The Estádio do Canindé, also known as Estádio Oswaldo Teixeira Duarte, is a

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stadium inaugurated on January 11, 1956 in Canindé neighborhood,

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state, Brazil. The stadium is owned by

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. Its formal name honors Oswaldo Teixeira Duarte, a former president of Portuguesa. Although the stadium's maximum capacity is 28,500 people, it has been artificially capped to 21,004.

History

The stadium was built after Portuguesa bought in 1956, from

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, a plot of land located in Canindé neighborhood. At that time, the groundplot had only a training field, a restaurant with a great hall, dressing rooms and other minor installations. To be able to host games, following the requirements of Federação Paulista de Futebol, were built an area surrounded by a wire fence, an official football field and provisional wood bleachers, which gave the stadium the nickname "Ilha da Madeira" (Island of the Wood, in English). The inaugural match was played on January 11, 1956, when Portuguesa beat a

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-São Paulo combined team 3–2. The first Portuguesa goal at the stadium was scored by Nelsinho. During the administration of Oswaldo Teixeira Duarte, on January 9, 1956, Canindé's first ring was inaugurated, with a capacity of 10,000 spectators. The stadium was reinaugurated as Estádio Independência. The reinaugural match was played on January 9, 1972, when Benfica beat Portuguesa, 3–1. The first goal of the stadium after its reinauguration was scored by Benfica's

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. In 1973, the construction works of the second ring started, which sheltered the press cabins and the numbered chairs. On January 11, 1981, the stadium

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were inaugurated with a commemorative tournament called Torneio dos Refletores, carried out with the help of

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. The participating teams were Portuguesa,

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and

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. On January 15, 1981, Portuguesa won the tournament, after defeating Sporting, 2–0. In 1984, the Portuguesa chairman of that time, Manoel Mendes Gregório, renamed the stadium to Estádio Oswaldo Teixeira Duarte. The stadium's attendance record currently stands at 25,000, set on December 9, 1998, when

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beat Portuguesa, 1–0. Also in this stadium,

scored the most goals in Brazilian League history, 10–1 against Tiradentes (PI) on September 2, 1983. Following completion of renovations in 1973, a tractor had been left inside the ground and as a result of changes to the stadium, it was unable to be removed. The tractor was subsequently buried beneath the pitch.

References

*''Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro'', Volume 2 - Lance, Rio de Janeiro: Aretê Editorial S/A, 2001.

External links

Official Site of PortuguesaStadium imageSitedalusa.comCanindé Stadium
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