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Key facts<\/h3>\n

Club: O’Higgins FC | Opening: 1945 | Capacity: 14,450 seats<\/p>\n

History and description<\/h3>\n

Estadio El Teniente was built to serve as the sports stadium of American mining company Braden Copper. The stadium was therefore initially called Estadio Braden Copper and hosted the games of Braden football club, which would eventually turn into O’Higgins.<\/p>\n

During the 1962 World Cup, the stadium hosted six first round group matches and the quarter-final between Czechoslovakia and Hungary (1-0). The stadium, a relatively small ground, hadn’t been officially proposed as one of the playing venues, but served as a replacement for a number of other stadiums that had gotten damaged in the 1960 Valdivia earthquake.<\/p>\n

In the late 1960s, the Chilean state nationalised Braden Copper Company and thus acquired Estadio Braden Copper, which, following the name change of the mine to El Teniente, led to the stadium name change to Estadio El Teniente.<\/p>\n

Estadio El Teniente didn’t really change for the next decades, though several stands had to get rebuilt following a fire in 1995.<\/p>\n

In the late 2000s, the stadium was part of plans of the Chilean government to upgrade the nation’s stadiums. The concrete redevelopment plans were presented in 2012, and around the same time the stadium was announced as one of the playing venues of the 2015 Copa America.<\/p>\n

The redevelopment works started in 2013 and were completed in April 2014. During the 2015 Copa America, Estadio El Teniente hosted two first round group matches.<\/p>\n

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