- Address: Mérida
- Country: Venezuela
- Capacity: 42,000
- Opened: 25 May 2007
- Main use: Football
- Tenants: Estudiantes de Mérida (football)
Extra stadium info – Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano de Mérida
The Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano de Mérida has an athletics track. In 2007, the venue hosted the first-ever Copa América match in Venezuela. 23,000 people showed up for the South American football championship game. The national football team of Peru won the match after defeating Uruguay. Miguel Ángel Villalta Hurtado, Juan Carlos Mariño Márquez and José Paolo Guerrero Gonzales all scored for Peru in the game between Uruguay and Peru. The national football team of Uruguay won the inaugural FIFA World Cup after beating the Argentine Republic, commonly known as Argentina. They won the world championship title in 1930. In 1950, Uruguay won their second FIFA World Cup title after defeating Brazil.
More games
The Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano de Mérida hosted two more matches for the 2007 Copa América. Both matches took place on 3 July 2007. The second continental championship game at the Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano de Mérida was a game between Peru and Bolivia. The match ended in a 2-2 draw. Claudio Miguel Pizarro Bosio, who was born in Peru in 1978, scored twice in the game. The national football team of Venezuela faced Uruguay in the third Copa América match at the Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano de Mérida. The game ended in a goalless draw.
Estudiantes de Mérida Fútbol Club
Estudiantes de Mérida Fútbol Club, one of the first football clubs from Venezuela with 100,000 followers on its main social media page, use the Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano de Mérida for home matches. The football club was founded in 1971. They won their first two Venezuelan cup titles in the 1970s. The Estudiantes de Mérida were crowned football champions of Venezuela in 1980 for the first time in their history. They won their second Venezuelan top-flight football league title in 1985.

