Estádio Parque São Jorge, Football stadium in Tatuapé District, Brazil.
The Estádio Alfredo Schürig, known as Parque São Jorge or Fazendinha, is a football ground inside the club's Tatuapé headquarters, holding about 18,500 people. A flat dark grey roof on thin posts covers the grandstand, whose grey seats spell a word in darker letters; a low wall separates them from the grass pitch. It hosts youth, women's and American football games.
Corinthians bought the Parque São Jorge land in 1926 from Esporte Clube Sírio, and the stadium opened on 22 July 1928 with a 2-2 draw against América, De Maria scoring first. It was renamed in 1933 for president Alfredo Schürig, who supplied the iron, nails and screws for the stands. The last Corinthians-Palmeiras derby there was a 2-0 win on 18 August 1940.
The nickname Fazendinha (Little Farm) comes from the small farm that stood on the land bought in 1926 from Assad Abdalla and Nagib Sallem. The club also took the anchor and oars into its crest, since the Tietê river beside the ground was then navigable and allowed water sports.
The stadium sits inside the Parque São Jorge club grounds in the Tatuapé district, next to the Tietê river, and is reached through the club's social headquarters. It is used for youth-category training and matches, Corinthians women's football and the club's American football team, so access depends on the club's activities rather than on a fixed visitor programme.
At the 1963 Pan American Games in São Paulo, the Brazil national team beat the United States 10–0 at this stadium. The ground also holds its attendance record of 27,384, set on November 4, 1962, when Santos defeated Corinthians 2–1.
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