Estádio Nicolau Alayon

{{short description|Football stadium in Brazil}}

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{{Infobox venue

| stadium_name = Nicolau Alayon Stadium

| former_names =

| native_name = Estádio Nicolau Alayon

| nickname = Estádio Comendador Souza

| logo_image = Nacional_AC_-_SP_-_06.svg

| logo_size = 50

| image = 280px

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| caption = View of the stadium in 2018

| address =

| city = São Paulo

| country = Brazil

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| broke_ground =

| closed =

| opened = {{start date and age|1938}}

| demolished =

| dimensions = {{convert|105|x|68|m|yd|1}}

| surface = Natural grass

| publictransit = {{rint|saopaulo|7}} Água Branca

| owner = Nacional A.C.

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| seating_capacity = 9,660

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Estádio Nicolau Alayon, also known as Estádio Comendador Sousa, is a football stadium located in the Brazilian city of São Paulo, São Paulo state. It is the home stadium of Brazilian football club Nacional Atlético Clube, also known as Nacional (SP).

Audax São Paulo and rugby union team Cobras Brasil XV has also used the stadium for their home games. It has a maximum capacity of 9,660.{{Cite web|url=http://www2.cbf.com.br/cnef/cnef.pdf |title=CNEF - Cadastro Nacional de Estádios de Futebol |publisher=Confederação Brasileira de Futebol |access-date=July 18, 2011 |format=PDF |language=pt |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510210022/http://www.cbf.com.br/cnef/cnef.pdf |archive-date=May 10, 2013 }} The stadium is named after the Uruguayan Nicolau Alayon, who was Nacional's president during the stadium's construction.{{cite web | title = Estádio Nicolau Alayon | url = http://www.futebolpaulista.com.br/estadio.php?cod=50 | access-date = 2008-08-27 | publisher = Federação Paulista de Futebol | language = pt | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101029213604/http://futebolpaulista.com.br/estadio.php?cod=50 | archive-date = October 29, 2010 | url-status = dead }} The stadium is nicknamed Comendador Sousa after the street where it is located in.{{cite web | title = Nacional Atlético Clube | url = http://www.arquivodeclubes.com/sp/nacional.htm | access-date = 2008-08-27 | publisher = Arquivo de Clubes | language = pt | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080821073542/http://arquivodeclubes.com/sp/nacional.htm | archive-date = August 21, 2008 | url-status = dead }}

History

The stadium was inaugurated on May 14, 1938, when Corinthians beat Nacional 2–1. The first goal of the stadium was scored by Nacional's Carlos Leite.{{cite web | title = Estádio Nicolau Alayon | url=http://classicoeclassico.sites.uol.com.br/templos/sp/SaoPaulo5.htm | access-date = 2008-08-27 | publisher=Templos do Futebol |language=pt }}

The stadium's attendance record currently stands at 22,000, set on February 21, 1970, when Nacional beat São Paulo 1–0.

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