Estadio José Zorrilla
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Estadio José Zorrilla is a football stadium in Valladolid
Valladolid
Valladolid is a historic city and municipality in north-central Spain, situated at the confluence of the Pisuerga and Esgueva rivers, and located within three wine-making regions: Ribera del Duero, Rueda and Cigales...

, Spain
Spain
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. The stadium holds 26,512 people.

The stadium was built in 1982 and is named after poet José Zorrilla y Moral
José Zorrilla y Moral
José Zorrilla y Moral , was a Spanish Romantic poet and dramatist.He was born in Valladolid to a magistrate in whom Ferdinand VII placed special confidence,...

. Prior to this, they played in the old Estadio José Zorrilla
Estadio José Zorrilla (1940)
Estadio José Zorrilla was a multi-use stadium in Valladolid, Spain. It was initially used as the stadium of Real Valladolid matches. The first match took place on 3 November 1940 with a 4-1 win over Arenas Club de Getxo...

.

The first match to be played at the stadium was a Spanish Liga match on February 20, 1982 between Real Valladolid
Real Valladolid
Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Valladolid, in the autonomous community of Castile and León, from where the nickname Pucela is derived....

 and Athletic Bilbao
Athletic Bilbao
Athletic Club, also known as Athletic Bilbao, is an association football club from Bilbao in Biscay, Spain. The club has played in the Primera División of La Liga since its start in 1928. They have won La Liga on eight occasions...

which ended in a 1-0 victory for Valladolid, the only goal being scored in the 84th minute by Jorge Alonso. The Spanish cup final was played at the stadium in April 1982.

During the 1982 World Cup, three Group D matches (Czechoslovakia-Kuwait, France-Kuwait and France-Czechoslovakia) were played at the Estadio Zorilla.

Plans are currently under way to expand the stadium to 40,000 spectators. The project is known as Valladolid Arena.
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