Estádio São Januário
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Full name | Estádio Vasco da Gama |
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Location | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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Owner | Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama |
Operator | Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama |
Capacity | 21,880[1] |
Record attendance | 40,209 (Vasco da Gama 0–2 Londrina, February 19, 1978)[2] |
Field size | 105 m × 68 m (344 ft × 223 ft) |
Surface | Grass |
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Built | 1926-1927 |
Opened | April 21, 1927 |
Renovated | 2006, 2012 |
Architect | Ricardo Severo |
Tenants | |
Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama |
Estádio Vasco da Gama, also known as Estádio São Januário, owing to its location on a street of the same name, is the home ground of Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama. Its facade is listed by the National Historical and Artistic Heritage.
It is located in the Vasco da Gama neighborhood, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on a hill near the National Observatory of Brazil. Because of its position it is often referred to as Estádio da Colina (Hill's Stadium) which in turn has given Vasco the nickname of Gigante da Colina (Hill's Giant). It is one of the few Association Football specific stadiums in the world which has both team benches and coaching areas behind the goal line at the same end of the field.
The stadium had a capacity of 25.000 and it was inaugurated on April 21, 1927, with the presence of Washington Luís, Brazilian president in that time. The first event held in the stadium was a match between Vasco and Santos, which Santos won. The stadium stands as the biggest private venue in the State of Rio de Janeiro.
This stadium has also historic importance, because Brazilian president Getúlio Vargas used it many times to do deliver speeches to the Brazilian people. Vargas announced the first Brazilian work laws on the tribune of São Januário.
Vasco da Gama, owner of São Januário, is the only Rio de Janeiro big football club to have its private stadium. Other big clubs (as Flamengo, Fluminense and Botafogo) have to rent other places (Flamengo and Fluminense play at Maracanã owned by Rio de Janeiro State and Botafogo plays at Estádio Nilton Santos owned by Rio de Janeiro City).
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São Januário Sports Complex
Aquatics centre
The São Januario Aquatics Centre opened on August 30, 1953 and is used by the swimming school. In 1998, it held one event of the FINA Swimming World Cup.
Courts
This stadium has two courts. The first opened on September 23, 1956, and it is the main court. In 1999, this court was remodeled and its capacity increased to 2,500 seats. The second court, denominated forninho ("little oven" in Portuguese), is smaller than main and it's located behind the Aquatic park.
Chapel
A chapel, known in Portuguese as Capela de Nossa Senhora das Vitórias, is located between the stadium and the adjacent aquatic park. The project of this chapel was made by Álvaro Nascimento Rodrigues and José Ribeiro de Paiva and it was opened on August 15, 1955.
The importance of this chapel is so big that many projects to remodel the stadium was discarded just because they considered its demolition.
Trophy room
Located just after the stadium front door, the trophy room has about 8,000 trophies, cup, plates, medals and photos earnings on the whole club's history[3]
Largest official attendances
# | Attendance | Home | Result | Away | Date | Tournament | Observation |
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1 | 40,209 | Vasco da Gama | 0–2 | Londrina | February 19 1978 | Campeonato Brasileiro | |
2 | 36,910 | Vasco da Gama | 2–2 | Vitória | November 21 1999 | Campeonato Brasileiro | |
3 | 36,273 | Vasco da Gama | 2–0 | Barcelona de Guayaquil | August 12 1998 | Copa Libertadores | Final's first leg |
4 | 35,308 | Vasco da Gama | 2–0 | Internacional | September 26 1999 | Campeonato Brasileiro | |
5 | 34,147 | Vasco da Gama | 2–1 | Ponte Preta | August 20 2000 | Campeonato Brasileiro | |
6 | 33,814 | Vasco da Gama | 1–1 | Paraná | September 19 1999 | Campeonato Brasileiro | |
7 | 33,516 | Vasco da Gama | 2–1 | Atlético Paranaense | October 31 1999 | Campeonato Brasileiro | |
8 | 33.428 | Vasco da Gama | 2–1 | Palmeiras | October 16 1999 | Campeonato Brasileiro | |
9 | 33,378 | Vasco da Gama | 2–0 | Fluminense | October 30 1949 | Campeonato Carioca | |
10 | 33,330 | Vasco da Gama | 0–0 | Cruzeiro | May 23 1998 | Copa do Brasil | |
11 | 32,672 | Vasco da Gama | 2–1 | Flamengo | September 14 1947 | Campeonato Carioca | |
12 | 30,254 | Vasco da Gama | 6–0 | Joinville | March 25 1984 | Campeonato Brasileiro |
Source: [4]
Derbies
Until the construction of Maracanã, Vasco used to play the city derbies at São Januário. After Maracanã was opened, in 1950, the derbies moved to there. Since then, though, a few of those derbies have been played at São Januário, mostly when Maracanã was undergoing refurbishing. The last derby played there was in 2005 against Flamengo for the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2005, with Vasco winning, 2–1. Here is Vasco's home record against its major rivals:
Opponent | G | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | |||
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Botafogo | 43 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 66 | 51 | 15 | |||
Fluminense | 46 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 81 | 56 | 25 | |||
Flamengo | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 66 | 51 | 15 | |||
G – games played; W - wins; L - losses; D - draws; GF – goals for; GA – goals against; GD – goal differential |
2011 Military World Games
The São Januario stadium hosted some matches in the men's and women's football tournament at the 5th CISM Military World Games.[5]
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External links
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Preceded by | South American Championship Final Venue 1949 |
Succeeded by Estadio Nacional de Lima Lima |
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