- Address: Buenos Aires
- Country: Argentine Republic
- Capacity: 47,000
- Opened: 16 December 1993
- Main use: Football
- Tenants: San Lorenzo (football)
Extra stadium info – Estadio Pedro Bidegain
The Estadio Pedro Bidegain is nicknamed Nuevo Gasómetro. It became one of the largest Argentine sports venues by capacity. Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro use the stadium for home games. The club was founded in 1908. San Lorenzo played their first-ever Argentine top-flight football league game in 1915. They lost the match. San Lorenzo finished 13th place in their maiden top-flight football league season. They won 10 of the 24 league matches during that football season. Three of those 24 games ended in a draw.
The Copa Libertadores
San Lorenzo won the Copa Libertadores, the South American championship for football clubs, in 2014 for the first time in their history. They won the title after beating Club Nacional from Paraguay in a two-legged final. The first leg, which took place in Paraguay, ended in a goalless draw. Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro won the second leg 1-0. Néstor Ezequiel Ortigoza, who played various matches for the national football team of Paraguay, scored the only goal of the match. San Lorenzo drew an average attendance of 35,000 in their seven home games in that Copa Libertadores season.
The 2014 FIFA Club World Cup
San Lorenzo, one of the first Argentine football clubs with 1 million followers on its main social media page, played their first-ever FIFA Club World Cup match in 2014. On 20 December 2014, they played their first-ever FIFA Club World Cup final. 38,000 people showed up for the world championship game, which took place in Morocco. The Spanish football giants Real Madrid won the final. Sergio Ramos García scored the first goal of the match and Gareth Frank Bale scored the second goal of the match. Real Madrid won several world championship titles before they defeated San Lorenzo in 2014.
