Estádio Municipal Alberto Oliveira, usually known as Estádio Joia da Princesa, is a multi-use

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Feira de Santana Feira de Santana (; Portuguese language, Portuguese for "Saint Anne's Fair") is a city in Bahia, Brazil. It is the second-most populous city in the state, with a population of 616,272 according to Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, ...

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. It is currently used mostly for

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matches. The stadium holds 16,274. It was built in 1953. Bahia de Feira, Feirense and

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play their home games at the stadium. Palmeiras Nordeste also played at the stadium Estádio Joia da Princesa is owned by the Feira de Santana Town Hall. The stadium's formal name honors Alberto Oliveira, who was a Feira de Santana's alderman (''vereador'', in

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) and was a president of Fluminense de Feira.

History

In 1953, the works on Estádio Joia da Princesa were completed. The inaugural match was played on April 23 of that year, when Bahia de Feira beat

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2-0. The first goal of the stadium was scored by Bahia de Feira's Mário Porto. The stadium's attendance record currently stands at 20,254, set on August 22, 1985 when Fluminense de Feira beat

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1-0.

References

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

External links

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