Estadio Oscar Quiteño
Encyclopedia
Estadio Óscar Alberto Quiteño is a multi-purpose stadium
in Santa Ana
, El Salvador
. It is currently used mostly for football
matches and is the home stadium of Club Deportivo FAS. The stadium holds 20,000 people and was built in 1963.
Estadio Oscar Alberto Quiteño was named after a goalkeeper who died in 1973, during a friendly match against Orion Costa Rica.
Multi-purpose stadium
Multi-purpose stadiums are a type of stadium designed in such a way as to be easily used by multiple sports. While any stadium could potentially host more than one sport, this concept usually refers to a specific design philosophy that stresses multi-functionality over specificity...
in Santa Ana
Santa Ana, El Salvador
Santa Ana is the second largest city in El Salvador, located 64 kilometers west of San Salvador, the capital city. Santa Ana has approximately 274,830 inhabitants and serves both as the capital of the department of Santa Ana and...
, El Salvador
El Salvador
El Salvador or simply Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital city and largest city is San Salvador; Santa Ana and San Miguel are also important cultural and commercial centers in the country and in all of Central America...
. It is currently used mostly for football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
matches and is the home stadium of Club Deportivo FAS. The stadium holds 20,000 people and was built in 1963.
Estadio Oscar Alberto Quiteño was named after a goalkeeper who died in 1973, during a friendly match against Orion Costa Rica.