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This newly built 42,374 capacity stadium is the most northerly of all the stadia being used at the World

Cup this summer. The Arena da Amazônia is based in the city of Manaus in the Amazonas region of

the country and is likely to be one of the hottest and most humid locations this summer. In fact England

manager Roy Hodgson criticized the location before the draw saying the extreme heat in the location

would make it difficult for the players.

By a large coincidence his England side were drawn to play Italy at the Arena da Amazônia in the

headline event of the four matches to be hosted in the city. The stadium itself caused more

consternation as it was still under construction at the start of 2014 and doubts were raised if it could be

completed in time for this summer. However, they finished the stadium by March 2014 and the inaugural

match was a traditional North Brazilian cup clash between the new residents of the stadium Nacional

and Remo.

The Arena da Amazônia is built on the site of the Estádio Vivaldo Lima, a stadium that stood from 1970

until its demolition in 2011. That older stadium was more commonly known as Vivaldão and, although

Manaus is not a hotbed of Brazilian football, had a record attendance of 56,950 fans for the Nacional v

New York Cosmos clash in 1980.

The newer stadium will not have anything like that attendance with a capacity of just over 42,000 but

with the England v Italy match, as well as USA v Portugal and two other games, there is sure to be

plenty of exciting football and great spectacles to been seen in his northerly part of the country this

summer.

Arena da Amazônia World Cup Matches:

June 14th – England v Italy – Group D

June 18th – Cameroon v Croatia – Group A

June 22nd – USA v Portugal – Group G

June 25th – Honduras v Switzerland – Group E

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World Cup Stadiums – Arena da AmazôniaPosted on March 29






Officially known as the Estádio Joaquim Américo Guimarães, the Arena da Baixada is a 15 year old

stadium, opening in Curitiba in December 1999 will host four World Cup matches this upcoming

summer, including a match featuring the reigning World Champions Spain.

There has been a football stadium at this location for a hundred years and the stadium original stadium

was named Estádio Joaquim Américo Guimarães in 1934 before closing down in the 1970′s. It reopenedin 1984 and stood for 13 years before being demolished for the newly built Arena da Baixada in 1999,

which has left the stadium considered one of the most modern and best appointed stadiums in Brazil.

Atlético Paranaense, who play in the Brazilian Serie A and finished 3rd in 2013, are the residents of this

stadium in the South of the country. The record attendance at the stadium is 31,700 when Atlético

Paranaense beat São Caetano 4-2 in the first game of the 2011 Brazilian Championship finals. The

capacity will be boosted for the World Cup to almost 44,000 to allow more supporters to enjoy the

football festivities on show in this southerly part of Brazil.

The headline event at the Arena da Baixada will be the clash of Australia and the world champions

Spain in their Group B match, but the fans will also be treated to the sight of Ecuador and Russia as

both teams get the opportunity to play their exciting brands of football against Honduras and Algeria

respectively. We see there being a fantastic feast of exciting football played at the one of the most

historic football locations in all of Brazil this summer.

Arena da Baixada World Cup Matches:

June 16th – Iran v Nigeria – Group F

June 20th – Honduras v Ecuador – Group E

June 23rd – Australia v Spain – Group B

June 26th – Algeria v Russia – Group H


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World Cup Stadiums – Arena da BaixadaPosted on March 30






The 45,000 capacity Arena das Dunas was designed by famed sports architect Christopher Lee, who

designed his creation as “the most perfect stadium in South America”, began construction in 2011 on

the site of the demolished 39 year old Machadão stadium. The stadium was completed at the start of

the year and was officially opened late in January 2014 by Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, FIFA

Secretary General Jérôme Valcke and Local Organising Committee (LOC) Chairman Jose Maria Marin.

The stadium is located in the city of Natal, the capital of the Rio Grande do Norte state, and will host the

sides América-RN and ABC following the completion of the World Cup. The older stadium that

previously occupied this location had a highest capacity of 55,000, although it’s maximum was 42,000 at

the end of its life, with a highest attendance record of 53,320 set in a 1972 clash of Santos and ABC.

