Estádio Municipal Antônio Soares de Oliveira
Guarulhos, Brazil
Formerly: Estádio Municipal, Estádio Municipal de Guarulhos
One stand at the Estádio Municipal Antônio Soares de Oliveira sits empty on matchdays, closed off because the ground has never obtained an AVCB fire safety certificate. The gap between the number printed in the record books and the number of seats actually open to fans is the defining fact of this arena: 6,235 on paper, closer to 4,093 through the 2023 and 2024 seasons.
Locally the place goes by two nicknames long before its official name comes up — Ninho do Corvo ("Crow's Nest") and Tranquilão, borrowed from the surrounding Jardim Tranquilidade neighbourhood. The formal name was only fixed by municipal law in 1993, a year after the stadium opened, honouring Antônio Soares de Oliveira, a former president of the Liga Guarulhense de Futebol; before that it was known simply as Estádio Municipal.
Associação Atlética Flamengo, tenants since 1980, paid for the switch from grass to synthetic turf ahead of the 2023 Copinha campaign, working, by the club's own account, with a tight budget. Attendances have historically been modest — averaging around 412 across 2017 to 2019 — which makes the crowd of more than 2,900 that turned out for the Paulista Segunda Divisão meeting with Independente de Limeira stand out as a club record. Associação Desportiva Guarulhos also calls the ground home.
Who plays here
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Flamengo SP U20 37 matches
Recent matches here
| Date | Match | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 21 Aug | Flamengo SP U20 — Capivariano U20 | 1:0 |
| 11 Aug | Flamengo SP U20 — Osasco Audax U20 | 0:0 |
| 31 Jul | Flamengo SP U20 — Gremio Prudente U20 | 1:0 |
| 19 Jul | Flamengo SP U20 — Palmeiras U20 | 1:1 |
| 3 Jul | Flamengo SP U20 — XV de Jaú U20 | 0:2 |
| 12 Jun | Flamengo SP U20 — Guaraní U20 | 0:1 |
| 29 May | Flamengo SP U20 — Referencia U20 | 2:0 |
| 13 Jan | Flamengo SP U20 — Monte Roraima U20 | 1:0 |