The Estadio Pedro Bidegain ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpeðɾo βiðeˈɣajn] ), more often known as El Nuevo Gasómetro , is the home stadium of Club San Lorenzo , located in Bajo Flores neighborhood of Buenos Aires city.
22-455: This stadium is the successor of San Lorenzo's old ground, the historic Viejo Gasómetro in nearby Boedo , that had been inaugurated in 1916 and then expropriated by the military government in 1979. After playing their home games in other stadiums, the Nuevo Gasómetro was inaugurated in a friendly match v Chilean club Universidad Católica . The first official match held in the stadium
44-464: A current venue for matches of national football teams, with only three games hosted there. National sides to have played at Pedro Bidegain were Bolivia , Colombia , Senegal , and Jordan . San Lorenzo fans wish to return to their original home (Viejo Gasómetro), and won a court action saying that supermarket chain Carrefour should sell back the land that their supermarket is now built on. In July 2019,
66-466: A friendly match. Both teams faced again on September 28 in a Copa Lipton match, in front of a huge attendance. Despite being the largest stadium of the time, the huge attendance frequently surpassed the stadium's capacity. In 1935, San Lorenzo announced they were planning to acquired a land to build a new stadium for 150,000 spectators. The land was located only 20 blocks from the Gasómetro. Nevertheless,
88-565: The Italian-born Renato Cesarini , the Uruguayans Roque Máspoli , Ángel Romano , Obdulio Varela , Hector Scarone , Juan Alberto Schiaffino , Anibal Paz , Severino Varela , and Paraguayan legend Arsenio Erico , among others. Friendly matches were common between clubs from Argentina and Uruguay in the early 1900s due to the close proximity of the nations. Inevitably, a match to decide which national champions were
110-399: The 1970s and they were forced to sell the ground to the government in 1979, who subsequently sold it to Carrefour supermarket. The last match played at the Gasómetro was hosted on December 2, 1979. San Lorenzo and Boca Juniors tied 0–0 in a 1979 Torneo Nacional match. The stadium was demolished two years later. After the stadium was closed, San Lorenzo fans made several attempts to get
132-745: The Copa Aldao and other international club tournaments played in South America before the beginning of Copa Libertadores in 1960. In August 2015, a CONMEBOL 's article described Aldao Cup as one of the first international professional football cups in South America. Many important footballers played in the competitions such as the Argentines Jose Manuel Moreno , Angel Labruna , Guillermo Stabile , Alfredo Di Stefano , Adolfo Pedernera , Amadeo Carrizo , Carlos Peucelle , Felix Loustau , Nestor Rossi , Antonio Sastre , Bernardo Gandulla ,
154-476: The best formulated; the trophy of the competition was donated by Ricardo Aldao, then president of both, club Gimnasia y Esgrima (BA) and dissident association "Federación Argentina de Football". As such, the competition was named after his donation. The first edition, organized in 1913, was to be contested between Estudiantes from Argentina and River Plate from Uruguay. However, the match was suspended due to heavy rain and never rescheduled. The first champion of
176-401: The champions of this year. Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol (AUF) and Argentine Football Association (AFA) studied the situation on 22 January 1941, and announced that a two-legged format would be adopted in the following seasons. The finals should be disputed before the beginning of the next season. Only players that had been part of the domestic champion squads could be included. Since then,
198-521: The club took ownership of the land where the Viejo Gasómetro stood. 34°39′7.43″S 58°26′24.43″W / 34.6520639°S 58.4401194°W / -34.6520639; -58.4401194 Estadio Gas%C3%B3metro El Gasómetro , oficially named San Lorenzo Stadium , was a football stadium located in the neighborhood of Boedo in Buenos Aires . Inaugurated in 1916, the stadium
220-508: The competition was not crowned until 1916, when Nacional of Montevideo beat Racing de Avellaneda 2–1. Originally, a single-legged format was adopted, with the match played in Argentina and Uruguay in alternative year. But in 1940, Boca Juniors left the field when the match, played at Montevideo, was at a draw of 2–2 and headed for extra-time. The title was awarded to Nacional at first, yet later on both associations did not defined clearly
242-455: The competition was played two-legged exception made of the 1942 edition, when the second leg was not played and the trophy was not awarded. Schedule problems forced teams of both countries to quit the Aldao Cup during the 1950s, thus the competition was discontinued until 1959. One last attempt was made to rekindle the championship in 1955 in a match between Nacional and River Plate . However,
