Estádio Palma Travassos, Football stadium in Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
Estádio Palma Travassos is a football stadium in Ribeirão Preto, Brazil, with covered stands and a pitch measuring 105 by 68 metres. Its official capacity is 18,277, and it has 89 boxes for six people each and 13 radio and TV cabins. The ground is owned by Comercial Futebol Clube.
The project was conceived in 1958 under president Belmácio Pousa Godinho, but works only began in 1961, after engineer and farmer Francisco de Palma Travassos donated the land in October that year. The stadium opened on 14 October 1964 with a friendly Comercial 2x3 Santos; Paulo Bin scored the first goal before 27,921 paying spectators.
The stadium is home to Comercial Futebol Clube, one of the most recognized clubs in the region. On match days, supporters from Ribeirão Preto and nearby towns fill the stands and bring a strong sense of local pride to every game.
The pitch measures 105 by 68 metres, and the covered cativa stand holds 89 boxes of six seats plus three cativas chairs. The press area has 13 radio and TV cabins and one air-conditioned super box. When a show is mounted in the cativa, home fans are moved to the geral terrace while visitors stay in the away sector.
Garrincha's last goal, not his last match, came at Palma Travassos: on 23 March 1972 he scored the only goal of his brief Olaria spell in a 2-2 draw with Comercial. The stadium also staged Brazil's first Football Video Support review on 19 September 2025, when Comercial's coach Roberval Davino challenged a play and a penalty was awarded.
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