Morenão

Morenão, also known as Estádio Universitário Pedro Pedrossian, is the home ground of Operário and Esporte Clube Comercial. It is located at Cidade Universitária ("University City", in English), in Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.

Morenão
Sisbrace
Full nameEstádio Universitário Pedro Pedrossian
LocationCampo Grande, Brazil
OwnerFederal University of Mato Grosso do Sul
Capacity45,000
Field size110m x 70m
SurfaceGrass
OpenedMarch 7, 1971
Tenants
Comercial
Operário

Information and history

The stadium is owned by Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul ("Mato Grosso do Sul Federal University", in English), also known as UFMS.

Morenão was inaugurated on March 7, 1971. The first stadium match was Flamengo against Corinthians, won by the former by 3–1. The first goal of the stadium was scored by Buião, of Flamengo.

The stadium was named after the veteran Brazilian-Armenian politician Pedro Pedrossian.

The stadium has a capacity of 45,000 people.[1]

Trivia
  • The stadium is nicknamed Morenão in reference to Campo Grande city, which is known as Cidade Morena ("Brown City", in English) because of the reddish color of its soil.
  • The biggest stadium attendance was 38,122 people, set on February 23, 1978, when Operário beat Palmeiras 2–0.

Brazil national football team
Date Time (UTC–4) Team #1 Res. Team #2 Round Attendance
14 October 200918:00 Brazil0–0 Venezuela2010 FIFA World Cup qualification23,746

References
  1. "Morenão" (in Portuguese). Templos do Futebol. Retrieved 2009-01-02.
  • Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro, Volume 2 - Lance, Rio de Janeiro: Aretê Editorial S/A, 2001.

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