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Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo is a football stadium, in Las Condes in the metropolitan region of Santiago de Chile. It is used mostly for home matches stadium of the Chilean top club Universidad Católica which also owns the stadium. The stadium was built in 1988 and currently holds 20,000 people.
The stadium hosted an Copa Interamericana final, among other events such as Copa Libertadores, Copa Sudamericana and Copa Mercosur matches. Chilean league championships and cups have been held at this venue, mostly in favor of Universidad Católica. The stadium also hosted the Chile national football team in five matches of the Qatar 2022 qualifiers.
History
Universidad Católica has owned four stadiums: Estadio Universidad Católica, located in the Maestranza and Marcoleta sector; Campos de Sports de Ñuñoa, which already had an extensive history in Chilean sports; Independencia, located in the homonymous commune of Santiago and inaugurated on October 12, 1945; and San Carlos de Apoquindo, which opened its doors on September 4, 1988. The football stadium was not the whole complex, the stadium had also rugby, athletics and some other sport fields.
On the grass of San Carlos de Apoquindo, Universidad Católica has won various trophies. For example, in the Chilean Primera División in the seasons 2002 (Apertura tournament), 2010, 2016 (Clausura tournament), 2019 (Season where the team received the trophy at home without playing the last games due to the social outbreak of that year) y 2020.
San Carlos de Apoquindo also knew about international competitions. In 1994, Católica faced Saprissa of Costa Rica in the final of the 1993 Copa Interamericana, winning with an aggregate score of 6-4 (3-1 in favor of each team in the round-trip matches, and 2-0 in the extension of the revenge game). In that final game, Juvenal Olmos' goal was essential to force overtime when the final minutes of regulation time were played.
The highest attendance for a football match at San Carlos de Apoquindo to date is 20,936, for a 0–0 tie between Universidad Católica and Cobreloa on November 1, 1992.
Concerts
The stadium has hosted concerts by famous artists, spanning many different genres. The number of recitals performed that same year in San Carlos is recorded in parentheses.
1989: UB40
1991: Luciano Pavarotti
1992: Roxette, Luis Miguel
1993: Simply Red, Pat Metheny
1994: INXS, Sting, James Taylor, Eros Ramazzotti, Whitney Houston
1995: Phil Collins (3)
1997: Luis Miguel (2)
1998: Oasis, Andrea Bocelli
1999: Luis Miguel
2002: Chayanne
2003: Miguel Bosé, Luis Miguel
2004: The Chemical Brothers, The Mars Volta, PJ Harvey, Morrissey, Gustavo Cerati, Blondie
2005: Avril Lavigne, Mudhoney (2), Pearl Jam (2)
2006: La Oreja de Van Gogh, Ian Brown, The Bravery, The Rasmus, The Black Eyed Peas
2007: La Oreja de Van Gogh, Tom Jones, Lucybell, Placebo, Björk
2008: Journey, Peter Frampton, Earth, Wind & Fire, Rod Stewart, Queen + Paul Rodgers
2021: Los Jaivas, Los Tres, Javiera y los Imposibles, David Lebón
Along with some of those already mentioned, there were other artists who performed at the old Events Center (Centro de Eventos), attached to the stadium. These include Lisa Stansfield, Camilo Sesto and Air Supply.
Video clips & music
Part of Pearl Jam's "World Wide Suicide" clip was filmed in the dresser rooms of the stadium.
Roxette's hit "It Must Have Been Love" (Live In San Carlos de Apoquindo) was included in their Tourism album (1992). In the booklet it reads: Vocals: Marie Fredriksson / Backing vocals: 45.000 Chilean fans.
References
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- Club Deportivo Universidad Católica
- Daftar klub sepak bola divisi tertinggi di negara anggota CONMEBOL
- Kualifikasi Piala Dunia FIFA 2022 (CONMEBOL)
- Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo
- Estadio Universidad Católica
- 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
- Club Deportivo Universidad Católica
- Estadio Municipal de La Pintana
- Ben Brereton Díaz
- Las Condes
- Moisés Caicedo
- Barbra Banda
- Federico Valverde
