Estádio Jonas Duarte is a multi-use

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located in

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. It is used mostly for

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matches and hosts the home matches of

Associação Atlética Anapolina Associação Atlética Anapolina, or Anapolina as they are usually called, is a Brazilian football team from Anápolis in Goiás, founded on January 1, 1948. Anapolina greatest rival is Anápolis. Home stadium is the Jonas Duarte stadium, ...

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, Grêmio Esportivo Anápolis and Grêmio Esportivo Inhumense. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 20,000 people and was built in 1965. It is named after Jonas Ferreira Alves Duarte, who was the mayor of Anápolis in the 1950s, and was

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state vice-governor in 1954 and in 1955.

History

The stadium was inaugurated on 10 April 1965, when

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beat an Anápolis City Combined Team 4–1. The first goal of the stadium was scored by São Paulo's player Paraná. The stadium's attendance record currently stands at 17,800 people, set on 15 September 1981, when Anapolina and

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drew 1-1.

References

External links

Templos do Futebol
Jonas Duarte Sports venues in Goiás {{Brazil-sports-venue-stub