National Stadium of Peru

Estadio Nacional

Estadio Nacional in 2020
Full name	Estadio Nacional (National Stadium)
Location	Lima District, Lima, Peru
Coordinates	12°04′02.2″S 77°02′01.4″W / 12.067278°S 77.033722°W / -12.067278; -77.033722
Owner	Government of Peru
Operator	Instituto Peruano del Deporte (Peruvian Institute of Sport)
Capacity	55,000 (with lodges) 43,500 (international)[1]
Field size	104.9 x 67.86 m
Surface	Grass
Construction
Built	1951–1952
Opened	27 October 1952
Renovated	1992, 1996, 2004, 2011
Expanded	2004, 2011
Architect	José Betín Diez Canseco (Renovation)
Project manager	Miguel Dasso
Tenants
Peru national football team (1952–present)

The National Stadium of Peru (sometimes known as Estadio José Díaz or Estadio Nacional de Lima) is a multi-purpose stadium located in Lima, Peru. Its current capacity is 50,086 seats as stated by the Peruvian Football Federation without the lodges for some thousands more.^[2] The stadium was first inaugurated on 27 October 1952 for the 1953 South American Championship—replacing the Stadium Nacional—and is Peru's principal and national stadium. It has hosted three of the six South American Championship/Copa América football competitions held in Peru. It is referred to as the Coloso de José Díaz because of its proximity to a street of the same name. It is the home ground of the Peru national football team. The IPD (Peruvian Sport Institute)—a branch of the Ministry of Education—is the stadium's administrating entity. The stadium has undergone several renovations for tournaments such as the 2004 Copa América. The artificial turf was installed for the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship. The most recent renovation started in 2010 and concluded in 2011. The re-inauguration ceremony of the renovated stadium was held on 24 July 2011 with a match between the Peru national under-20 football team and the Spain national under-20 football team.