Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Tenants
Nacional
National Stadium: 'Tiburcio Carías Andino' of Tegucigalpa.
Location	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Owner	Tegucigalpa Municipality
Capacity	35,000^[1]
Surface	grass
Opened	15 March 1948 (1948-03-15)
C.D. Olimpia (1948–present) C.D. Motagua (1948–present) Pumas UNAH (1972–89; 1996–2007) Real Maya (1992–97) C.D. Federal (1974–78; 1999–2000) Honduras national football team (1948–97)

The Estadio Nacional (official name) is a multi-purpose stadium in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. It is used mostly for Association football matches. The stadium has a capacity of 34,000 and it is the home of football clubs C.D. Motagua and C.D. Olimpia.

History

The National Stadium of Tegucigalpa was built during the administration of Tiburcio Carías Andino. The stadium was Honduras national football team's home stadium in the FIFA World Cup qualification for many years. In 1981, the stadium was host to 6 CONCACAF nations (Honduras, Mexico, El Salvador, Canada, Haiti and Cuba) for Spain 1982's final round of the World Cup qualifying football games that saw Honduras qualify for the first time to the World Cup.^[2] It was until 1998 with the completion of Estadio Olimpico Metropolitano that El Nacional lost the privilege of hosting most of Honduras' matches. Since then, El Nacional has hosted very few qualifying games.

The stadium hosted the 2009 UNCAF Nations Cup where Panama won its first Central American championship and saw Nicaragua qualify for its first Gold Cup.

The Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino hosted the following major international football events.

Competition	Years
CCCF Championship	1955
CONCACAF Championship	1967, 1981
Copa Centroamericana	1993, 2001, 2009
Central American Games	1990
CCCF Youth Championship	1960
CONCACAF Under-20 Championship	1978, 1994
CONCACAF U-17 Championship	1987, 2007
CONCACAF Champions League Finals	1972, 1980, 1988
Copa Interamericana Finals	1972, 1988
Copa Interclubes UNCAF Finals	1999, 2005, 2006, 2007

Stadiums in the Honduran Liga Nacional

2016–17 season:	Excélsior Francisco Martínez Durón Francisco Morazán Humberto Micheletti Juan Ramón Brevé Vargas Nilmo Edwards Olímpico Metropolitano San Jorge Tiburcio Carías Andino Yankel Rosenthal

Previously used	Argelio Sabillón Carlos Miranda Fausto Flores Lagos Marcelo Tinoco Municipal de Monjarás Roberto Martínez Ávila Roberto Suazo Córdova Rubén Deras Rubén Guifarro

National teams

Men	National team Olympic (U-23) U-20 U-17 Futsal

Women	National team U-23 U-20 U-17

Men	1st Division (Reserves) 2nd Division 3rd Division Amateur (defunct)

Domestic cups

Men	Honduran Cup Honduran Supercup

Awards

Lists

Honduras national football team

General	Federation History Players Managers

Venues	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino (1948–1996) Estadio Francisco Morazán (1996–1997) Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano (1997–present)

Statistics	FIFA World Cup record Results Head to head

Categories	Senior U-23 U-20 U-17 U-15 Futsal Women

Rivalries	Costa Rica El Salvador (Football War) Guatemala Mexico

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