The Stadio Partenio-Lombardi is a

multi-purpose stadium A multi-purpose stadium is a type of stadium designed to be easily used by multiple types of events. While any stadium could potentially host more than one type of sport or event, this concept usually refers to a specific design philosophy tha ...

Avellino Avellino () is a town and ''comune'', capital of the province of Avellino in the Campania region of southern Italy. It is situated in a plain surrounded by mountains east of Naples and is an important hub on the road from Salerno to Benevento. ...

, Italy. It is currently used mostly for

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matches and is the home of U.S. Avellino 1912. The stadium was built in 1973 and holds 26,308. On 9 June 2011 the stadium was dedicated to former Avellino player

Adriano Lombardi Adriano Lombardi (7 August 1945 – 30 November 2007), nicknamed ''il rosso di Ponsacco'', was an Italian football player and a football coach, mostly known for his time spent at Avellino. Career He played as a midfielder with many teams, in ...

Notable matches

The Partenio hosted the second leg of the

1990 UEFA Cup Final The 1990 UEFA Cup Final was an association football tie played on 2 May 1990 and 16 May 1990 between Juventus and Fiorentina of Italy. Juventus won 3–1 on aggregate. This was the first final between two Italian sides in the UEFA competit ...

between

Fiorentina ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as Fiorentina (), is an Italian professional football club based in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original team was founded by a merger in August 1926, while the actual club was refounded in August 2002 fo ...

and

Juventus Juventus Football Club (from la, iuventūs, 'youth'; ), colloquially known as Juve (), is a professional Association football, football club based in Turin, Piedmont, Italy, that competes in the Serie A, the top tier of the Italian football leagu ...

. On 11 October 2002, the

Italy national under-21 football team The Italy national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Italy and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation. The team competes in the UEFA European Under-21 Championship, held every two years. Italy (along with ...

won in Partenio 4–1 against

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External links

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References

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