Spain
Estadio de Riazor
Estadio de Riazor is a football stadium in A Coruña, Galicia. The stadium is the home ground of Deportivo de La Coruña. When Deportivo de La Coruña were founded in 1906 they started playing on a field called Corralón de la Gaiteira and in the local bull ring. In May 1909 the team moved to the place where the current stadium stands today. The stadium is named after the nearby Riazor Beach. In 1944 the largest football stadium in the history of the Galician region was built. This Riazor had a maximum capacity of 60 000 spectators. The biggest terrace, Preferencia, was the one in front of the covered stands. At the start of the 1980s the stadium was remodelled again due to the FIFA World Cup taking place in Spain in 1982. The organization wanted to change it radically. A reduction of capacity but an increase of comfort. Instead of cemented seats, they wanted to install plastic seats with a back. The remodelled stadium was inaugurated with the FIFA World Cup being played in June 1982. It was officially inaugurated with the match between Peru and Cameroon.
