- 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. Various world-famous artists performed at the Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos in front of tens of thousands of spectators. Football club Colo-Colo won the first-ever sports match at the stadium, which opened with a capacity of 48,000.
The 1962 FIFA World Cup
The Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos hosted several matches for the 1962 FIFA World Cup, the first-ever world championship for national football teams that took place in Chile. Six of those matches were group-stage matches. The first FIFA World Cup game at the venue took place on 30 May 1962. The national football team of Chile won the game against the Swiss Confederation 3-1. A crowd of 65,000 showed up for the match.
The knockout stage
The national football team of Chile also played a FIFA World Cup semi-final at the Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos. They lost the game against Brazil. The national football team of Chile finished third place in the 1962 FIFA World Cup. 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.
Club 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 Club Universidad de Chile and Club Deportivo 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. The 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.
