HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

Estadio Deportivo Cali, also called Estadio de Palmaseca, is a
football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly ...
stadium located in Palmira, Colombia. The stadium opened in 2010, and is the home of
Deportivo Cali Asociación Deportivo Cali, best known as Deportivo Cali, is a Colombian sports club based in Cali, most notable for its football team, which currently competes in the Categoría Primera A. Deportivo Cali is one of the most successful footbal ...
. Its original capacity was for 61,890 people, but it was reduced to 52,000 due to renovations. Since construction, it has been one of the largest stadiums of the country, although the installation of 12,000 seats in its western and eastern stands before the start of the 2018 season further reduced capacity to 42,000. Due to issues involving evacuation safety and limited access roads to the stadium, its capacity is capped at 25,000 as of 2017. The construction of the Deportivo Cali stadium was halted and geographically shifted (250 metres) after remains belonging to a Pre-Columbian ancient indigenous culture were found in the area of building. On 12 September 2021, and on the occasion of the second leg of the
2021 Liga Femenina The 2021 Liga Femenina was the 1st season of the Peruvian Liga Femenina (Peru), Liga Femenina. The season began on 29 May and ended on 4 September with the final. Planned to be held in 2020, the inaugural season of the Liga Femenina was delayed un ...
final series between Deportivo Cali and Santa Fe, the stadium was temporarily renamed ''Estadio Deportivo Cali – Myriam Guerrero'' to honor Myriam Guerrero, a pioneer of women's football in Colombia who was the first team captain and only female manager of the Colombia women's national football team.


References

{{Categoría Primera A venues Deportivo Cali
Deportivo Cali Asociación Deportivo Cali, best known as Deportivo Cali, is a Colombian sports club based in Cali, most notable for its football team, which currently competes in the Categoría Primera A. Deportivo Cali is one of the most successful footbal ...
Multi-purpose stadiums in Colombia Buildings and structures in Valle del Cauca Department