The new Arena das Dunas will have a lower overall capacity, but with some impressive fixtures to be

played in this North-East section of Brazil, including Italy v Uruguay and Ghana v USA, we are sure that

the venue is going to be a sell out and will last long in the memories of the visitors to the area.

Arena das Dunas World Cup Matches:

June 13th – Mexico v Cameroon – Group A

June 16th – Ghana v USA – Group G

June 19th – Japan v Greece – Group C

June 24th – Italy v Uruguay – Group D


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World Cup Stadiums – Arena das DunasPosted on March 30






The Arena de São Paulo is the future home of Brazilian side Corinthians after the stadium was custom

built for the 2014 World Cup and it will be the fifth largest stadium in the top tier of Brazilian football

once fully completed. It will have a seating capacity of 48,234, but it will have a capacity of 65,000 for

the World Cup this summer with the addition of more than 21,000 temporary seats for the duration of

the Final.

The stadium is located in São Paulo and post the World Cup the stadium will be known as Arena

Corinthians when the five time Brazilian champions left their current home of Pacaembu after a 74 year

spell at the ground. It has cost more than £215 million to build this impressive stadium but it has had a

troubled time during its construction.

Two workers were killed in November 2013 as a crane failed while the builders and FIFA were at odds

over the progress of construction as late as March 2014. The builders reported that the stadium was

98.82% completed, while FIFA found that the stadium was only 92% completed.

Despite this, the stadium will shine come June 12th as it hosts the opening match of the 2014 World

Cup. It’s 105 by 68 metre pitch, sown with Perennial Ryegrass and intertwined with 22 million artificial

fibres, promises to display some of the best football in the competition this summer.

Will that be true? Let’s hope it’s controversial construction does not carry over once the stadium is ready

to go on April 15th.

Arena de São Paulo World Cup Matches:

June 12th – Brazil v Croatia – Group A

June 19th – Uruguay v England – Group D

June 23rd – Netherlands v Chile – Group B

June 26th – South Korea v Belgium – Group H

July 1st – Winner Group F v Runner Up Group E – Last 16 stage

July 9th – Winner Match 59 v Winner Match 60 – Semi Finals


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World Cup Stadiums – Arena de São PauloPosted on March 26






Based in the Eastern seaboard city of Salvador the Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova, or the Complexo

Esportivo Cultural Professor Octávio Mangabeira to give it its full title, is a stadium that played a vital

part at the 2013 Confederations Cup and will host six matches this summer.

The Arena Fonte Nova is a newly built stadium that opened in April 2013 following a roof collapse of the

older Estádio Fonte Nova in 2007. Following this incident that saw seven people killed the owners of the

stadium, the Bahia government, tore down the stadium with the Arena Fonte Nova going up on the site

of the older ground. Ground was broken on the site in 2010 and it opened with the match of Vitória v

Bahia with the game ending 5-1.

There were issues with the stadium again though with supporters reporting blind spots as well as

excessive dust and puddles all coming from that first match, while after just six weeks there was a

partial roof collapse after heavy rain collected. All of these issues have been resolved and the stadium

as a success at the 2013 Confederations Cup.

There were three matches played at the Arena Fonte Nova, now known as the Itaipava Arena Fonte

Nova thanks to a ten year sponsorship with the Itaipava brewery, during the 2013 ConfederationsCup

produced 13 goals, including six in the thrilling 4-2 Brazil win over Italy as well as four goals and penalty

shootout in the third/fourth playoff between Uruguay and Italy.

We are expecting plenty more action and excitement at the Arena Fonte Nova this summer and with

matches like Spain v Netherlands and Germany v Portugal we are confident of seeing this happen in

Salvador at the 2014 World Cup this summer.

Arena Fonte Nova World Cup Matches:

June 13th – Spain v Netherlands – Group B

June 16th – Germany v Portugal – Group G

June 20th – Switzerland v France – Group E

June 25th – Bosnia and Herzegovina v Iran – Group F

July 1st – Winner Group H v Runner Up Group G – Last 16 stage

July 5th – Winner Match 51 v Winner Match 52 – Quarter Finals


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World Cup Stadiums – Arena Fonte NovaPosted on March 29






One of the newly built stadia erected for the specific purpose of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil this

coming summer, the Arena Pantanal was built of the site of the Estádio Governador José Fragelli in the

city of Cuiabá in the western area of the country.

