Estadio Heliodoro Rodriguez Lopez also Estadio de Tenerife is a

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stadium in

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Tenerife Tenerife (; ; formerly spelled ''Teneriffe'') is the largest and most populous island of the Canary Islands. It is home to 43% of the total population of the archipelago. With a land area of and a population of 978,100 inhabitants as of Janu ...

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. It is the home ground of

CD Tenerife Club Deportivo Tenerife, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. Founded in 1912, the club plays in the Segunda División, holding home matches at the Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez Lóp ...

. With a capacity of 22,824 seats, it is the 27th-largest stadium in Spain and the second-largest in the Canary Islands. It has dimensions of 107 x 70 metres, making it the stadium with the largest area of field of the Canary Islands.

History

The stadium was inaugurated on July 25, 1925 with the game between Tenerife and Marino from

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. The plant was designed by the architects José Enrique Marrero Regalado and Carlos Schwartz. The dimensions of the soccer field are 107x70m and it has a capacity of 22,948 spectators, which makes it the stadium with the largest playing surface in the archipelago. The original name of the field was "''Stadium''" and it was changed to the current one in 1950. The stadium was renovated in 1949 and 2000 following as models the

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and the Alberto Jacinto Armando Stadium. In the first half of the 90s it was also used for matches of the Spanish team.

International matches

Spain national team matches

References

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History

International matches

Spain national team matches

See also

References