Estádio Raulino de Oliveira, Football stadium in Volta Redonda, Brazil.
The Estádio Raulino de Oliveira is a football stadium in Volta Redonda with seating for around 21,000 spectators and a natural grass pitch. The facility includes several stands and functional areas designed for professional-level matches.
Built in the late 1940s and named after General Sylvio Raulino de Oliveira, then president of the CSN steelworks that funded it, the stadium was inaugurated on 15 April 1951 with Botafogo's 3-1 win over Fluminense. In 1976 the city expropriated the ground and reopened it on 14 March with Volta Redonda beating Botafogo 3-2, Mauro scoring the first goal. The wooden stands were replaced during the 2004 reinauguration.
The stadium carries the name of a steelworks leader who shaped the region's industrial past and remains linked to the city's economic identity. This connection between sport and industrial heritage reflects how locals see their community.
The stadium is owned by the Volta Redonda city hall and sits in the city of Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro State. Its interior holds free public facilities, among them a physiotherapy unit, a cardiology rehabilitation centre and a distance-learning centre, so parts of the ground are open to the public outside match days.
The attendance record of 24,509 was set on 1 May 1977, when Vasco beat Volta Redonda 1–0. The first goal ever scored in the stadium came off the boot of Volta Redonda's Mauro, in the 3–2 win over Botafogo on 14 March 1976.
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