The Stadio Armando Picchi is a

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Livorno Livorno () is a port city on the Ligurian Sea on the western coast of Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Livorno, having a population of 158,493 residents in December 2017. It is traditionally known in English as Leghorn (pronou ...

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A.S. Livorno Calcio Unione Sportiva Livorno 1915 (formerly A.S. Livorno Calcio, commonly known as Livorno), is a semi-professional Italian football club based in Livorno, Tuscany. They compete in Serie D, the top tier of semi-professional Italian football after t ...

originally used the Villa Chayes Stadium, part of the nearby the Naval Academy, for matches but when the city team was promoted to the

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in 1928-29 Divisione Nazionale a new and larger facility was required.

History

The new stadium was built in 1933 on project by Raffaello Brizzi, with a capacity of 19,234, at ''Ardenza Mare'' district and was named after Edda Ciano Mussolini until 1945. It was built in

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, has an area of 30,000

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and two rectilinear 90m stands The first match, Livorno vs.

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, was played on October 8, 1933 when the stadium was incomplete. Its inaugural match, on March 24, 1935, was Italia B vs. Austria B. In the post war period it was used by the Americans from the nearby

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logistic base who renamed it “Yankee Stadium” for the occasion. The stadium was then designated ''Stadio Comunale di Livorno'' and for the

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underwent a summary renovation. It hosted some of the

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preliminaries in 1960, but was overlooked for Italia 90. In 1971, the stadium was renamed after the Livorno born footballer

Armando Picchi Armando Picchi (; 20 June 1935 – 27 May 1971) was an Italian football player and coach. Regularly positioned as a libero, he captained the Internazionale side known as "La Grande Inter". Club career Early career Born in Livorno, Picchi star ...

who started playing at his home club before ending his career with

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. In the 1980s it underwent a reconstruction with the demolition of the distinctive ''Torre Maratona''. In 2005 the stadium was renovated in order to improve the safety and the capacity of the structure to mark the return of Livorno to Serie A. In 2021, the

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of the stadium was named after Mauro Lessi, the player who holds the record of longevity with the A.S. Livorno Calcio. In 2022, the grass field was replaced with synthetic grass.

Gallery

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References

1960 Summer Olympics official report.
Volume 1. p. 86.

External links

Stadio Armando Picchi
on StadiumDB {{Coord, 43, 31, 36, N, 10, 18, 51, E, type:landmark_region:IT, display=title

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Venues of the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic football venues Multi-purpose stadiums in Italy Buildings and structures in Livorno Buildings and structures completed in 1935 Sports venues in Tuscany

Armando Armando may refer to: * Armando (given name) * Armando (artist) (1929–2018), the name used by Dutch artist Herman Dirk van Dodeweerd * Armando (producer) Armando Gallop (sometimes written as Armando Gallup) (February 12, 1970 – December 17, ...

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