- Address: Rua José dos Reis, 425, Rio de Janeiro
- Country: Brazil
- Capacity: 46,000
- Opened: 2007
- Main use: Football
- Tenants: Botafogo (football)
Extra stadium info – Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos
The stadium is also used for athletics and concerts. Usain Bolt, who became a world-famous Jamaican sprinter, ran at the stadium. He broke several world records. The Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos was one of the venues for the Games of the Olympiad in 2016. The stadium hosted its first Olympic football match on 3 August 2016. The women’s football game was won by Sweden after beating South Africa 1-0 in front of a crowd of 13,000. Later that day, the Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos hosted its second Olympic football match. Brazil won the women’s football game after defeating China 3-0. 27,000 spectators showed up for the match.
The 2021 Copa América
In 2021, the stadium named Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos hosted its first games for the Copa América, the South American championship for national football teams. The Argentine Republic, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela played at the venue during the tournament. The first Copa América match at the Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos was a match between the national football teams of the Argentine Republic and Chile. The Argentine football legend Lionel Andrés Messi scored the first goal of the game. Eduardo Jesús Vargas Rojas scored the only goal for Chile in the game. The Argentine Republic won the 2001 Copa América after beating Brazil in the final. Ángel Fabián Di María scored the only goal in the final.
Botafogo
Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas, which is among the most valuable sports clubs from Brazil, use the venue named Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos for home games. Botafogo and their rivals Flamengo, Fluminense and Vasco da Gama became the first football clubs from Rio de Janeiro with 1 million followers on their main social media page. In 1968, Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas were crowned Brazilian football champions for the first time in their history. In 1995, they won the title for the second time in their history. Botafogo won the South American championship for football teams in 2024 for the first time in their history. They won the title after beating Atlético Mineiro in the Argentine city of Buenos Aires.
