Estádio Municipal Alberto Oliveira, usually known as Estádio Joia da Princesa, is a multi-use
stadium in
Feira de Santana
Feira de Santana (; Portuguese for "Saint Anne's Fair") is a city in Bahia, Brazil. It is the second-most populous city in the state, with a population of 619,609 according to IBGE's estimate in 2020. It is located 100 km northwest of Salva ...
,
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
. It is currently used mostly for
football matches. The stadium holds 16,274.
It was built in 1953.
Bahia de Feira,
Feirense and
Fluminense de Feira play their home games at the stadium.
Palmeiras Nordeste also played at the stadium
Estádio Joia da Princesa is owned by the Feira de Santana Town Hall. The stadium's formal name honors Alberto Oliveira, who was a Feira de Santana's alderman (''vereador'', in
Portuguese language
Portuguese ( or, in full, ) is a western Romance language of the Indo-European language family, originating in the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. It is an official language of Portugal, Brazil, Cape Verde, Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau and ...
) and was a president of Fluminense de Feira.
History
In 1953, the works on Estádio Joia da Princesa were completed. The inaugural match was played on April 23 of that year, when Bahia de Feira beat
Galícia Esporte Clube
Galícia Esporte Clube is a Brazilian football club from Salvador, capital of the state of Bahia, in Brazil's northeast region.
History
Galícia was founded on January 1, 1933 by immigrants from the autonomous region of Galicia, Spain. Its ...
2-0. The first goal of the stadium was scored by Bahia de Feira's Mário Porto.
The stadium's attendance record currently stands at 20,254, set on August 22, 1985 when Fluminense de Feira beat
Vasco da Gama 1-0.
References
*''Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro'', Volume 2 - Lance, Rio de Janeiro: Aretê Editorial S/A, 2001.
External links
Templos do Futebol
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