- Address: Avenida Constantino Nery, Manaus
- Country: Brazil
- Capacity: 44,000
- Opened: 9 March 2014
- Main use: Football
- Tenants: Amazonas FC (football), Manaus FC (football), Nacional FC (football)
Extra stadium info – Arena da Amazônia – Vivaldo Lima
The Arena da Amazônia – Vivaldo Lima hosted four matches for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. It also hosted football matches for the Games of the Olympiad in 2016. The national football team of Cameroon faced Croatia, England faced the Italian Republic, Honduras faced the Swiss Confederation and the United States faced the Portuguese Republic at the venue during the 2014 FIFA World Cup. All games were group-stage games of the world championship for national football teams.
The first FIFA World Cup game at the Arena da Amazônia – Vivaldo Lima
On 14 June 2014, the stadium hosted its first match for the prestigious FIFA World Cup. The national football team of the Italian Republic, commonly known as Italy, won the game after beating England in front of a crowd of 39,000. Claudio Marchisio scored the first FIFA World Cup goal at the Arena da Amazônia – Vivaldo Lima. He scored the goal for the Italian Republic. Daniel Andre Sturridge scored the second FIFA World Cup goal at the venue. He scored the goal for England. Mario Balotelli Barwuah scored the second FIFA World Cup goal for the Italians in the first FIFA World Cup game at the stadium.
More FIFA World Cup games
The second FIFA World Cup match at the Arena da Amazônia – Vivaldo Lima was won by Croatia after defeating Cameroon. The Croatians scored four goals against the Cameroonians. The United States faced the Portuguese Republic, commonly known as Portugal, in the third world championship game at the venue. The match ended in a draw. The Swiss Confederation, commonly known as Switzerland, won the fourth FIFA World Cup match at the Arena da Amazônia – Vivaldo Lima after beating Honduras.
Tenants
Amazonas Futebol Clube, Manaus Futebol Clube and Nacional Futebol Clube use the Arena da Amazônia – Vivaldo Lima for home games. Nacional FC was founded in 1913. They won the state championship of the state named Amazonas numerous times. In 1916, Nacional FC won the state championship for the first time in their history. They played numerous matches in the Brazilian top-flight football league. Manaus FC was founded in 2013. They won their first-ever state championship in 2017. Amazonas FC was founded in 2019. In 2023, they were crowned football champions of the state named Amazonas for the first time in their history.
