List of South American stadiums by capacity

The following is an incomplete list of South American stadiums. They are ordered by their total capacity, that is the maximum number of spectators the stadium can accommodate (not necessarily meaning seating capacity). Stadiums with a capacity of 30,000 or more are included.

Most large stadiums in South America are used for association football, with some having running tracks for athletics.

List

Rank	Stadium	Capacity	City	Country	Home team(s)
1	Monumental "U"	80,093[1]	Lima	Peru	Universitario
2	Maracanã	78,838[2]	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	CR Flamengo, Fluminense FC, Brazil national football team
3	Nacional Mané Garrincha	72,788[2]	Brasília	Brazil	Brasília FC (some games), Brasiliense FC (some games), Brazil national football team
4	Monumental Antonio V. Liberti	67,664[3]	Buenos Aires	Argentina	River Plate, Argentina national football team
5	Universidad San Marcos	67,469	Lima	Peru	Deportivo Universidad San Marcos
6	Morumbi	67,052[4]	São Paulo	Brazil	São Paulo FC
7	Centenario	65,235[5]	Montevideo	Uruguay	Uruguay national football team, Club Nacional de Football (away matches), Club Atlético Peñarol
8	Castelão	63,903[6]	Fortaleza	Brazil	Ceará SC, Fortaleza EC
9	Mineirão	62,160[7]	Belo Horizonte	Brazil	Cruzeiro EC, Atlético Mineiro (some games)
10	Arena do Grêmio	60,540[8]	Porto Alegre	Brazil	Grêmio FBPA
11	Arruda	60,044[2]	Recife	Brazil	Santa Cruz FC
12	Monumental Banco Pichincha	59,283	Guayaquil	Ecuador	Barcelona SC
13	Mario Alberto Kempes	57,000[9]	Córdoba	Argentina	Belgrano (some games), Talleres (some games), Argentina national football team
14	Parque do Sabiá	56,450[2]	Uberlândia	Brazil	Uberlândia EC
15	Deportivo Cali	53,347	Cali	Colombia	Deportivo Cali
16	Monumental de Maturín	51,796[10]	Maturín	Venezuela	Monagas
17	Fonte Nova	51,708	Salvador	Brazil	EC Bahia
18	Presidente Juan Domingo Perón	51,389[9]	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Racing Club
19	Beira-Rio	51,300[11]	Porto Alegre	Brazil	SC Internacional
20	Serra Dourada	50,049[12]	Goiânia	Brazil	Goiás EC (some games), Vila Nova FC (some games)
21	Nacional	50,000	Lima	Peru	Peru national football team
	Ciudad de La Plata	50,000[9]	La Plata	Argentina	Estudiantes LP (some games), Gimnasia y Esgrima LP (some games)
23	José Amalfitani	49,747[9]	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Vélez Sársfield, Argentina national rugby union team (some games)
24	Metropolitano	49,612[13][14][15]	Barranquilla	Colombia	Junior, Colombia national football team
25	Alberto J. Armando	49,000	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Boca Juniors
26	Tomás Adolfo Ducó	48,314[9]	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Huracán
27	Arena Corinthians	47,605[16]	São Paulo	Brazil	SC Corinthians Paulista
28	Nacional de Chile	47,000	Santiago	Chile	Chile national football team, Universidad de Chile
29	Engenhão	46,831[17]	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Botafogo FR
30	Ciudad de Lanús	46,519[9]	Lanús	Argentina	Lanús
31	Arena Pernambuco	46,154	São Lourenço da Mata	Brazil	Náutico
32	Mangueirão	45,007[2]	Belém	Brazil	Paysandu SC (some games), Remo (some games)
33	Monumental David Arellano	45,000	Santiago	Chile	Colo-Colo, Chile national football team (some games)
	Olímpico Monumental	45,000[2]	Porto Alegre	Brazil	Grêmio FBPA (formerly)
	Morenão	45,000	Campo Grande	Brazil	Operário FC, EC Comercial
36	Farahzão	44,414	Presidente Prudente	Brazil	Presidente Prudente FC
37	Albertão	44,200	Teresina	Brazil	EC Flamengo (some games)
38	Libertadores de América	44,000[9]	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Independiente
	Arena da Amazônia	44,000[2]	Manaus	Brazil	Nacional FC (AM)
40	Allianz Parque	43,713[18]	São Paulo	Brazil	SE Palmeiras
41	José María Minella	43,542[9]	Mar del Plata	Argentina	Aldosivi
42	Arena Pantanal	43,150[19]	Cuiabá	Brazil	Cuiabá EC, Operário FC
43	Metropolitano de Mérida	42,500	Mérida	Venezuela	Estudiantes de Mérida FC
	General Santander	42,500	Cúcuta	Colombia	Cúcuta Deportivo
45	Arena da Baixada	42,150[20]	Curitiba	Brazil	Atlético Paranaense
46	Garcilaso de la Vega	42,056	Cusco	Peru	Cienciano
47	Atanasio Girardot	42,000	Medellín	Colombia	Atlético Nacional, Independiente Medellín
