Vila Belmiro

Formerly: Estádio do Santos

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Estadio Urbano Caldeira,campo do santos fc,Brasil caveira43 · CC BY-SA 3.0

Charity game at Estádio Urbano Caldeira (also known as Estádio Vila Belmiro), in Santos, São Paulo, Brazil. https://www.flickr.com/people/savaman/ · CC BY 2.0

Estádio Urbano Caldeira (estádio de futebol no Brasil) Boaventuravinicius · CC BY-SA 4.0

The record crowd dates back to 20 September 1964, when 32,986 people packed in for a derby against Corinthians, a number the ground's current capacity of 20,360 makes hard to picture now. The 1997 rebuild did the heavier structural work: a new stand closed the last open end to complete the bowl, and the pitch got a computer-controlled drainage and irrigation system.

Vila Belmiro has hosted more than football. Peru beat Bolivia here in a 1949 South American Championship match, and the second leg of the 1962 Copa Libertadores final against Peñarol was abandoned in the 54th minute after crowd trouble, forcing a replay on neutral ground. In 2023, the centre circle became the site of a public wake for Pelé.

Who plays here

Santos U20 98 matches

Recent matches here

Date	Match	Score
21 Aug	Santos U20 — América-sp U20	7:0
7 Aug	Santos U20 — São Bento U20	5:2
26 Jul	Santos U20 — Portuguesa U20	1:2
22 Jul	Santos U20 — Vasco da Gama U20	2:0
11 Jul	Santos U20 — União Suzano U20	6:0
8 Jul	Santos U20 — Botafogo U20	4:1
1 Jul	Santos U20 — São Paulo U20	0:3
28 Jun	Santos U20 — Corinthians U20	0:0