Estádio Armando Oliveira, Football stadium in Camaçari, Bahia, Brazil
The Estádio Fernando Ferreira Lopes, known as Estádio Armando Oliveira, is a football ground in Camaçari, Bahia, owned by the municipal government and home to Camaçari Futebol Clube and Sport Clube Camaçariense. Its capacity is 7,000 spectators, with a pitch, floodlights and painted stands renovated in 2007.
The stadium opened in 1985 as Estádio Waldeck Ornelas and was renamed Estádio Armando Oliveira after a 2005 renovation, honouring a well-known Bahian journalist. A further renovation by the Camaçari municipality at the end of 2007 restored the pitch, electrical and hydraulic systems, painting and lighting. In 2018 it took the name Estádio Fernando Ferreira Lopes, honouring the founder of Fluminense Futebol Clube de Camaçari, who died in December 2017 aged 70.
The ground hosts Camaçari Futebol Clube and Sport Clube Camaçariense, and in 2009 and 2010 it was a venue of the Copa 2 de Julho, with the Brazil under-17 team based there. In 2012 it was home to the Salvador All Saints American football team, the only Bahia representative in the national championship of that sport.
The stadium is located in Camaçari and easily accessible on match days, with multiple entrance gates to help visitors enter efficiently. It is wise to arrive early to secure good seating and avoid congestion when entering and leaving.
In 2008, with Fonte Nova closed after its stands collapsed, Esporte Clube Bahia played its Campeonato Baiano home matches here, leaving once the Série B required grounds above 10,000 seats. The stadium also hosted the Copa 2 de Julho in 2009 and 2010, when the Brazil under-17 team was based there.
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