- Address: Gavilán 2151, Buenos Aires
- Country: Argentine Republic
- Capacity: 26,000
- Opened: 27 April 1940
- Main use: Football
- Tenants: Argentinos Juniors (football)
Extra stadium info – Estadio Autocrédito Diego Armando Maradona
The Argentinos Juniors use the venue for home matches. The football club was founded in 1904. The Argentinos Juniors played numerous matches in the Argentine top-flight football league. In 1985, they were crowned South American football champions for the first time in their history. The Argentinos Juniors won the title after beating América de Cali from Colombia.
Diego Maradona
The Estadio Autocrédito Diego Armando Maradona is named after Diego Maradona, a former player of Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors. He is considered as one of the best football players ever. In 1986, Maradona won the FIFA World Cup with the Argentine Republic while he was under contract with the Italian side SSC Napoli. Diego Armando Maradona played professional football for the Argentinos Juniors, the Boca Juniors, FC Barcelona, SSC Napoli, Sevilla FC and the Newell’s Old Boys before he returned to the Boca Juniors in 1995.
