Stadion Ergilio Hato ( nl, Ergilio Hatostadion, also in Papiamento: ''Sentro Deportivo Korsou SDK'') 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 ...

Willemstad Willemstad ( , ; ; en, William Town, italic=yes) is the capital city of Curaçao, an island in the southern Caribbean Sea that forms a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It was the capital of the Netherlands Antilles pr ...

, Curaçao. It is also known as Sentro Deportivo Korsou (SDK) and is the island's largest stadium, with a capacity of 10,000 spectators. It is named after

Ergilio Hato Ergilio Pedro Hato (7 November 1926 – 18 December 2013), also known as Pantera Negra (Black Panther), was a goalkeeper from Curaçao in the former Netherlands Antilles. He was well known in the Caribbean and his reputation achieved beyond th ...

, a legendary football player from the island. The stadium is currently used mostly for football matches, also being the home ground of the

Curaçao national football team The Curaçao national football team ( nl, Curaçaos voetbalelftal; Papiamentu: ''Selekshon di Futbòl Kòrsou'') represents Curaçao in International football and is controlled by the Curaçao Football Federation (Federashon Futbòl Kòrsou; ...

, successor of the

Netherlands Antilles national football team The Netherlands Antilles national football team ( Dutch, "Nederlands-Antilliaans voetbalelftal"; Papiamentu, "Selekshon Antiano di futbòl") was the national team of the former Netherlands Antilles from 1958 to 2010. It was controlled by the Ne ...

. The clubs using the ground are

CRKSV Jong Holland CRKSV Jong Holland is a Curaçao football team based in Willemstad and playing in the First Division of Curaçao liga MCB. Achievements *Netherlands Antilles Championship: 1 :: 1977 * Curaçao League: 9 :: 1926, 1928, 1932, 1935, 1937, 1940, 1 ...

, CRKSV Jong Colombia and RKSV Centro Dominguito. Originally the stadium was used as the home of the Netherlands Antilles National Team, which was disbanded when this entity disappeared in 2010. The stadium underwent a series of renovations in 2013 to improve its infrastructure and make it more suitable for the international competitions it usually hosts. It hosted CONCACAF Nations League matches in 2019 and 2020.

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