Estádio do Morumbi
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| Full name | Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo |
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| Location | Praca Roberto Gomes Pedrosa, 1,São Paulo, SP, Brazil |
| Coordinates | 23°36′0.45″S, 46°43′12.56″W |
| Owner | São Paulo FC |
| Operator | São Paulo FC |
| Capacity | 67,052 |
| Record attendance | 138,032 (Corinthians 1x2 Ponte Preta, 9 October 1977) |
| Field size | 105 x 68 m |
| Surface | Bermuda Celebration |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | August 15, 1952 |
| Built | September 17, 1953 to 1970 |
| Opened | October 2, 1960 |
| Renovated | 1994-1996, 2000, 2009 and 2016 |
| Architect | João Batista Vilanova Artigas |
The Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo, widely known as Morumbi (Brazilian Portuguese: [moɾũˈbi]), is a football stadium located in the Morumbi district in São Paulo, Brazil. It is the home of São Paulo Futebol Clube and its formal name honors Cícero Pompeu de Toledo, who was São Paulo Futebol Clube's chairman during most of the stadium construction and died before its inauguration. Morumbi is the largest privately owned stadium in Brazil. The stadium was designed by the architect João Batista Vilanova Artigas.
In the early years of its existence, São Paulo Futebol Clube used for their headquarters and home field the , located beside the Ponte das Bandeiras next to the Tietê river in the center of São Paulo. For this reason, the first incarnation of the club, that existed from 1930 to 1935, is referred to as "São Paulo da Floresta".
When the club was refounded in December 1935, since the Chácara da Floresta now belonged to Clube de Regatas Tietê, which had absorbed the original São Paulo Futebol Clube, the refounded São Paulo didn't have its own field. From 1936, it began to rent the stadium, which then belonged to Clube Atlético Paulista. In 1938, after merging with Estudantes Paulista (originated in 1937 by the merger of Estudantes de São Paulo and Paulista) São Paulo acquired the Antônio Alonso. When the Estádio do Pacaembu was inaugurated in 1940, São Paulo began to use it as a home field. the Antônio Alonso stadium was sold to Juventus in 1942.
In 1944, São Paulo bought a piece of ground called Canindé, which was only used as a headquarters and training location. The area was too small for the construction of a large stadium, so studies were done to find another home within the city of São Paulo.
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