Estádio Severiano Gomes Filho, also known as Estádio Pajuçara, was a multi-use

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Pajuçara Pajuçara is a beach and a neighborhood in Maceió, capital of Alagoas, in Brazil. The Estádio Severiano Gomes Filho is located in the neighborhood. This beach is approximately 2 km from downtown. It is a calm water beach thanks to the r ...

neighborhood,

Maceió Maceió (), formerly sometimes Anglicised as Maceio, is the capital and the largest city of the coastal state of Alagoas, Brazil. The name "Maceió" is an Indigenous term for a spring. Most maceiós flow to the sea, but some get trapped and form la ...

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. It was used mostly for

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matches. The stadium had a capacity of 6,000 people. Estádio Severiano Gomes Filho was owned by CRB The stadium is named after Severiano Gomes Filho, who was the president of CRB in the 1910s and in the 1920s.

History

In 1921, the construction of Estádio Severiano Gomes Filho was completed. The inaugural match was played on September 9 of that year, between CRB and Perez of

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. The stadium's attendance record currently stands at 8,000, set on July 25, 1965 when Santos beat CRB 6–0.

References

*''Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro'', Volume 2 - Lance, Rio de Janeiro: Aretê Editorial S/A, 2001.

External links

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