The old stadium, which was more commonly called Verdão, was built in the mid 1970′s and wasdemolished in 2010 to make way for the newer arena. Arena Pantanal has been nicknamed O Verdão

meaning The Big Green and is an apt name as the theme of the stadium throughout its inception,

construction and maintenance has been sustainability.

This theme is not unexpected for this region of Brazil as it is one of the most flora and fauna rich areas

of the country. The stadium itself been built with downsizing once the World Cup is over in mind and

could be used for a number of different things, with football being one. Local clubs Mixto and Operario

may choose to take up residence at the stadium, but if not then there is ample opportunity for the venue

and it’s ample covering to used to host concerts, shows and exhibitions. All this leads back to the

sustainability theme for the stadium and local area and economy once the biggest show in world football

leaves town.

The venue will host four World Cup matches with South American sides, and dark horses to win the

World Cup, Chile and Colombia both playing one group game at the Arena Pantanal against Asian

Federation sides Australia and Japan respectively in the headline matches at the stadium.

Arena Pantanal World Cup Matches:

June 13th – Chile v Australia – Group B

June 17th – Russia v South Korea – Group H

June 21st – Nigeria v Bosnia and Herzegovina – Group F

June 24th – Japan v Colombia – Group C


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Home of Brazilian Serie B side Náutico, the Arena Pernambuco is a 46,160 capacity stadium located on

the East coast of Brazil in the city of São Lourenço da Mata. Just like the Arena Fonte Nova also

located on the eastern coast of the country, although further to the south, the stadium is sponsored by

the Itaipava brewery.

The stadium is one of the new built stadia in use at the 2014 World Cup having begun building in 2010

in October of that year before opening its doors in April 2013 before being used in the 2013

Confederations Cup competition. The stadium hosted three matches and 18 goals were produced in

these games, with Spain beating Uruguay 2-1, Italy winning 4-3 against Japan and Uruguay claiming a

thumping 8-0 win over minnows Tahiti.

The stadium itself is part of a massive redevelopment of the Recife metropolitan area of São Lourenço

da Mata and a university campus, indoor arena, hotel and a convention centre as well as business and

residential units on top of a large entertainment centre. This has given the whole area a boost and

makes it a great place to visit for matches this summer.

The Arena Pernambuco will host five World Cup games this summer with Italy and Japan returning for

the second successive summer. The highlight of the matches from the group stages will be the USA v

Germany clash from Group G with one of the favourites from Europe look to defeat a side managed by

a German in World Cup winner Jurgen Klinsmann.

Arena Pernambuco World Cup Matches:

June 14th – Côte d’Ivoire v Japan – Group C

June 20th – Italy v Costa Rica – Group D

June 23rd – Croatia v Mexico – Group A

June 26th – USA v Germany – Group G

June 29th – Winner Group D v Runner Up Group C – Last 16 stage


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World Cup Stadiums – Arena PernambucoPosted on March 29






Home of Sport Club Internacional and officially known by its full title of Estádio José Pinheiro Borda the

Estádio Beira-Rio is a stadium located in Porto Alegre that will be used on five occasions during the

2014 World Cup.

The stadium is named after José Pinheiro Borda, an elderly engineer who supervised the building of the

stadium but passed away before seeing it’s completion. The Estádio Beira-Rio is, unlike many of the

other stadia used in this summer’s World Cup tournament, a privately owned property with Internacional

themselves owning the ground and dedicating the ground to Borda following their move from the Estádio

dos Eucaliptos was a fantastic tribute to a man held in high esteem by the club.

The stadium is the most southerly stadium to be used this summer was built between 1956 and 1969,

opening in April of that final year and was recently renovated to bring it up to standard for the World

Cup. The renovated stadium reopened in February 2014, with a new roof to cover the stands and help

protect the supporters from any rain or heat being the biggest change to the stadium, and the home side

Internacional will celebrate the reopening with a match against Penarol of Uruguay at the start of April.

