Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini (formerly known as Stadio Olimpico Comunale) is a multi-use

stadium A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand o ...

in Grosseto,

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. It is currently used mostly for

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 c ...

matches and is the home ground of U.S. Grosseto. The stadium holds 10,200. During the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...

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, the stadium hosted several

preliminaries. It has also hosted home matches of

U.S. Gavorrano Unione Sportiva Follonica Gavorrano is an Italian association football club that represents the municipalities of Follonica and Gavorrano in Tuscany, the latter is also the company headquarters. The club currently play in Serie D, the fourth t ...

and U.S. Pianese.

References

1960 Summer Olympics official report.
Volume 1. p. 86. F.C. Grosseto S.S.D. Venues of the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic football venues Carlo Zecchini Buildings and structures in Grosseto Sports venues in Tuscany Sport in Grosseto {{Summer-Olympic-venue-stub