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Key facts<\/h3>\n

Club: Club Universidad de Chile | Opening: 1938 | Capacity: 48,665 seats<\/p>\n

History and description<\/h3>\n

Estadio Nacional de Chile, officially called Estadio Nacional Julio Mart\u00ednez Pr\u00e1danos, officially opened on 3 December 1938 with a friendly match between Colo Colo and Brazilian side Sao Christovao (6-2).<\/p>\n

In 1955, the stadium was the site of a stadium disaster when 9 people died in a stampede during an international between Chile and Argentina.<\/p>\n

Estadio Nacional got remodelled and expanded in the early 1960s in preparation for the 1962 World Cup, for which the stadium would serve as the centrepiece.<\/p>\n

During the World Cup, the stadium hosted all matches in Chile\u2019s group 2, one quarter-final, the semi-final between Brazil and Chile (4-2), the match for third place, and the final between Brazil and Czechoslovakia (3-1).<\/p>\n

Few changes were made to the stadium in the decades following until the stadium underwent a major renovation in 2009. This renovation included the replacement of all seats and an upgrade of various facilities.<\/p>\n

Initially, it was also planned to install a roof, but this was postponed after an earthquake struck the country eary 2010. The remodelled stadium officially reopened in September 2010.<\/p>\n

Estadio Nacional de Chile is owned by the municipality of Nunoa, and is used for most home matches of the Chilean national team.<\/p>\n

It also gets used by Club Universidad de Chile for most of their\u00a0home matches, though the club has the intention to build a new club-owned stadium in the upcoming years.<\/p>\n\n\n \t\t\n\t\t\t\t

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(photos of the present Estadio Nacional de Chile below)<\/p>\n

How to get to Estadio Nacional<\/h3>\n

Estadio Nacional is located in the \u00d1u\u00f1oa area at about 5 kilometres south-east of Santiago de Chile\u2019s historic centre (Centro). The stadium lies about 4 kilometres south of Santiago\u2019s well-off\u00a0Providencia area.<\/p>\n

Metro<\/a> station Nuble lies a 15-minute walk away from the stadium. You can reach Nuble\u00a0station with the green line L5 from the city centre. Take the metro\u00a0in the direction of Vicente Valdes. If coming from the Providencia area, a change from the red L1 to the green L5 at station Baquedano is necessary.<\/p>\n

From Providencia it will in fact be quicker to catch a bus<\/a> to the stadium. Line 103, 114, 117 and 515 will take you from metro station Pedro de Valdivia (or metro Manuel Montt) directly to the stadium (stop Estadio Nacional). Line 106 and 126 also connect metro Manuel Montt with the stadium.<\/p>\n

You\u00a0can furthermore catch bus 510 from metro station Los Heroes in the centre, or, even better, line 508, which crosses right through the city centre over Merced. Bus 515 can be caught from metro Bellas Artes. All buses pass directly by the stadium.<\/p>\n

Address: Avenida Grecia 2001, \u00d1u\u00f1oa, Santiago<\/p>\n