The record attendance at the stadium, pre-renovation, was 106,554 in June 1972 as the Brazilian

national side played a friendly match against the Rio Grande do Sul All Stars that ended 3-3. Following

renovations the capacity of the stadium is 51,300 with a further 5,000 VIP seats that will be converted

into regular seats for Internacional following the end of the World Cup to give them a 56,000 seater

stadium for their home games.

Some of the biggest names and World Cup favourites will be playing their football at the Estádio Beira-

Rio this summer and the fans can expect to be treated to some fantastic football from the Netherlands

and Argentina especially.

Estádio Beira-Rio World Cup Matches:

June 15th – France v Honduras – Group E

June 18th – Australia v Netherlands – Group B

June 22nd – South Korea v Algeria – Group H

June 25th – Nigeria v Argentina – Group F

June 30th – Winner Group G v Runner Up Group H – Last 16 stage


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World Cup Stadiums – Estádio Beira-RioPosted on March 29






The Estádio Castelão is known by many names, with its full name being the Estádio Plácido Aderaldo

Castelo where it is named after the Governor of Ceará between 1966 and 1971 – Plácido Aderaldo

Castelo – who was the major force behind getting the stadium built. The stadium is also known as

Gigante da Boa Vista as well as Estádio Castelão.

The ground is owned by the Ceará state government and homes two clubs, Ceará Sporting Club and

Fortaleza Esporte Clube who play in Serié B and Serié C respectively. The stadium is well used and has

been open since late 1973, but has been recently refurbished. The changes and updates to the stadium

were begun in 2002 and finished a decade later in time for the stadium to host three matches at the

2013 Confederations Cup.

The Estádio Castelão saw Brazil beat Mexico 2-0 last summer, and on June 17th will host a repeat of

that match, as well seeing Spain beat Nigeria 3-0 in the group stage and the Spain v Italy Semi Final

that needed a thrilling penalty shootout for the sides to be separated. The stadium will host a further five

matches on top of the Brazil v Mexico game this summer and with some big sides and matches to be

played in Ceará we expect the 67,037 capacity to sell out for the majority, if not all, of the matches.

The venue holds the record for the first of the 12 stadiums being built or redeveloped for the World Cup

to be finished and we cannot wait for the action to get underway at the Estádio Castelão on June 14th

with the clash of Uruguay v Costa Rica.

Estádio Castelão World Cup Matches:

June 14th – Uruguay v Costa Rica – Group D

June 17th – Brazil v Mexico – Group A

June 21st – Germany v Ghana – Group G

June 24th – Greece v Côte d’Ivoire – Group C

June 29th – Winner Group B v Runner Up Group A – Last 16 stage



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World Cup Stadiums – Estádio CastelãoPosted on March 27






Officially known as the Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho, the Maracanã was opened in 1950 was built as

the biggest and best stadium for that year’s World Cup Finals in the country. The first competitive match

held at the stadium was the opening game of those Finals on June 24th 1950 as Brazil claimed a

thumping 4-0 victory over Mexico.

It was not all good news for Brazil at the Maracanã though as they were beaten 2-1 in the final at the

stadium as Uruguay claimed their second ever World Cup win. Despite this, the final of that tournament

holds a record to this day as there were supposedly a large number of fans on top of the 199,854

paying viewers leading historians to believe that there were as many as 210,000 fans in attendance that

day!

The stadium was recently rebuilt before the unofficial dry run of the 2014 World Cup, the 2013

Confederations Cup, and after it featured prominently last year it will do so again this coming summer as

well as hosting the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2016 Olympics and Paralympics. It holds the

honour of being selected as the stadium that will host the 2014 World Cup Final too as it becomes just

the second stadium following the Estadio Azteca in Mexico to host two World Cup Finals.

Following the rebuild of the stadium that saw its two tier configuration for the seating plan of the stadium

changed to a single tier setting and having a new roof added, the stadium no longer has the ability to

host more than 200,000 people and the seating capacity now stands at 78,838. The opening match at

the newly repurposed stadium saw Brazil and England play out a thrilling 2-2 draw. Will the matches at

the Maracanã this summer provide us with the same level of entertainment and exhilaration?

