Alfonso López Pumarejo Stadium, National monument stadium in University City, Bogotá, Colombia.
The Alfonso López Pumarejo Stadium is a football ground on the campus of the National University of Colombia in Bogotá's University City, designed in 1938 by the German architect Leopold Rother. It is named after former president Alfonso López Pumarejo, under whose government construction of the University City began. By 2025 the venue stood in an advanced state of neglect and had been vandalised.
Designed in 1938 by German architect Leopold Rother, the stadium was built on the National University campus under the government of Alfonso López Pumarejo, after whom it is named. It hosted the first Bolivarian Games in 1938 alongside the newly built El Campín. Independiente Santa Fe won Colombia's first professional football title there in 1948, and Millonarios used it provisionally around 1950–51.
The stadium is named after President Alfonso López Pumarejo, under whose government construction of the University City began. Its stands were home to Independiente Santa Fe from 1948 to 1951, and the club won Colombia's first professional football championship there in 1948.
The stadium stands on the National University campus in Bogotá's University City, at the coordinates 4.64036, -74.08646. By 2025 the venue was in an advanced state of abandonment and had been subject to vandalism, so check its condition before planning a visit. It was declared a National Monument of Colombia.
The stadium was the home ground of Independiente Santa Fe from 1948 to 1951, and there the club won the first Colombian professional football championship in 1948. Millonarios also played provisionally at the ground in 1950 and part of 1951, before returning to El Campín.
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