The Estadio El Arcángel is a multi-use

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in Córdoba,

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. It is currently used primarily for

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matches and it is the home ground of football club

Córdoba CF Córdoba Club de Fútbol (), (from the 2020–21 season onwards competing under the umbrella of Unión Futbolística Cordobesa, S.A.D.) is a Spanish football club based in Córdoba, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1951 as ...

. Originally the stadium had 15,425 seats and was roughly oval shaped, with an athletics track between the pitch and the stands. Since 2004 the stadium has undergone a remodelling to convert it into a pure football stadium. Three of the four sides of the original ground were demolished and the pitch was moved to be closer to the west stand, removing the gap from the previous athletics track. The other three sides were rebuilt, starting with the east stand, which became a two-tiered structure with a large eight-story office building behind it that remains unfinished and empty as of 2017. The north and then south stands were subsequently rebuilt, also with two tiers, though to a much lower height in the second tier than the east stand. As of 2017, it is unclear if the original west stand will be rebuilt. On 25 April 2001, it hosted the

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in a 1–0 victory over

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Gallery

File:Estadio Nuevo Arcángel Córdoba.jpg, Location of the stadion in Córdoba File:Cordoba (15139350614).jpg, External view File:Octubre de 2007026.jpg, View of the crowd File:Estadioarcangel1.jpg, External view

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Estadios de Espana
Football venues in Andalusia Córdoba CF Buildings and structures in the Province of Córdoba (Spain) Sports venues completed in 1993 {{Spain-sports-venue-stub