Diego Armando Maradona Stadium, Football stadium in Villa General Mitre, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The Estadio Diego Armando Maradona is a football ground in Villa General Mitre, Buenos Aires, home of Argentinos Juniors. Its main grandstand has tiered seating in red and white stripes beneath a solid red upper wall, with a row of floodlights along the top edge. An open tunnel marked "PLATEA D" leads into the stand, and a red metal fence runs along the front.
The facility opened in 1940 under a different name and underwent major reconstruction in the mid-1990s. In 2004, it received its current name in honor of a player who began his career here.
The stadium is home to Argentinos Juniors, the club where Diego Maradona made his professional debut in 1976. Its name, adopted in 2004 for the club's centenary, honours him. The ground also hosts rock concerts: a 1973 festival after the Cámpora-Solano Lima election victory is counted among Argentina's first mergings of politics and rock, and Los Gardelitos played their entire discography here in 2022.
The ground sits in the northwestern part of Buenos Aires and can be reached by public transport or car. On match days, several entrances open around the facility, allowing access to the stands from different sides.
Another Argentine international scored his first goal here in 2004 wearing the U20 shirt against Paraguay. That moment later became an important part of his early international career.
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