Morenão, also known as Estádio Universitário Pedro Pedrossian, is the home ground of Operário and Esporte Clube Comercial. It is located at Cidade Universitária ("University City", in

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), in

Campo Grande Campo Grande (, ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul in the Center-West region of the country. The city is nicknamed ''Cidade Morena'' ("Swarthy City" in Portuguese) because of the reddish-brown colour ...

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Information and history

The stadium is owned by Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul ("Mato Grosso do Sul Federal University", in English), also known as UFMS. Morenão was inaugurated on March 7, 1971. The first stadium match was

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against

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, won by the former by 3–1. The first goal of the stadium was scored by Buião, of Flamengo. The stadium has a capacity of 45,000 people.

Trivia

*The stadium is nicknamed Morenão in reference to Campo Grande city, which is known as Cidade Morena ("Brown City", in English) because of the reddish color of its soil. *The biggest stadium attendance was 38,122 people, set on February 23, 1978, when Operário beat

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2–0.

Brazil national football team

References

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

External links

Morenão at Templos do Futebol
Football venues in Mato Grosso do Sul Sports venues in Mato Grosso do Sul Campo Grande {{Brazil-sports-venue-stub