Estadio Defensores del Chaco Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==History== ===1910s=== In February 1916, the construction of the stadium began.<ref name="apf.org.py"/> In November 1917, its inauguration came as the name '''Stadium de Sajonia''', with a game between Olimpia Asunci贸n and Libertad, won 1-0 by the latter.<ref name="apf.org.py"/> In 1919, Paraguay's national team played its first game in the stadium and Faustino Casado marked Paraguay's first ever goal in the stadium.<ref name="apf.org.py"/> ===1920s=== After Uruguay won the Olympic gold medal in football in [[Football at the 1924 Summer Olympics|1924]], the Paraguayan Football Association decided to rename the stadium "Uruguay" to honor the South American Nation. Later, the name was reverted to Estadio Puerto Sajonia. In August 1925, Paraguay's national team achieved its first victory in the stadium in a game against [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]] in the [[Copa Bossio]].<ref name="apf.org.py"/> ===1930s=== During the Paraguay-Bolivia [[Chaco War]], the stadium was used as a munitions depot and troop meeting arena because of its strategic location.<ref name="apf.org.py"/> When the war finished, the stadium began its transformation process.<ref name="apf.org.py"/> It was renamed with the current name "Defensores del Chaco" (Defenders of the Chaco) in honour of the triumphant soldiers that took part in the [[Chaco War]] between [[Paraguay]] and [[Bolivia]]. ===1950s=== With the money obtained from winning the [[1953 South American Championship|1953 Copa Am茅rica]], a stand made out of cement and the orientation of the pitch changed from north to south.<ref name="apf.org.py"/> ===1960s=== In 1960, the stadium was the venue of the first final of the [[Copa Libertadores]], played between Olimpia Asunci贸n and [[Pe帽arol]].<ref name="apf.org.py"/> In 1967, the stadium inaugurated its illumination system in a friendly encounter between Paraguay and Argentina.<ref name="apf.org.py"/> ===1970s=== In 1971, the stadium hosted the first national youth team title when Paraguay won the Torneo Juventud de Am茅rica, replaced by the current [[South American Youth Championship]].<ref name="apf.org.py"/> In 1972, culminated is the ampliation of the northern sector and the offices of the [[Asociaci贸n Paraguaya de F煤tbol]] are moved to the stadium.<ref name="apf.org.py"/> In 1973, the east stand begins being constructed.<ref name="apf.org.py"/> In 1974, the stadium is renamed '''Defenders of the Chaco'''.<ref name="apf.org.py"/> In 1979, Paraguay wins the Copa Am茅rica and Olimpia wins the Copa Libertadores in the stadium.<ref name="apf.org.py"/> ===1980s=== In 1983, the stadium sees the game of mayor assistance with a crowd of 49, 095 attending the Supercl谩sico between Cerro Porte帽o and Olimpia Asunci贸n.<ref name="apf.org.py"/> ===1990s=== In 1992, Paraguay's under-23 olympic team claimed the title of Pre-Olympic Tournament at the stadium.<ref name="apf.org.py"/> In 1999, the stadium was one of the main venues for the [[1999 Copa Am茅rica]].<ref name="apf.org.py"/> ===Actuality=== The stadium is not owned by a team (it is a [[List of national stadiums|national stadium]]) and it is used primarily to host the home games of the [[Paraguay national football team]] and for international football club tournament games such as the [[Copa Libertadores]] and the [[Copa Sudamericana]]. The new millennium brought modernization like construction of the VIP stalls, the ampliation of the boxes, stands and the installation of the luminic LED lights, to be at the level of the best sports stadiums in the continent.<ref name="apf.org.py"/> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page