Batistão, Football stadium in Aracaju, Brazil

Batistão is a football stadium in Aracaju featuring natural grass and seating for around 15,500 spectators across its concrete stands. The facility hosts matches for local and regional teams throughout the sporting season.

Batistão was built on the site of the old Estádio Estadual de Aracaju and opened on 9 July 1969 with a friendly between a Sergipe selection and the Brazil national team, won 8-2 by Brazil before 45,058 spectators. Toninho Guerreiro scored the ground's first goal. In the 1970s and 1980s it hosted Sergipe clubs in the Série A, and from 2013 it was rebuilt as the Arena Batistão.

The stadium's name honours Lourival Baptista, and its nickname Batistão is the form locals use. Luiz Gonzaga wrote and sang a song for the 1969 opening that mentioned the classrooms built under the stands. Today the ground hosts Sergipe and Confiança in the Campeonato Sergipano, plus regional American football and rugby fixtures.

The stadium has spacious seating and clear pathways for visitors attending a match. Visiting on game days allows you to experience the full energy of the crowd and local supporters.

Luiz Gonzaga wrote and sang a song for the stadium's inauguration, mentioning both its sporting role and the classrooms built under the stands. Those rooms operated for a few years before the project was abandoned in the 1970s, when sports federations, including the football federation, took the space until the 2013 renovation began.