# Estadio Sergio León Chávez

Estadio Sergio León Chávez is a Multi-purpose stadium in the city of Irapuato.
It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 25,000 people. The stadium was built in 1967 and hosted three matches in group C of the FIFA World Cup in 1986.

## History

Before the stadium was built Irapuato had the Estadio Revolución which was home to Irapuato FC. The stadium broke ground in 1967 and construction lasted two years. It was founded on 23 May 1969, simply as Estadio Irapuato, gaining its actual name on 4 January 1990, in honour of the former club's president. in October 1968 even before the stadium was completed Irapuato FC invited Spain to play a friendly against them in preparation for the 1968 Summer Olympics its first game played in the stadium, Spain would win the match 1–3. the first person to score in the new stadium was Juan Manuel Asensi from Spain. on 24 May 1970 the Brazil national football team played a friendly vs Irapuato FC in that match the Brazilians beat Irapuato 3–0 with goals from Rivellino, Roberto Miranda and Caju. Pelé was present in that match.
Two international football tournaments have played matches at the Sergio Leon Chavez:
* 1986 FIFA World Cup
* 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship
One Continental football tournament has played matches at the Sergio Leon Chavez:
* 2024 CONCACAF U-20 Championship

## 2024 CONCACAF U-20 Championship

The Estadio Sergio León Chávez Hosts Group B & C during the Tournament and two Quarterfinal Matches.

## 1986 FIFA World Cup

The Estadio Morelos in Morelia, Michoacán was originally going to be one of the venues for the World Cup. Still, problems in the building of the stadium led to the suspension of the work, The World Cup site was then transferred to the Estadio Sergio León Chávez.
During the 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship Tournament FIFA wanted to see whether Irapuato had what it took to host the FIFA World Cup, In 1985 the stadium was expanded and the capacity went from 16,300 to 33,000.
From 1983 to 1985 several national teams played friendly matches in Irapuato. Also during the 1986 World Cup the Soviets used Irapuato as their training facility.

## Other Internationals Played In Irapuato

Mexico: :
| GK | Arturo Javier Ledesma |
| DF | Felix Cruz |
| DF | Rafael Amador |
| DF | Héctor Manuel Esparza |
| DF | Raul Gonzalez |
| MF | Jesus Roca Ruiz |
| MF | Jose Luis Aldrete |
| MF | Horacio Rocha |
| MF | Luis Francisco Garcia |
| FW | Luis Flores |
| FW | Luis Gilberto Plascencia |
| Substitutions: |||
| MF | Alejandro Domínguez |
| MF | Raul Arias |
| FW | Francisco Jose Fernandez |
| GK | Victor Manuel Aguado |
| Manager: |||
| Bora Milutinović |||
Canada: :
| GK | Chris Turner |
| DF | Ken Garraway |
| DF | Trevor McCallum |
| DF | Shaun Lowther |
| DF | Craig Martin |
| MF | Charlie Falzon |
| MF | Greg Ion |
| MF | John Connor |
| MF | Randy Ragan |
| FW | George Pakos |
| FW | Paul James |
| Substitutions: |||
| Manager: |||
| Tony Waiters |||
Mexico: :
| GK | Olaf Heredia |
| DF | Armando Manzo |
| DF | Vinicio Bravo 45' |
| DF | Alfredo Tena |
| DF | Mario Trejo |
| MF | Juan Antonio Luna 45' |
| MF | Javier Aguirre |
| MF | Armando Manzo |
| MF | Mario Diaz Perez |
| FW | Enrique López Zarza |
| FW | Luis Gilberto Plascencia 63' |
| Substitutions: |||
| DF | Francisco Chávez Serrano | 45' |
| MF | Manuel Negrete | 45' |
| MF | Javier Hernández | 63' |
| FW | Luis Flores | |
| Manager: |||
| Bora Milutinović |||
Venezuela: :
| GK | César Baena |
| DF | Franco Rizzi |
| DF | Aranguren |
| DF | Useche |
| DF | Icea 45' |
| MF | Juvencio Betancourt |
| MF | Alvarez 45' |
| MF | Gonzalez 45' |
| MF | Herrera |
| FW | Asdrúbal Olivares |
| FW | Bernardo Anor 45' |
| Substitutions: |||
| DF | Membrilla | 45' |
| MF | Olivares | 45' |
| MF | Barco | 45' |
| FW | Milillo | 45' |
| Manager: |||
| Walter Roque |||
HUNGARY: :
| GK | 1 | Péter Disztl |
| DF | 2 | Sándor Sallai |
| DF | 3 | Antal Róth | 46' |
| DF | 6 | Imre Garaba |
| DF | 0 | Attila Héredi | 61' |
| DF | 5 | József Kardos |
| MF | 8 | Antal Nagy (c) |
| MF | 10 | Lajos Détári |
| MF | 21 | Gyula Hajszán | |
| FW | 7 | József Kiprich | 67' |
| FW | 19 | György Bognár | |
| Substitutions: |||
| FW | 20 | Kálmán Kovács | |
| FW | 9 | László Dajka | |
| DF | 0 | László Gyimesi | 46' |
| DF | 14 | Zoltán Péter | 61' |
| | 0 | Ferenc Mészáros | 67' |
| Manager: |||
| György Mezey ||||
SOUTH KOREA: :
| GK | 1 | Cho Byung-Deuk |
| DF | 2 | Park Kyung-Hoon |
| DF | 5 | Chung Yong-Hwan |
| DF | 12 | Kim Pyung-Seok | 28' |
| MF | 8 | Cho Young-Jeung | 47' |
| MF | 18 | Kim Sam-Soo | 64' |
| MF | 4 | Cho Kwang-Rae |
| MF | 16 | Kim Joo-Sung | 73' |
| MF | 13 | Noh Soo-Jin | 71' |
| FW | 7 | Kim Jong-Boo |
| FW | 10 | Park Chang-Sun(c) |
| Substitutions: |||
| DF | 3 | Chung Jong-Soo | 28' |
| DF | 15 | Yoo Byung-Ok | 47' |
| FW | 6 | Lee Tae-Ho | 64' |
| DF | 14 | Cho Min-Kook | 71' |
| FW | 11 | Byun Byung-Joo | 73' |
| Manager: |||
| Kim Jung-Nam ||||