Mestalla Stadium

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Mestalla Stadium (Template:Langx Script error: No such module "IPA"., Template:Langx Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a football stadium in Valencia, Spain. The stadium is the home of Valencia and has a capacity of 49,430 seats,[1] making it the 8th-largest stadium in Spain, and the largest in the Valencian Community.[2] The stadium's name originates from the historic irrigation canal of Mestalla, which was developed and consolidated during the Moorish dynasty between the 10th and 11th centuries, and was originally outside the south stand of the stadium where it had to be jumped over in order to get to the ground.[3][4] The North Stand of the stadium is known for its very steep section.[5]

History

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Inauguration day, 20 May 1923

The Estadio Mestalla was inaugurated with a friendly match on 20 May 1923 between Valencia and Levante.[6] The new stadium had a capacity of 17,000 spectators, which was increased to 25,000 four years later. During the Civil War, the Mestalla was used as a concentration camp and storage warehouse.[7] It would only keep its structure, since the rest was an empty plot of land with no terraces and a grandstand damaged during the war.

During the 1950s, the Mestalla was renovated, resulting in a stadium with a seating capacity of 60,000 spectators. It was severely damaged by the flood of October 1957 when the Turia River broke its banks. The stadium soon returned to operational use with some more improvements, such as the addition of artificial lighting, and was inaugurated during the 1959 Fallas festivities.

In 1969, the stadium's name was changed to Estadio Luis Casanova, to honour club president Luis Casanova Giner. The change lasted for a quarter of a century, when Casanova admitted that he was completely overwhelmed by such an honour and requested in 1994 that the stadium's name be returned to the Mestalla.[8]

1972 saw the inauguration of the club's head office, located in the back of the numbered terraces. It consisted of an office designed in the avant-garde style with a trophy hall, which held the flag the club was founded on. The summer of 1973 ushered in another change at the Mestalla, the introduction of goal seats, which meant the elimination of fourteen rows of standing room terraces.

Future

A replacement stadium, the Nou Mestalla, started construction in 2007, but is yet to be completed due to the club's financial crisis.[9] The new stadium is due to have a capacity of 61,500.[10] On 10 January 2025, construction for the new stadium has resumed and is estimated for completion prior to the 2027-28 season.[11]

Internationals and Cup Finals

The Mestalla held the Spain national football team for the first time in 1925. It was chosen the national team's group venue when Spain staged the 1982 World Cup,[12] and at the 1992 Summer Olympics held in Barcelona, all of Spain's matches up to the final were held at the Mestalla, as they won Gold.[13][14]

The Mestalla has been the setting for important international matches, has held nine cup finals, has also been a temporary home for Levante, home of the Spain national football team and exile for Castellón and Real Madrid in the European Cup. The Mestalla hosted four El Clásico finals in Copa del Rey between Barcelona and Real Madrid, with 1936, 1990, 2011 and 2014. In total, the stadium hosted ten Copa del Rey finals, with the first one played in 1926.[15]

1982 FIFA World Cup

The stadium was one of the venues of the 1982 FIFA World Cup (known as Luis Casanova Stadium at the time of the tournament), and held the following matches:

Date Team #1 Res. Team #2 Round Attendance
1982-06-16 {{ Template:Yesno alias = Spain flag alias = Flag of Spain.svg flag alias-1506 = Flag of Cross of Burgundy.svg flag alias-1701 = Bandera de España 1701-1748.svg flag alias-1748 = Bandera de España 1748-1785.svg flag alias-1760 = Bandera de España 1760-1785.svg flag alias-1785 = Flag of Spain (1785–1873, 1875–1931).svg flag alias-1873 = Flag of the First Spanish Republic.svg flag alias-1874 = Flag of Spain (1785–1873, 1875–1931).svg flag alias-1931 = Flag of Spain (1931–1939).svg flag alias-civil-1931 = Flag of the Second Spanish Republic (plain).svg flag alias-1936 = Flag of the Bando Nacional (1936–1938).svg flag alias-1938 = Flag of Spain (1938–1945).svg flag alias-1945 = Flag of Spain (1945–1977).svg flag alias-1977 = Flag of Spain (1977–1981).svg flag alias-civil = Flag of Spain (civil).svg flag alias-civil-1785 = BandMercante1785.svg flag alias-navy = Flag of Spain.svg link alias-navy = Spanish Navy flag alias-marines = Flag of Spain.svg link alias-marines = Spanish Marine Infantry flag alias-army = Flag of Spain.svg link alias-army = Spanish Army flag alias-naval = Naval Jack of Spain.svg link alias-naval = Spanish Navy flag alias-air force = Flag of Spain.svg link alias-air force = Spanish Air and Space Force size = name = altlink = national football team variant =

}}||style="text-align:center;"|1–1||{{ Template:Yesno

alias = Honduras flag alias = Flag of Honduras (2022-).svg flag alias-1839 = Flag of Honduras (1839-1866).svg flag alias-1866 = Flag of Honduras (1866-1898).svg flag alias-1898 = Flag of Honduras (1898-1949).svg flag alias-1949 = Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Honduras.svg link alias-naval = Honduran Navy link alias-air force = Honduran Air Force link alias-army = Honduran Army flag alias-army = Flag of the Honduran Army.svg flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of Honduras.svg link alias-navy = Honduran Navy link alias-military = Armed Forces of Honduras size = name = altlink = national football team variant =

}}|| rowspan="3" |Group 5 (first round)||49,562

1982-06-20 2–1 {{ Template:Yesno alias = Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia shortname alias = Yugoslavia flag alias = Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg flag alias-shs = Flag of the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs.svg flag alias-army = Yugoslavia Infantry flag.svg flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Yugoslavia (1949–1993).svg flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of Yugoslavia (1949–1993).svg link alias-military = Yugoslav People's Army link alias-army = Yugoslav Ground Forces link alias-naval = Yugoslav Navy link alias-air force = Yugoslav Air Force link alias-navy = Yugoslav Navy size = name = altlink = national football team variant =

}}||48,000

1982-06-25 0–1 {{ Template:Yesno alias = Northern Ireland flag alias = Ulster Banner.svg flag alias-assembly = Flag of Northern Ireland Assembly.svg flag alias-saltire = St Patrick's saltire.svg flag alias-union = Flag of the United Kingdom.svg size = name = altlink = national football team variant =

}}||49,562

Transport

Metro:

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Aragó station (Line 5) Metrovalencia
File:CAMP DE MESTALLA 2014.jpg
Exterior view

Aragó station (Lines 5 and 7) Metrovalencia

Facultats-Manuel Broseta station (Lines 3 and 9) Metrovalencia

Bus lines:

Amadeo of Savoia street in: line 32.

Reyes Prosper street: line 71.

Avenida de Aragón: lines 10, 12, 80, 41 and 79

Avenida Blasco Ibáñez: lines 10, 29, 30, 31, 71, 79, 81, 89 and 90.

References

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