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Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova

  • Address: Ladeira da Fonte das Pedras, Salvador
  • Country: Brazil
  • Capacity: 47,000
  • Opened: 7 April 2013
  • Main use: Football
  • Tenants: Bahia (football)

Extra stadium info – Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova

The stadium hosted six FIFA World Cup matches in 2014. The national football teams of Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Costa Rica, the French Republic, Germany, Iran, the Netherlands, the Portuguese Republic, Spain, the Swiss Confederation and the United States played at the venue during the tournament. The first-ever FIFA World Cup game at the stadium was won by the Netherlands after beating Spain. The Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova hosted football matches for the Games of the Olympiad in 2016. EC Bahia, nicknamed Tricolor, use the venue for home games. The club was founded in 1931. Esporte Clube Bahia won the Brazilian top-flight league in 1959 for the first time in their history. Esporte Clube Vitória are their arch-rivals.

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