- Address: Avenida Pablo Livas 2204, Guadalupe
- Country: United Mexican States
- Capacity: 53,000
- Opened: 2 August 2015
- Main use: Football
- Tenants: CF Monterrey (football)
Extra stadium info – Estadio BBVA
The stadium opened as the Estadio BBVA Bancomer. The construction of the venue started in 2011. It opened with a football match, which was won 3-0 by CF Monterrey after defeating the Portuguese club Sport Lisboa e Benfica. 51,000 people attended the game. Benfica became the second club with a European football championship title. Real Madrid from Spain became the first one. Benfica won the title after beating the Spanish side FC Barcelona in Bern in front of 26,000 spectators.
CF Monterrey
Club de Fútbol Monterrey, nicknamed Rayados, was founded in 1945. In 1986, they won their first Mexican top division-title. CF Monterrey won the North American championship for football clubs in 2011 for the first time in their history. They won the title after beating Real Salt Lake from the United States in a two-legged final. CF Monterrey reached the final after beating the Mexican side Cruz Azul and Real Salt Lake reached the final after defeating Deportivo Saprissa from Costa Rica.
The 2012 FIFA Club World Cup
In 2012, CF Monterrey finished third place in their maiden FIFA Club World Cup appearance. That year, the Brazilian side SC Corinthians Paulista won the world championship for football clubs after beating Chelsea Football Club from the United Kingdom. CF Monterrey became one of the first Mexican sports clubs with 1 million followers on its main social media page.
The Tigres
Football club Tigres de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León are known as the arch-rivals of CF Monterrey. In 2020, they reached the final of the FIFA Club World Cup for the first time in their history. The German side FC Bayern München won the world championship title that year after beating the Tigres 1-0. Benjamin Jacques Marcel Pavard, who was born in the French Republic, scored the only goal of the game.