Estádio do Maracanã World Cup Matches:

June 15th – Argentina v Bosnia and Herzegovina – Group F

June 18th – Spain v Chile – Group B

June 22nd – Belgium v Russia – Group H

June 25th – Ecuador v France – Group E

June 28th – Winner Group C v Runner Up Group D – Last 16 stage


July 13 – Winner Match 61 v Winner Match 62 – Final


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Officially known as the Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto, the Estádio Mineirão is the largest football

stadium in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. It was built in 1965 and after being a vital part of the

2013 Confederations Cup it will be integral to both the upcoming World Cup this summer and the 2016

Olympics.

Last summer’s Confederations Cup saw the stadium gain a reputation for matches with plenty of goals

and attacking football as the three matches played resulted in 13 goals. Tahiti v Nigeria was the match

that saw the most amount of goals with seven goals scored as the African side claimed a large 6-1 win

and we’ll certainly be hoping that the Estádio Mineirão continues in this trend of producing goals this

summer.

In fact with all of the group matches played here seeing one of the group favourites facing a minnow

team, there is a definite chance of this keeping up, resulting in the stadium being fondly remember after

the tournament has been concluded.

With the Confederations Cup, World Cup and Olympic Games in mind, the stadium was renovated to

bring it up to FIFA standards in late 2012. Although the capacity of the stadium is now 62,170, the

stadium has been known to hold much, much more than this. The record attendance at the Estádio

Mineirão is 132,834 for the match of Cruzeiro v Villa Nova in the final match of the state league in 1997.

Women and children were allowed in free, as was the style at the time in Brazil, for this match and the

attendance was broken down to 74,857 paying fans and 56,618 women and children who watched the

game for free and helped set this outstanding record.

The capacity of the stadium was reduced to 72,000 under FIFA orders, but although we’ll only have half

the amount of people in the stands for the World Cup this summer as that day in 1997 we’re sure that

there will be just as exhilarating an atmosphere as the fans cheer on the World Cup sides!

Estádio Mineirão World Cup Matches:

June 14th – Colombia v Greece – Group C

June 17th – Belgium v Algeria – Group H

June 21st – Argentina v Iran – Group F

June 24th – Costa Rica v England – Group D

June 28th – Winner Group A v Runner Up Group B – Last 16 stage

July 8th – Winner Match 57 v Winner Match 58 – Semi Final


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World Cup Stadiums – Estádio MineirãoPosted on March 29






Based in Brasília in the centre of the country, the Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha has had a new look

in recent times following it’s refurbishment for the 2013 Confederations Cup. After being used for just a

single match last summer, the stadium will feature much more prominently at this summer’s World Cup

Finals with seven matches, including the clash of the defeated Semi Finalists, scheduled to play at the

venue.

The stadium was originally built in 1974 and was named after the Brazilian football legend Garrincha

who won two World Cup Finals with the country in 1958 and 1962, including taking the Golden Ball and

Golden Boot in the ’62 Finals for best player and top goal scorer as well as making the All Star Team.

He was also named in the FIFA World Cup All Time Team in 1994.

The Stadium was erected when Garrincha was 40 and it was Corinthians who claimed the first ever

victory at the stadium with a 2-1 win over CEUB in March of 1974. The previous attendance record at

the original stadium was 51,200, but this was beaten last summer when Brazil defeated Japan 3-0 in

the Confederations Cup as 67,423 people watched from the stands.

With the capacity of the Estádio Nacional Mané sitting at 70,064 you can be sure that this summer’s

World Cup will see that record broken again, with the Cameroon v Brazil match on June 23rd

guaranteed to sell out. The big question is, will the stadium provide the magic, brilliance and exhilarating

football similar to what the man it is dedicated to used to show on a weekly basis?

Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha World Cup Matches:

June 15th – Switzerland v Ecuador – Group E

June 19th – Colombia v Côte d’Ivoire - Group C

June 23rd – Cameroon v Brazil – Group A

June 26th – Portugal v Ghana – Group G

June 30th – Winner Group E v Runner Up Group F – Last 16 stage


July 12th – Loser Match 61 v Loser Match 62 – Third/Fourth Place Playoff


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