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#1732876460784264-539: The continent. The first competition was scheduled for the 1913 season (although it was never played) and the last in 1955 (actually played in 1959, no champions proclaimed). The Copa Ricardo Aldao is seen today as the first stepping-stone toward the creation of the Copa Libertadores . In 2009, when the IFFHS proclaimed Peñarol of Montevideo as the best South American team of the 20th century, they took into consideration
286-399: The final was not disputed until four years later and the second leg was never played; therefore, the title was not officially proclaimed. As a result, to the schedule congestion of the growing national leagues (as well as the creation of the new continental club tournament, the Copa Libertadores de América) the Copa Aldao became redundant and was never played again. Below is a list with all
308-427: The first years of the 1920s the club built a grandstand with roof. In August 1922, the stadium hosted the funeral of player Jacobo Urso, died on August 6 in the hospital. Urso had been injured in a match v Estudiantes de Buenos Aires , where he broke some ribs after a collision with a rival. 7,000 people attended Urso's funeral, with his coffin being carried by his teammates and players of Czech team Teplitzer FK , which
330-575: The former land back to the institution. In 2008, the Legislature of Buenos Aires approved a project of "Historic Restitution" of the Avenida La Plata land. In 2010, supporters of the club carried the project of Historic Restitution to the National Legislature. The project included the expropriation of the land on Avenida La Plata (where French chain Carrefour had built a supermarket there) and
352-468: The largest stadium of Argentina until the construction of El Cilindro , home venue of Racing Club de Avellaneda , inaugurated in 1950. Racing's stadium had a capacity of 100,000 spectators, then reduced to 66,000 in the 1990s. The stadium was one of the venues for the 1929 South American Championship . The stadium was inaugurated on May 7, 1916, in a Primera División match between San Lorenzo and Estudiantes de La Plata , won by San Lorenzo 2–1. During
374-476: The project was soon abandoned and never relaunched. In 1936, San Lorenzo installed the first lighting system in the stadium. Lights were mounted on four columns placed on the four sides of the field. Three years later, the old grandstand with roof was replaced and the stadium extended its capacity to 75,000. During the end of the 1930s, the Gasómetro hosted three games of Copa Aldao , the most important competition in South America by then. The club's debt grew in
396-729: The restitution to Club San Lorenzo. On March 8, 2012, 100,000 people met at Plaza de Mayo to claim for the law, which was finally approved on 15 November 2012. On April 4, 2014, the club signed an agreement with Carrefour which stated that the land would be restituted to San Lorenzo, with the club and the supermarket sharing the land. In April 2019, Carrefour announced that the supermarket on Avenida La Plata would be closed permanently. 34°38′06.06″S 58°25′24.68″W / 34.6350167°S 58.4235222°W / -34.6350167; -58.4235222 Copa Aldao The Copa Ricardo Aldao ( English : Ricardo Aldao Cup ), popularly called Campeonato Rioplatense and Copa Río de La Plata ,
418-438: Was San Lorenzo 1 v Belgrano (C) 0. The stadium was named after Pedro Bidegain, president of the club between 1929 and 1930. The stadium has the bigger field of Argentina, measuring 110 x 70 meters. Since its inauguration, the stadium has been refurbished several times, starting in 1997 with the construction of new grandstands on its sides. In 2014, the lighting was completely renovated. The Pedro Bidegain stadium has not been
440-478: Was an official AFA - AUF football club competition contested annually, albeit irregularly, between the league champions of Argentina and Uruguay . The trophy was donated by Argentine football executive Ricardo Aldao (1863–1956), who would later become president of the Argentine Football Association . The cup is one of several inter-South American club competitions that have been organised on
462-413: Was the home ground of club San Lorenzo de Almagro before they moved to their new venue, Estadio Pedro Bidegain , which is sometimes referred to as Nuevo Gasómetro ("New Gasometer"), in 1993. The stadium had a capacity of 75,000 people. The stadium was nicknamed Gasómetro due to its exterior facade that reminded of a gas holder , very common at the time. It has a capacity of 75,000 spectators, being
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#1732876460784484-413: Was touring Argentina at the time of the funeral. In June 1928, San Lorenzo acquired the land (rented until then) and started a new refurbishing on it. The new structures used for the exterior changed the face of the stadium, resembling a gas holder so it would be soon nicknamed Gasómetro . The Argentina national football team played its first match at Gasómetro on June 16, 1929, beating Uruguay 2–0 in
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