- Address: La Plata
- Country: Argentina
- Capacity: 32,000
- Opened: 25 December 1907
- Main use: Football
- Tenants: Estudiantes de La Plata (football)
Extra stadium info – Estadio UNO Jorge Luis Hirschi
The football club named Estudiantes de La Plata is among the most popular Argentine sports clubs. They were crowned Argentine football champions various times. The Estudiantes won the South American championship for football clubs several times. They won three consecutive South American football championship titles between 1968 and 1970. On 16 May 1968, the Estudiantes de La Plata were crowned South American football champions for the first time in their history after beating the Brazilian side Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras. Felipe Ribaudo and Juan Ramón Verón both scored for the Estudiantes de La Plata that day.
Juan Ramón Verón and Juan Sebastián Verón
Juan Ramón Verón played for the national football team of the Argentine Republic. He won three consecutive South American football championship titles with the Estudiantes de La Plata. His son Juan Sebastián Verón also played for the Estudiantes and the national football team of the Argentine Republic. He was born in La Plata in 1975. Juan Sebastián Verón won a continental championship title with the Estudiantes de La Plata after beating the Brazilian side Cruzeiro Esporte Clube. He played one FIFA Club World Cup final. Juan Sebastián Verón lost the final with the Estudiantes de La Plata against the Spanish football giants FC Barcelona.
The world championship for football clubs
In 1968, the Estudiantes de La Plata won their first world championship title after defeating the world famous English side Manchester United in a two-legged tie. The Estudiantes won the first leg, which took place on 25 September 1968, 1-0. 25,000 fans attended the game in the Argentine city of Buenos Aires. The second leg, which took place in the United Kingdom front of 63,000 fans, ended in a 1-1 draw.
The Estudiantes de La Plata versus AC Milan
AC Milan became the second Italian football club with a world championship title. They won their first-ever world championship title after beating the Estudiantes de La Plata in a two-legged tie in 1969. The first leg between AC Milan and the Estudiantes de La Plata took place in the Italian Republic. The game ended in a victory for the Italian club. The Estudiantes won the second leg, which took place in the Argentine Republic. The second leg became infamous for the violence on the football pitch. The entire team of the Estudiantes de La Plata was arrested following their violent world championship match against AC Milan. Several players who played for the Estudiantes in the second leg of the world championship endured prison time and suspensions.
