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Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos

46,931

Capacity

2007

Opened

Artificial turf

Surface

Home of

  • Botafogo

    Football

  • Botafogo FR

    Football
Botafogo club page

History

Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos (English: Nilton Santos Olympic Stadium) is a stadium located in the neighbourhood of Engenho de Dentro, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is owned by Rio de Janeiro City Hall and is the home stadium of Botafogo FR. It is used mostly for football matches and it hosted the athletics competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Paralympics. The stadium was built from 2003 through to 2007, opening in time for the 2007 Pan American Games.

Source: Wikipedia

Biggest nights

  • 2021The stadium was one of the five venues for the 2021 Copa América.