Estadio Sausalito

Estadio Sausalito

Location	Viña del Mar , Chile
Coordinates	33°0′51.83″S 71°32′6.84″W / 33.0143972°S 71.5352333°W / -33.0143972; -71.5352333
Owner	Municipio de Viña Del Mar
Capacity	22,360[1]
Field size	105 x 68 m
Construction
Built	1929
Opened	8 September 1929[2]
Reopened	4 June 2015
Tenants
Everton

Estadio Sausalito (Spanish pronunciation: [sausaˈlito]; Sausalito Stadium) is a multi-purpose stadium in Viña del Mar, Chile.

It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of CD Everton. The stadium holds 22,360 people, was built in 1929 and completely renovated in 2015. The stadium has hosted the 1962 World Cup, two times the Copa América (1991 and 2015) and a FIFA U-17 World Cup.

The name comes from the nearby Sausalito lagoon.

History

Estadio Sausalito before a 2015 Copa América match between Argentina and Jamaica on 20 June.

It was built during Carlos Ibáñez del Campo government in 1929.

In 1960, the stadium was practically destroyed by the Valdivia earthquake, but the rapid reconstruction financed by the municipality did that the ground was chosen as one of the venues to held the 1962 World Cup where hosted all the games of the Group C as well as one during the quarterfinals and semifinals respectively.

In 1991, Sausalito returned to international football, after appearing as one of the four venues in the Copa América of that year, alongside Santiago, Valparaíso and Concepción.

On 19 July 2012, President of Chile Sebastián Piñera announced a reshuffle to the stadium to host the 2015 Copa América and the FIFA U-17 World Cup of the same year, which started during his government and finished few days before the Copa América during Michelle Bachelet government.

International matches

As one of the venues for the 1962 World Cup, the Estadio Sausalito hosted eight matches including the semi-final between Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia. It was also one of four venues to host matches during the Copa América 1991, and it will be one of the eight venues to host matches during the Copa América 2015.

1962 FIFA World Cup

Date	Time (UTC–4)	Team #1	Res.	Team #2	Round	Attendance
30 May 1962	15:00	Brazil	2–0	Mexico	Group 3	10,484
31 May 1962	15:00	Czechoslovakia	1–0	Spain	Group 3	12,700
2 June 1962	15:00	Brazil	0–0	Czechoslovakia	Group 3	14,903
3 June 1962	15:00	Spain	1–0	Mexico	Group 3	11,875
6 June 1962	15:00	Brazil	2–1	Spain	Group 3	18,715
7 June 1962	15:00	Mexico	3–1	Czechoslovakia	Group 3	10,648
10 June 1962	14:30	Brazil	3–1	England	Quarterfinal	17,736
13 June 1962	14:30	Czechoslovakia	3–1	Yugoslavia	Semifinal	5,890

1991 Copa América

Date	Time (UTC–4)	Team #1	Res.	Team #2	Round	Attendance
9 July 1991		Uruguay	1–1	Ecuador	Group B	18,430
9 July 1991		Brazil	2–1	Bolivia	Group B	18,430
11 July 1991		Colombia	0–0	Bolivia	Group B	19,350
11 July 1991		Brazil	1–1	Uruguay	Group B	19,350
13 July 1991		Ecuador	4–0	Bolivia	Group B	17,250
13 July 1991		Colombia	2–0	Brazil	Group B	17,250
15 July 1991		Uruguay	1–0	Colombia	Group B	19,000
15 July 1991		Brazil	3–1	Ecuador	Group B	19,000

2015 Copa América

Date	Time (UTC-3)	Team #1	Res.	Team #2	Round	Attendance
June 12, 2015	20:30	Mexico	0–0	Bolivia	Group A	14,987
June 20, 2015	18:30	Argentina	1–0	Jamaica	Group B	21,083
June 26, 2015	20:30	Argentina	0–0 (PSO: 5–4)	Colombia	Quarter-Finals	21,508

2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup

Date	Time (UTC–3)	Team #1	Res.	Team #2	Round	Attendance
20 October 2015	17:00	United States	2–2	Croatia	Group A	21,893
20 October 2015	20:00	Chile	1–5	Nigeria	Group A	21,893
23 October 2015	17:00	Guinea	1–3	Brazil	Group B	19.321
23 October 2015	20:00	United States	1–4	Chile	Group A	19,321
28 October 2015	17:00	Brazil	1–0	New Zealand	Round of 16	4,265
28 October 2015	20:00	Nigeria	6–0	Australia	Round of 16	4,265
1 November 2015	16:00	Brazil	0–3	Nigeria	Quarter-finals	5,880
8 November 2015	16:00	Belgium	3–2	Mexico	Third place match	15,235
8 November 2015	19:00	Mali	0–2	Nigeria	Final	15,235

References

Coordinates: 33°0′51.83″S 71°32′6.84″W / 33.0143972°S 71.5352333°W / -33.0143972; -71.5352333