Estadio Nuevo Colombino is a multi-purpose stadium

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 Huelva

Huelva

Huelva is a city in southwestern Spain, the capital of the province of Huelva in the autonomous region of Andalusia. It is located along the Gulf of Cadiz coast, at the confluence of the Odiel and Tinto rivers. According to the 2010 census, the city has a population of 149,410 inhabitants. The...

, Spain

Spain

Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

. 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 ground of Recreativo de Huelva

Recreativo de Huelva

Real Club Recreativo de Huelva, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Huelva, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 23 December 1889, it is the oldest football team in Spain, and currently plays in the second division, holding home games at Estadio Nuevo Colombino, which has a...

. Football was first introduced to Spain in Huelva and it still hosts the annual Trofeo Colombino

Trofeo Colombino

Trofeo Colombino is a summer football tournament hosted annually by Recreativo de Huelva at their home grounds Nuevo Colombino in Huelva, Spain. The tournament is held in honor of Recre's position as the oldest surviving Spanish football club and has been held since 1965...

, one of the traditional curtain-raisers to the Spanish football season. The new stadium holds 21,670 and was built in 2001. It replaced Estadio Colombino

Estadio Colombino

Estadio Colombino was a multi-use stadium in Huelva, Spain. It was initially used as the stadium of Recreativo de Huelva matches. It was replaced by the current Estadio Nuevo Colombino in 2001. The capacity of the stadium was 13,000 spectators....

.

External links

• Estadios de Espana