Estadio Iván Elías Moreno, Municipal football stadium in Villa El Salvador, Peru
Estadio Hugo Sotil Yerén, long known as Estadio Iván Elías Moreno, is a football ground in the Villa El Salvador district of Lima with a capacity of 13,773 spectators. It stands on the site of the district's former municipal stadium, a dirt pitch used for local league matches, and was rebuilt for the 2002 opening.
The stadium opened on 2 June 2002 with a Segunda División match between Defensor Villa del Mar and Guardia Republicana, won by the home side 4–0. It was built on the site of the district's old municipal ground, a dirt pitch used for district league games, during Martín Pumar's term as mayor. In 2013 remodelling made it fit for official Segunda División fixtures, and in May 2025 Alianza Lima took over its concession for three years and renamed it Estadio Hugo Sotil.
The stadium honors a young local resident who died protecting a teenager from an attack, making the name a symbol of community courage. This dedication shapes how people in the neighborhood view the venue.
The stadium sits 500 metres from the "Mariátegui" stop of the AS-04 feeder route of Lima's Metropolitano, at the junction of Avenida Revolución and Avenida José Carlos Mariátegui, which links to the trunk line at Terminal Sur Matellini. Line 1 of the Lima and Callao Metro stops at Villa El Salvador station, about 2 kilometres away on Avenida Separadora Industrial.
The stadium was renamed Estadio Hugo Sotil Yerén on 29 May 2025, when Alianza Lima took over its concession for three years; the old name honoured Iván Elías Moreno, a local student killed while stopping a gang fight. Fans of Deportivo Municipal had nicknamed the ground "El Tacho".
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