Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena () is a

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Salta Salta () is the capital and largest city in the Provinces of Argentina, Argentine province of Salta Province, the same name. With a population of 618,375 according to the 2010 census, it is also the List of cities in Argentina, 7th most-populous ...

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, built for the

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. It holds 20,408 people and is now the home ground of Juventud Antoniana and Central Norte, both playing currently in the country's third level. While it is mainly used for football, the Argentina national rugby team has also played at Padre Martearena stadium. The structure is formed by four sectors, two sides tiers with capacity for 6,000 each one, and two main grandstands with 4,000. They are also formed by 22 modules of 900 spectators each. The stadium was named after Father Ernesto Martearena (1944–2001), a

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who served in the province and was recognised for his social work. Martearena was killed after being assaulted by two men in his own house.

Football

FIFA Youth World Cup

During the

this stadium hosted the Group E, conformed by

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and

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, and the round of 16 match between Costa Rica and

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Copa América

It also hosted two

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matches for the 2011 Copa America:

Other football events

The stadium hosted for the first time an international club competition when

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played its home matches for the round of 16 and quarter finals of the 2004 Copa Sudamericana. For the

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and

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editions of the

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, Boca Juniors used this stadium only for the round of 16 home matches. Since 2002 Salta hosts one of the many annual Summer Tournaments and has hosted several matches for the

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on its 2011–12, 2013–14 and 2014–15 editions.

Rugby

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, ''Los Pumas'', has played several test matches here and several Rugby Championship matches.

Shows

Some of the artists that have performed at the Padre Martearena Stadium are

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(2009 and 2011),

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(2010), Calle 13 (

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(2014), Violetta (2015) and

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