	Couto Pereira	42,000	Curitiba	Brazil	Coritiba FBC
	Hernando Siles	42,000	La Paz	Bolivia	Bolivia national football team, Bolívar (some games), The Strongest (some games)
	Modelo Alberto Spencer Herrera	42,000	Guayaquil	Ecuador
	Pedro Bidegain	42,000[9]	Buenos Aires	Argentina	San Lorenzo
51	Gigante de Arroyito	41,654[9]	Rosario	Argentina	Rosario Central
52	Polideportivo Cachamay	41,600	Ciudad Guayana	Venezuela	Mineros de Guayana
53	Olímpico Atahualpa	41,000	Quito	Ecuador	Deportivo Quito, El Nacional, Universidad Católica, Ecuador national football team
54	Metropolitano de Fútbol de Lara	40,312	Barquisimeto	Venezuela	Deportivo Lara
55	Monumental Virgen de Chapi	40,217	Arequipa	Peru	Melgar
56	Castelão	40,149[2]	São Luís	Brazil	Moto Club, Sampaio Corrêa FC
57	Campeón del Siglo	40,005	Montevideo	Uruguay	Club Atlético Peñarol
58	Verdão	40,000	Cuiabá	Brazil	Dom Bosco, Mixto EC
	Almeidão	40,000	João Pessoa	Brazil	Botafogo FC (PB)
59	Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo	38,755	San Cristóbal	Venezuela	Deportivo Táchira
60	Marcelo Bielsa	38,095[9]	Rosario	Argentina	Newell's Old Boys
61	Olímpico Pascual Guerrero	38,000	Santiago de Cali	Colombia	Deportivo Cali, América de Cali
	Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera	38,000	Santa Cruz de la Sierra	Bolivia	Oriente Petrolero, Destroyers, Blooming
64	Pacaembu	37,952	São Paulo	Brazil	SC Corinthians Paulista (formerly), Santos FC (some games)
65	Estadio José Antonio Anzoátegui	37,485	Puerto la Cruz	Venezuela	Deportivo Anzoátegui
66	Palogrande	36,553	Manizales	Colombia	Once Caldas
67	El Campín	36,343	Bogotá	Colombia	Independiente Santa Fe, Millonarios
68	Defensores del Chaco	36,000	Asunción	Paraguay	Paraguay national football team
69	Barradão	35,632	Salvador	Brazil	EC Vitória
70	Alejandro Villanueva	35,000[1]	Lima	Peru	Alianza Lima
	Amigão	35,000	Campina Grande	Brazil	Treze FC, Campinense
	Pinheirão	35,000	Curitiba	Brazil	Paraná Clube (some games)
73	Malvinas Argentinas	34,875[9]	Mendoza	Argentina	Godoy Cruz
74	Don León Kolbowsky	34,000[9]	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Atlanta
75	Eduardo Gallardón	33,542[9]	Lomas de Zamora	Argentina	Los Andes
76	Juan Carmelo Zerillo	33,500[9]	La Plata	Argentina	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)
77	Florencio Sola	33,351[9]	Banfield	Argentina	Banfield
78	Centenario José Luis Meiszner	33,000[9]	Quilmes	Argentina	Quilmes
	JK	33,000	Itumbiara	Brazil	Itumbiara EC
80	Teixeirão	32,936	São José do Rio Preto	Brazil	América FC (SP)
81	General Pablo Rojas	32,910	Asunción	Paraguay	Cerro Porteño
82	Monumental José Fierro	32,700[9]	San Miguel de Tucumán	Argentina	Atlético Tucumán
83	Nueva España	32,500[9]	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Deportivo Español
84	Brinco de Ouro	32,453	Campinas	Brazil	Guarani FC
85	Brigadier Gral. Estanislao López	32,000[9]	Santa Fe	Argentina	Colón
	Félix Capriles	32,000	Cochabamba	Bolivia	Club Aurora, Jorge Wilstermann
	Olímpico Patria	32,000	Sucre	Bolivia	Universitario, Independiente Petrolero
88	Mário Helênio	31,863	Juiz de Fora	Brazil	Tupi
89	Pituaçu	31,667	Salvador	Brazil	EC Bahia
90	Arena das Dunas	31,375[21]	Natal	Brazil	America FC (RN), ABC FC
91	Café	31,019	Londrina	Brazil	Londrina EC (some games), SE Matsubara (some games)
	Ciudad de Vicente López	31,000[9]	Vicente López	Argentina	Platense
93	Centenário	30,822	Caxias do Sul	Brazil	SER Caxias do Sul
94	Ilha do Retiro	30,520	Recife	Brazil	SC Recife
95	Hernán Ramírez Villegas	30,313	Pereira	Colombia	Deportivo Pereira
96	Coliseo de Victoria	30,000[9]	Victoria	Argentina	Tigre
	Colosso da Lagoa	30,000	Erechim	Brazil	Ypiranga FC (RS)
	Manuel Murillo Toro	30,000	Ibagué	Colombia	Deportes Tolima
	Presidente Perón	30,000[9]	Córdoba	Argentina	Instituto
	Machadão	30,000	Natal	Brazil	América FC (RN)
	Víctor Agustín Ugarte	30,000	Potosí	Bolivia	Real Potosí, Nacional Potosí

See also

• List of African stadiums by capacity
• List of Asian stadiums by capacity
• List of European stadiums by capacity
• List of North American stadiums by capacity
• List of Oceanian stadiums by capacity
• List of stadiums by capacity
• List of association football stadiums by capacity
• List of sporting venues with a highest attendance of 100,000 or more

References

External links

• www.fussballtempel.net