Estadio Sergio León Chávez is a

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in the city of

Irapuato Irapuato is a Mexican city (and municipality) located at the foot of the Arandas Hill (in Spanish: ''Cerro de Arandas''), in the central region of the state of Guanajuato. It lies between the Silao River and the Guanajuato River, a tributary of ...

. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 25,000 people. The stadium was built in 1967 and hosted three matches in group C of the FIFA World Cup in 1986.

History

Before the stadium was built Irapuato had the Estadio Revolución which was home to

Irapuato FC Club Deportivo Irapuato is a professional football club, based in Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico. They are currently playing in the Serie A in the Liga Premier. Irapuato has mostly played in the Promotion League of Mexico (formerly Primera Divis ...

. The stadium broke ground in 1967 and construction lasted two years. It was founded on 23 May 1969, simply as ''Estadio Irapuato'', gaining its actual name on 4 January 1990, in honour of the former club's president. in October 1968 even before the stadium was completed Irapuato FC invited

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to play a friendly against them in preparation for the

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its first game played in the stadium, Spain would win the match 1–3. the first person to score in the new stadium was

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from Spain. on 24 May 1970 the

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played a friendly vs Irapuato FC in that match the Brazilians beat Irapuato 3–0 with goals from Roberto Rivelino, Roberto Miranda and Caju. Pelé was present in that match. Two International football Tournaments have been played in the Sergio Leon Chavez. * 1986 FIFA World Cup *

1983 FIFA World Youth Championship The 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship was the fourth edition FIFA World Youth Championship tournament, hosted from 2 June to 19 June 1983 in seven venues in Mexico — Guadalajara, Irapuato, León, Mexico City, Monterrey, Puebla and Toluca — w ...

1986 FIFA World Cup

The

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, Michoacán was originally going to be one of the venues for the world cup but due to problems in the building of the stadium led to the suspension of the work, The World Cup site was then transferred to the Estadio Sergio León Chávez. During the

Tournament FIFA wanted to see whether Irapuato had what it took to host the FIFA World Cup, In 1985 the stadium was expanded and the capacity went from 16,300 to 33,000. From 1983 to 1985 several national teams played friendly matches in Irapuato. Also during the 1986 World Cup the

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used Irapuato as their training facility.

1986 FIFA World Cup Group C

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1983 FIFA World Youth Championship

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Other Internationals Played In Irapuato

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References

{{1986 FIFA World Cup stadiums 1986 FIFA World Cup stadiums Football venues in Mexico Sports venues in Guanajuato Sports venues completed in 1969 Irapuato 1969 establishments in Mexico