Alejandro Villanueva Stadium, Association football stadium in La Victoria, Peru
Alejandro Villanueva Stadium is a football venue with four partially sunken stands accessible directly from street level and holds approximately 34,000 spectators. The grounds sit in the heart of the La Victoria district in Lima.
In 1951 the state donated the land and Manuel Odría laid the first stone on 15 February, but funding problems stalled the project. Work finally began in late May 1969 under Uruguayan engineer Walter Lavalleja, and a 1972 decree granted the club ownership, enabling a loan. The stadium opened on 27 December 1974 with a 2-2 draw against Nacional; Hebert Revetria scored the first goal after 18 minutes.
The stadium opened in 1974 as Estadio Alianza Lima and was renamed Estadio Alejandro Villanueva in 2000, ahead of the club's centenary, after one of its greatest players. Fans call it Matute after the La Victoria neighbourhood, and the Comando Sur barra paints murals on the southern stand.
The stadium occupies most of a block bounded by Avenida Isabel la Católica to the south, Jirón Abtao to the east, Jirón Mendoza Merino to the west and Jirón Hipólito Unanue to the north, in the Matute area of La Victoria. The four stands are named sur, norte, oriente and occidente; the small visiting section between oriente and norte is called "el corral".
The south stand carries murals painted by the Comando Sur, Alianza Lima's main supporters' group. Between the east and north stands sits a small section called "el corral", regularly given over to visiting fans. The ground also holds three 25 m² LED screens and a perimeter LED fence for advertising.
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