Estadio Sergio León Chávez is a Multi-purpose stadium in the city of Irapuato.
It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 25,000 people.www.fussballtempel.net The stadium was built in 1967 and hosted three matches in group C of the FIFA World Cup in 1986.
History
Before the stadium was built Irapuato had the Estadio Revolución which was home to Irapuato FC. The stadium broke ground in 1967 and construction lasted two years. It was founded on 23 May 1969, simply as Estadio Irapuato, gaining its actual name on 4 January 1990, in honour of the former club's president. in October 1968 even before the stadium was completed Irapuato FC invited Spain to play a friendly against them in preparation for the 1968 Summer Olympics its first game played in the stadium, Spain would win the match 1–3. the first person to score in the new stadium was Juan Manuel Asensi from Spain. on 24 May 1970 the Brazil national football team played a friendly vs Irapuato FC in that match the Brazilians beat Irapuato 3–0 with goals from Rivellino, Roberto Miranda and Caju. Pelé was present in that match.
Two international football tournaments have played matches at the Sergio Leon Chavez: 1986 FIFA World Cup 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship
One Continental football tournament has played matches at the Sergio Leon Chavez: 2024 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
2024 CONCACAF U-20 Championship The Estadio Sergio León Chávez Hosts Group B & C during the Tournament and two Quarterfinal Matches.
1986 FIFA World Cup The Estadio Morelos in Morelia, Michoacán was originally going to be one of the venues for the World Cup. Still, problems in the building of the stadium led to the suspension of the work, The World Cup site was then transferred to the Estadio Sergio León Chávez.
During the 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship Tournament FIFA wanted to see whether Irapuato had what it took to host the FIFA World Cup, In 1985 the stadium was expanded and the capacity went from 16,300 to 33,000.
From 1983 to 1985 several national teams played friendly matches in Irapuato. Also during the 1986 World Cup the Soviets used Irapuato as their training facility.
1986 FIFA World Cup Group C
1983 FIFA World Youth Championship
Other Internationals Played In Irapuato
Mexico: GK Arturo Javier Ledesma DF Felix Cruz DF Rafael Amador DF Héctor Manuel Esparza DF Raul Gonzalez MF Jesus Roca Ruiz MF Jose Luis Aldrete MF Horacio Rocha MF Luis Francisco Garcia FW Luis Flores FW Luis Gilberto Plascencia Substitutions: MF Alejandro Domínguez MF Raul Arias FW Francisco Jose Fernandez GK Victor Manuel Aguado Manager: Bora Milutinović Canada: GK Chris Turner DF Ken Garraway DF Trevor McCallum DF Shaun Lowther DF Craig Martin MF Charlie Falzon MF Greg Ion MF John Connor MF Randy Ragan FW George Pakos FW Paul James Substitutions: Manager: Tony Waiters
Mexico: GK Olaf Heredia DF Armando Manzo DF Vinicio Bravo DF Alfredo Tena DF Mario Trejo MF Juan Antonio Luna MF Javier Aguirre MF Armando Manzo MF Mario Diaz Perez FW Enrique López Zarza FW Luis Gilberto Plascencia Substitutions: DF Francisco Chávez Serrano MF Manuel Negrete MF Javier Hernández FW Luis Flores Manager: Bora Milutinović Venezuela: GK César Baena DF Franco Rizzi DF Aranguren DF Useche DF Icea MF Juvencio Betancourt MF Alvarez MF Gonzalez MF Herrera FW Asdrúbal Olivares FW Bernardo Anor Substitutions: DF Membrilla MF Olivares MF Barco FW Milillo Manager: Walter Roque
HUNGARY: GK1 Péter DisztlDF2 Sándor SallaiDF3 Antal Róth DF6 Imre GarabaDF Attila Héredi DF5 József KardosMF8 Antal Nagy (c)MF10 Lajos DétáriMF21Gyula Hajszán FW7 József Kiprich FW19György Bognár Substitutions:FW20Kálmán Kovács FW9László Dajka DFLászló Gyimesi DF14Zoltán Péter Ferenc Mészáros Manager:György Mezey SOUTH KOREA: GK1 Cho Byung-DeukDF2 Park Kyung-HoonDF5 Chung Yong-HwanDF12 Kim Pyung-Seok MF8 Cho Young-Jeung MF18 Kim Sam-Soo MF4 Cho Kwang-RaeMF16Kim Joo-Sung MF13 Noh Soo-Jin FW7Kim Jong-Boo FW10 Park Chang-Sun(c)Substitutions:DF3Chung Jong-Soo DF15Yoo Byung-Ok FW6Lee Tae-Ho DF14Cho Min-Kook FW11Byun Byung-Joo Manager: Kim Jung-Nam Gallery
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