''Estadio Helmántico'' (English: Helmántico Stadium) is a

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where

UD Salamanca Unión Deportiva Salamanca, S.A.D. () was a historical Spanish football team based in Salamanca, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 9 February 1923 and nicknamed ''Los Charros'', the club played in white shirts and black ...

played home matches, and is the home stadium of Salamanca CF UDS. The stadium holds 17,341 and was built in 1970. It is located in the municipality of Villares de la Reina, on the outskirts of the city. The Stadium also has a mini-stadium where the team usually trains and once a year hosts an international athletic championship. They are officially called "Javier Sotomayor", for

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who set the

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there, but they are popularly called "Pistas del Helmántico". This second stadium hosts the matches of Salamanca CF UDS B. In addition, there are also some swimming pools and tennis courts. After the dissolution of UD Salamanca in 2013, the stadium went up for auction, finally being acquired by Desarrollos Empresariales Deportivos S.L., that allowed its use to CF Salmantino.

Gallery

File:Estadio Helmantico - Spain vs China 2005.jpg,

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in 2005. File:CFSHelmantico.jpg, Players of Salmantino, celebrating a goal in 2017. File:AficionUDS.JPG,

supporters. File:Partido UDS.JPG,

game. File:Helmantico.JPG, External view.

References

External links

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Football venues in Castile and León UD Salamanca Athletics (track and field) venues in Spain Sports venues completed in 1970 Salamanca CF UDS {{Spain-stadium-stub