La Coruña) Santiago Bernabéu (Madrid) Vicente Calderón (Madrid) La Rosaleda (Malaga) Carlos Tartiere (Oviedo) La Romareda (Zaragoza) Municipal de Heliópolis (Sevilla) Pizjuán (Sevilla) Luis Casanova (Valencia) José Zorrilla (Villadolid) Balaídos (Vigo)

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