Estadio Áristocles ''Toco'' Castillo is a

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stadium in

Veraguas Veraguas () is a province of Panama, located in the centre-west of the country. The capital is the city of Santiago de Veraguas. It is the only Panamanian province to border both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. It covers an area of 10,587.6&nb ...

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which hosts Liga Profesional de Fútbol teams

Atlético Veragüense Atlético Veragüense is a Panamanian football team playing in the Liga Panameña de Fútbol. It is based in Santiago de Veraguas in Veraguas province. Its home stadium is Estadio Aristocles Castillo. The team was previously known as ''La Primave ...

, Veraguas Club Deportivo, and other teams and local competitions from the

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. Formerly the stadium had smaller dimensions and natural turf, but it was still used for ANAPROF games. In 2008, a joint effort from the

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government and the national sport institute (INDE) spent $449,104 in installing

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to the field and increase its dimensions to 101x68 m. The stadium was inaugurated on January 18, 2009 and the first

Liga Panameña de Fútbol The Liga Panameña de Fútbol (LPF) ( en, Panamanian Football League) is the top division football league in Panama. Until 2009, the league was named ''Asociación Nacional Pro Fútbol (ANAPROF)''. Competition format The league's season is divide ...

game in the renewed stadium was played on Sunday March 1, 2009 when

defeated Alianza 4-3 in the

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championship. The first goal in the renewed stadium was scored by Abdul Pinto of Alianza.

References

Football venues in Panama Buildings and structures in Veraguas Province Santiago de Veraguas {{Panama-sports-venue-stub