Estádio Municipal Gilberto Siqueira Lopes
Lins, Brazil
Formerly: Gilbertão
Lins is a single-club town, and the ground on Rua Leopoldina has never had to compete for attention. Clube Atlético Linense, formed in 1927, waited more than three decades for a home of its own scale — construction ran from 1959 to 1962, and the ground opened that year with a match against Botafogo-RP, who left with a 4–2 win.
The nickname stuck before the official one did. Locals still call it Gilbertão rather than its full name, a habit that outlasted whichever formal renaming gave the stadium its current title. It is the kind of shorthand that only survives when a place has been central to a town for generations rather than passing through fashion.
Nothing about the ground has been rebuilt for a tournament or reshaped by outside money — it holds 15,770 on a natural pitch, the same footprint the town settled on when it opened. What has stayed constant is the tenant: Linense have played every home fixture there since 1962, so the stadium's history and the club's are effectively one document, not two.
Who plays here
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Linense
51 matches
Recent matches here
| Date | Match | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Aug | Linense — Bandeirante SP | 2:0 |
| 9 Aug | Linense — Grêmio Prudente | 5:2 |
| 26 Jul | Linense — Marília | 3:1 |
| 1 Mar | Linense — Santo André | 1:1 |
| 22 Feb | Linense — Grêmio Prudente | 0:2 |
| 18 Feb | Linense — XV de Piracicaba | 0:1 |
| 8 Feb | Linense — Oeste | 2:2 |
| 28 Jan | Linense — Taubaté | 1:1 |