Estadio Las Gaunas is a football stadium in

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. The stadium holds 16,000 spectators and was opened on 28 February 2002. It is the home ground of

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club

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, and the women's Primera División team

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History and events

The stadium was opened in 2002 to replace the old stadium with the same name. On 6 September 2011, it hosted the

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in a Euro 2012 qualifier against

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, which the hosts won 6–0 with braces from

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and

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. Earlier, on 16 October 2002, it staged a goalless friendly draw between Spain and

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. On 9 October 2015, Las Gaunas hosted the third match of the Spanish national team. This time, a Euro 2016 qualifier against

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, where Spain won by 4–0 with two goals of

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and other two of

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Attendances

This is a list of home attendance figures of

and

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at league and playoffs games.

References

External links

Estadios de Espana
{{Logroñés UD Logroñés CD Logroñés Football venues in La Rioja (Spain) Sports venues completed in 2002