List of South American stadiums by capacity

The following is an incomplete list of South American stadiums. They are ordered by their total capacity, that is the maximum number of spectators the stadium can accommodate (all-seater). Stadiums with a capacity of 30,000 or more are included.

Most large stadiums in South America are used for association football, with some having running tracks for athletics.

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#	Stadium	Capacity	Country	City	Home team(s)	Opening
1	Maracanã	78,838 [1]	Brazil	Rio de Janeiro	Flamengo, Fluminense, Brazil national football team	1950
2	Mané Garrincha	72,788 [2]	Brazil	Brasília	Brazil national football team	1974
3	Monumental de Núñez	70,054 [3]	Argentina	Buenos Aires	River Plate, Argentina national football team	1938
4	Morumbi	67,052 [4]	Brazil	São Paulo	São Paulo	1960
5	Monumental	66,000 [5]	Peru	Lima	Universitario	2000
6	Castelão	63,903 [6]	Brazil	Fortaleza	Ceará, Fortaleza	1973
7	Mineirão	61,846 [7]	Brazil	Belo Horizonte	Cruzeiro	1965
8	Centenario	60,235 [8]	Uruguay	Montevideo	Uruguay national football team, Nacional	1930
9	Arruda	60,044 [9]	Brazil	Recife	Santa Cruz	1972
10	Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo	59,283 [10]	Ecuador	Guayaquil	Barcelona Sporting Club	1987
11	Mario Alberto Kempes	57,000 [11]	Argentina	Córdoba	Talleres, Belgrano, Instituto	1978
12	Arena do Grêmio	55,662 [12]	Brazil	Porto Alegre	Grêmio	2012
13	La Bombonera	54,000 [13]	Argentina	Buenos Aires	Boca Juniors	1940
14	Parque do Sabiá	53,350 [14]	Brazil	Uberlândia	Uberlândia	1982
15	Ciudad de La Plata	53,000 [15]	Argentina	Buenos Aires	Estudiantes, Gimnasia y Esgrima	2003
16	Albertão	52,296 [16]	Brazil	Teresina	Flamengo do Piauí	1951
17	Deportivo Cali	52,000 [17]	Colombia	Cali	Deportivo Cali	2010
18	Monumental de Maturín	51,796 [18]	Venezuela	Maturín	Monagas	2007
19	Presidente Juan Domingo Perón	51,389 [19]	Argentina	Buenos Aires	Racing	1950
20	Beira-Rio	50,842 [20]	Brazil	Porto Alegre	Internacional	1969
21	Serra Dourada	50,049 [21]	Brazil	Goiânia	Goiás, Vila Nova	1975
22	Fonte Nova	50,025 [22]	Brazil	Salvador	Bahia	1951
23	Libertadores de América	49,592 [23]	Argentina	Buenos Aires	Independiente	1928
24	José Amalfitani	49,540 [24]	Argentina	Buenos Aires	Vélez Sársfield	1951
25	Neo Química Arena	49,205 [25]	Brazil	São Paulo	Corinthians	2014
26	Nacional de Chile	48,665 [26]	Chile	Santiago	Universidad de Chile, Chile national football team	1938
27	Tomás Adolfo Ducó	48,314 [27]	Argentina	Buenos Aires	Huracán	1949
28	Pedro Bidegain	47,964 [28]	Argentina	Buenos Aires	San Lorenzo	1993
29	Metropolitano de Lara	47,913 [29]	Venezuela	Cabudare	Deportivo Lara	2009
30	Monumental de Chile	47,347 [30]	Chile	Santiago	Colo-Colo, Chile national football team	1975
31	Ciudad de Lanús	47,027 [31]	Argentina	Lanús	Lanús	1929
32	Nilton Santos	46,831 [32]	Brazil	Rio de Janeiro	Botafogo	2007
33	Metropolitano de Barranquilla	46,692 [33]	Colombia	Barranquilla	Junior, Colombia national football team	1986
34	Olímpico Pascual Guerrero	46,400 [34]	Colombia	Cali	América de Cali	1937
35	Arena Pernambuco	46,154 [35]	Brazil	Recife	Brazil national football team	2013
36	Prudentão	45,954 [36]	Brazil	Presidente Prudente	Grêmio Prudente	1982
37	Mangueirão	45,007 [37]	Brazil	Belém	Paysandu, Remo	1978
38	Monumental de la UNSA	45,000 [38]	Peru	Arequipa	Melgar	1995
39	General Pablo Rojas	45,000 [39]	Paraguay	Asunción	Cerro Porteño	1970
40	Atanasio Girardot	44,739 [40]	Colombia	Medellín	Atlético Nacional, Independiente Medellín	1953
41	Arena da Amazônia	44,351 [41]	Brazil	Manaus	Manaus, Nacional	2014
42	Morenão	44,200 [42]	Brazil	Campo Grande	Operário, Comercial	1971
43	Allianz Parque	43,713 [43]	Brazil	São Paulo	Palmeiras	2014
44	Nacional del Peru	43,086 [44]	Peru	Lima	Peru national football team	1927
45	General Santander	42,901 [45]	Colombia	Cúcuta	Cúcuta Deportivo	1948
46	Malvinas Argentinas	42,500 [46]	Argentina	Mendoza	Godoy Cruz	1978
47	Arena da Baixada	42,372 [47]	Brazil	Curitiba	Athletico Paranaense	1914
48	Defensores del Chaco	42,354 [48]	Paraguay	Asuncion	Paraguay national football team	1917
49	Metropolitano de Mérida	42,200 [49]	Venezuela	Mérida	Estudiantes de Merida	2007
50	Garcilaso de la Vega	42,056 [50]	Peru	Cusco	Cienciano	1958

See also[]

• List of African stadiums by capacity
• List of Asian stadiums by capacity
• List of European stadiums by capacity
• List of North American stadiums by capacity
• List of Southeast Asia stadiums by capacity
• List of Oceanian stadiums by capacity
• List of stadiums by capacity
• List of association football stadiums by capacity
• List of sporting venues with a highest attendance of 100,000 or more

References[]

External links[]

• cafe.daum.net/stade
• www.fussballtempel.net ]