Castelão

"Gigante da Boa Vista"
Full name	Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo
Location	Fortaleza, Brazil
Coordinates	3°48′26.16″S, 38°31′20.93″W
Opened	November 11, 1973
Renovated	2002
Owner	Governo do Estado
Operator	Secretaria de Esportes e Juventude
Architect	José Liberal de Castro Gehard Ernst Borman Reginaldo Mendes Rangel Marcílio Dias de Luna Ivan da Silva Britto
Structural engineer	Hugo Alcântara Mota
Capacity	60,326[1]
Field dimensions	110 x 75 m[2]
Tenants
Ceará Fortaleza Ferroviário

The Estádio Plácido Aderaldo Castelo, also known as the Castelão or Gigante da Boa Vista, is a football stadium inaugurated on November 11, 1973 in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, with a maximum capacity of 60,326 people.^[1] The stadium is owned by the Ceará state Government, and is the home ground of Ceará Sporting Club and Fortaleza Esporte Clube. Its formal name honors Plácido Aderaldo Castelo, Ceará governor from September 12, 1966 to March 15, 1971, and was the stadium construction idealizer.^[3]

Contents 1 History 2 International matches 3 Other events 4 References

[edit] History

Castelão was completed in 1973 and was inaugurated on November 11 of that year.

In May 2000, the Ceará state government started to reform the stadium. The reformations were divided in three stages, and started on May 16, 2001. The first stage consisted in the recovery of the ditches, and of the bleachers junctions, as well as the recovery of the low walls. The second stage of the reformation started on July 20, 2001, and consisted in the recovery and strengthen of the stadium physical structure. The third stage consisted in the recovery of the electrical, hydraulic, sanitary and electronic installations.^[3]

The inaugural match was played on November 11, 1973, when Ceará and Fortaleza drew 0-0.^[1] The stadium's first goal was scored on November 18, 1973 by Ceará's Erandy, when Ceará beat Vitória 1-0.^[2][1]

The re-inaugural match was played on March 23, 2002, when the Brazil national team beat the Yugoslavia national team 1-0.^[3] The stadium's first goal after the re-inauguration was scored by Brazil's Luizão.^[3]

The stadium's attendance record currently stands at 118,496, set on August 27. 1980, when the Brazil national team beat the Uruguay national team 1-0.^[2]

Castelão is a possible venue to 2014 World Cup that will be held in Brazil.

[edit] International matches

• August 27, 1980

Brazil-Uruguay 1-0
Referee: Luís Carlos Félix
Goal: Getúlio (Brazil).

• May 10, 1989

Brazil-Peru 4-1
Referee: Espósito - Argentina
Goals: Charles (2), Bebeto and Zé do Carmo (Brazil); C. Torres (Peru).

• February 26, 1992

Brazil-USA 3-0
Referee: Luiz Vilanova
Goals: Raí (2) and Antônio Carlos (Brazil).

• February 22, 1995

Brazil-Slovakia 5-0
Referee: Dacildo Mourão
Goals: Bebeto (2), Souza, Túlio and Márcio Santos (Brazil).

• November 18, 1998

Brazil-Russia 5-1
Referee: Gustavo Mendez (Uruguay)
Goals: Élber, Amoroso (2), Rivaldo and Marcos Assunção (Brazil); Kournokov (Russia).

• March 28, 2002

Brazil-Yugoslavia 1-0
Referee: Epifanio Gonsales (Paraguay)
Goal: Luizão (Brazil).

• August 21, 2002

Brazil-Paraguay 0-1
Referee: Oscar Ruiz (Colombia)
Goal: Cuevas (Paraguay).

[edit] Other events

On July 9, 1980, it was opened in Fortaleza the 10th National Eucharistic Congress. Pope John Paul II participated in the celebrations of the Congress and the Estádio Castelão received the largest public of its history: 120,000 followers. On this occasion, during Virgílio Távora's government, the stadium was reformed, and the bleachers of the inferior section were concluded.

Another religious celebration happened on August 13, 1995. On this occasion the archbishop of Fortaleza Dom Aloísio Lorscheider farewell gathered 50 thousand followers.

Several artistic shows were made at the stadium. One of the most outstanding happened on December 10, 1996 when Xuxa commanded the animation to thousands of children.

[edit] References

Coordinates: 3°48′26.16″S 38°31′20.93″W / 3.8072667°S 38.5224806°W / -3.8072667; -38.5224806