- Address: Avenida Grecia 2001, Santiago
- Country: Chile
- Capacity: 48,000
- Opened: 3 December 1938
- Main use: Football, rugby union
- Tenants: Universidad de Chile (football)
Extra stadium info – Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos
The construction of the venue, which is nicknamed El Coloso de Ñuñoa, started in 1937. It was built on former farmland. Football club Colo-Colo won the first-ever sports match at the stadium. It hosted numerous matches of the national football team of Chile. They finished third place in the 1962 FIFA World Cup, the first-ever football world championship that took place in Chile. The Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos hosted the 1962 FIFA World Cup final, which was won by the national football team of Brazil. 68,000 spectators showed up for the game.
Universidad de Chile
In 1962, the stadium’s record attendance for a sports match was set when 85,000 people showed up for a football match between Universidad de Chile and Universidad Católica. Club Universidad de Chile was founded in 1927. It became the second Chilean sports club with 1 million followers on its main social media page. Universidad de Chile won the top-flight football league of Chile various times. They have a fierce rivalry with Colo-Colo, the first football club from Chile with 20 top-flight league titles.
