Estádio Governador Ernani Sátyro, usually known by its nickname Amigão (sometimes called O Amigão), is a

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. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 35,000. The stadium was built in 1975. The Amigão is owned by the government of Paraíba state. The stadium is named after Ernani Sátyro, who was the governor of Paraíba state from 1971 to 1975. ''Amigão'' means ''Big Friend'' in

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and it refers to the way Ernani Sátyro called his voters, ''amigos velhos'', meaning ''old friends''.

History

In 1975, the works on Amigão were completed. It was built in fourteen months. The inaugural match was played on 8 March of that year, when Campinense and

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drew 0-0. The first goal of the stadium was scored on 16 March 1975, by Campinense's Pedrinho Cangula when Campinense and Treze drew 1-1. The stadium's attendance record currently stands at 41,149, set on 7 February 1982, when

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beat Treze 3–1. In 2007, Nacional de Patos played its home matches during the Brazilian Championship Third Level final stage at Amigão stadium.Nacional não deve jogar em Patos na fase final da Série C do Brasileiro - WSCOM (October 7, 2007)
(retrieved on 23 November 2007)

References

*''Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro'', Volume 2 - Lance, Rio de Janeiro: Aretê Editorial S/A, 2001.

External links

Campinense ClubeTreze Futebol Clube
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