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| Location | Puebla City,Puebla, Mexico |
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| Coordinates | 19°04′41″N98°09′52″W / 19.07806°N 98.16444°W /19.07806; -98.16444 |
| Owner | State of Puebla |
| Operator | Club Puebla |
| Capacity | 51,726[1][2] |
| Field size | 105 x 68 m |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 8 October 1968 |
| Renovated | November 2015 |
| Builder | Pedro Ramírez Vázquez |
| Tenants | |
| Club Puebla (1968–present) Mexico national football team (selected matches) | |
Estadio Cuauhtémoc is afootball stadium inPuebla City, Mexico. It is the home ofClub Puebla . It is currently the fourth-biggest football stadium in Mexico by capacity. The stadium hosted games in the1970 FIFA World Cup and the1986 FIFA World Cup. From November 2014 – 2015, the stadium went through massive renovations.
As of November 2015, Cuauhtémoc Stadium is considered to be an innovation in textile design and sports architecture in Mexico, since it is the first and only stadium in Latin America to have a façade totally covered withETFE.
Estadio Cuauhtémoc was originally designed in 1965 by architectPedro Ramírez Vázquez, who also designed theEstadio Azteca and theBasilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe.[citation needed]
It was inaugurated on 6 October 1968 during the pre-inauguration of the1968 Summer Olympics. It is named after the Mexican brewery Cuauhtémoc-Moctezuma, who paid for most of the construction.[3]
In its first years of existence the club had a capacity of 35,000, which was expanded in 1986 for the1986 FIFA World Cup. A mural that had been painted by Jesús Corro Ferrer, which represented the human race, had to be covered up. The stadium has an official capacity for 42,648, though on some occasions it has had attendance of above 50,000 . The Stadium is the 4th largest, as well as the tallest, stadium in Mexico, behind theEstadio Jalisco inJalisco.The stadium has hosted 2Mexican Primera División finals. The first came in the 1982-83 tournament when Puebla F.C. defeatedC.D. Guadalajara
The second final was played in the 1989-90 tournament againstClub Universidad de Guadalajara where Puebla managed to beat the club from Jalisco 4-3. The stadium has also hosted the now defunctCopa México tournament, which the club managed to win in 1990, becoming just the 5th stadium to host both finals and have its home team win.
The stadium has also hosted club international tournaments, such as theCONCACAF Champions League andCopa Interamericana. In 2008 the stadium was supposed to host its firstCopa Sudamericana tournament, but did not after theCONCACAF decided to pull out of allCONMEBOL competitions due to the clubs' lack of interest in the domestic conference tournaments.
Estadio Cuauhtémoc played host to theUruguay national football team for the 1970 FIFA World Cup. In the first game on 2 June 1970Uruguay defeatedIsrael 2-0. The second match was against Italy, which ended in a scoreless draw. The third match was against Sweden, where Uruguay fell 1-0. Players such asSandro Mazzola andLuigi Riva went on to play in the finals againstBrazil, which they lost to 4-1.
In 1986 Mexico hosted the 13th World Cup, becoming the first country to ever host the competition for a second time. This occurred due toColombia announcing in 1983 that they were not going to be available to organize the tournament.
In this World Cup, Puebla played a bigger role than the previous one in 1970. This time, the defending champions Italy played at El Estadio Cuauhtémoc. Italy played againstArgentina on 5 June 1986, where they tied 1–1 with a goal from the football legendDiego Armando Maradona.The second game was against theKorea Republic national football team, who Italy managed to defeat 3–2.
In the round of 16 match, Argentina defeated Uruguay 1-0 in El Estadio Cuauhtémoc, which was played on 16 June 1986. In the quarter-finals, the stadium hosted the match between Spain and Belgium which ended in a 1–1 draw, sending them to extra time, and ultimately to a penalty shootout. Van der Elst would score the final and deciding goal, sending Belgium to the semi-finals. In that match, the stadium registered the biggest crowd with an attendance of 45,000.
In 2012 the state of Puebla was named to host the2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.
Puebla FC announced a complete renovation of the stadium that was set to begin in the late 2014. The stadium was old, in bad condition, and needed a fresh new image. In early 2014, theGovernor of Puebla,Rafael Moreno Valle Rosas announced the official project.
The stadium would grow in capacity from 42,648 to 51,726 spectators, and would be completely remodeled from the inside, with 2 new ramps built in the north and south side of the stadium, along many other things.
Initially the facade of the stadium would be covered with crystal.
Dünn Lightweight Architecture, experts in sports and textile architecture in Mexico and Latin America, made a new proposal withETFE because of the many advantages thatETFE had over other materials for that particular project.ETFE has been used in many world renowned architectural works, such as theWater Cube for the Olympics inBeijing, and by many European stadiums such as theAllianz Arena in Munich.
Renovations started in November 2014 and were initially planned to be done by October 2015. Due to the city's rainy season, construction slowed down and in August 2015 it was announced that the construction would be done by November 2015. As of November 2015, the Cuauhtémoc stadium would be the first and only stadium in Mexico and Latin America to have a facade completely covered withETFE. On 18 November the stadium was reopened in a friendly match againstBoca Juniors ofArgentina before Puebla's final week ofLiga MX Apertura 2015.
It will host theLiga MX Final First Leg.[citation needed]
| Date | Match | Attendance |
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| 13 October1968[4] |  France 1–0 Guinea | 10,000 |
| 15 October1968[5] | Guinea 1–1 Colombia | |
| 17 October1968[6] | Colombia 1–4 France |
| Date | Match | Attendance |
|---|---|---|
| 14 October1968[7] |  Japan 3–1 Nigeria | 10,000 |
| 16 October1968[8] |  Brazil 1–1 Japan | |
| 18 October1968[9] | Brazil 3–3 Nigeria |
| Date | Match | Attendance |
|---|---|---|
| 20 October1968[10] |  Mexico 2–0 Spain | 10,000 |
| Date | Match | Attendance |
|---|---|---|
| 2 June1970 |  Uruguay 2–0 Israel | 20,659 |
| 6 June1970 | Uruguay 0–0 Italy | 29,968 |
| 10 June1970 |  Sweden 1–0 Uruguay | 18,163 |
| Date | Match | Attendance |
|---|---|---|
| 5 June1986 | Italy 1–1 Argentina | 32,000 |
| 10 June1986 |  South Korea 2–3 Italy | 20,000 |
| 16 June1986 | Argentina 1–0 Uruguay | 26,000 |
| 22 June1986 |  Spain 1–1 (4–5pen.) Belgium | 45,000 |
| 28 June1986 |  France 4–2 Belgium | 21,000 |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Panama | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 6 |
 Jamaica | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 |
 Puerto Rico | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Mexico | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 6 |
 El Salvador | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 |
 Curaçao | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |
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