Estadio Atanasio Girardot

History

Atanasio Girardot Stadium (Spanish: Estadio Atanasio Girardot), commonly referred to as El Atanasio, is a multi-purpose stadium in Medellín, Colombia. Located in the Laureles comuna of Medellin, the stadium is currently used mostly for football matches by Atlético Nacional and Independiente Medellín, the most popular clubs in the Antioquia Department. On occasion, the stadium has held Colombia national team matches too. Its current capacity is 44,826 which ranks as the third largest in the country behind Estadio Deportivo Cali and Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez.