- 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. The national football team of Uruguay won the inaugural FIFA World Cup after beating the Argentine Republic. They won the world championship title in 1930. In 1950, Uruguay won their second FIFA World Cup title after defeating Brazil.
Estudiantes de Mérida Fútbol Club
Estudiantes de Mérida Fútbol Club use the Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano de Mérida for home matches. They won their first two Venezuelan cup tournament 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.
