Stadio Giuseppe Grezar 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
Trieste,
Italy. It was inaugurated in 1932 as the Stadio Littorio and was initially used as the stadium of
U.S. Triestina Calcio matches. The capacity of the stadium was 8,000. It hosted the match between
Czechoslovakia and
Romania during the
1934 FIFA World Cup
The 1934 FIFA World Cup was the second edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams. It took place in Italy from 27 May to 10 June 1934.
The 1934 World Cup was the first in w ...
.
In 1943 it was renamed Stadio di Valmaura. It was renamed again in 1967, in honour of
Giuseppe Grezar, a native son who was a member of the
Grande Torino
The Grande Torino was the historic Italian football team of Torino Football Club in the 1940s, five-time champions of Italy, whose players were the backbone of the Italy national team and died on 4 May 1949 in the plane crash known as the Superg ...
squad that perished in the
Superga air disaster of 1949.
It was replaced by the nearby
Stadio Nereo Rocco
Stadio Nereo Rocco is a football stadium in Trieste, Italy. It is currently the home of Triestina, named after former player and manager Nereo Rocco. The stadium holds 21,000.
Cagliari played their final home games of the 2011–12 Serie A seas ...
in 1992, but the Stadio Giuseppe Grezar remains open as a minor athletics venue.
References
Stadium history
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1934 FIFA World Cup stadiums
Buildings and structures in Trieste
Sports venues in Friuli-Venezia Giulia
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