Stadio San Paolo
Location	Naples, Italy
Opened	1959
Renovated	1989
Owner	Municipality of Naples
Surface	Grass 110 x 68 meters
Tenants
S.S.C. Napoli
Capacity
78,210

San Paolo stadium in Naples.

Stadio San Paolo is a multi-use stadium in the western suburb of Fuorigrotta of Naples, Italy, and is the third largest football stadium in Italy after Stadio Giuseppe Meazza and Stadio Olimpico. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home of S.S.C. Napoli. The stadium was built in 1959 and underwent extensive renovations in 1989 for the 1990 World Cup. The present capacity of the San Paolo is 78,210. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1280 × 960 pixel, file size: 266 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) San Paolo Stadium, Napoli, Italy. ... For other uses see, Naples (disambiguation) and Napoli (disambiguation) Location of the city of Naples (red dot) within Italy. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... For other uses see, Naples (disambiguation) and Napoli (disambiguation) Location of the city of Naples (red dot) within Italy. ... Cut grass growing on in the Hudson River Park Tall grass growing wild at Lyme Park Grass covered house in Iceland. ... Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli (also known as Azzurri and Partenopei) are an Italian professional football club based in Naples, Campania. ... Image File history File links Sanpaolostad01. ... Image File history File links Sanpaolostad01. ... Telstra Stadium in Sydney, Australia is capable of being converted from a rectangular rugby football field to an oval for cricket and Australian rules football games This article is about the building type. ... Fuorigrotta (Italian: Beyond the grotto) is a western suburb of Naples, southern Italy, beyond the Posillipo hill and joined to the main body of Naples by two traffic tunnels through that hill since the early 20th century. ... For other uses see, Naples (disambiguation) and Napoli (disambiguation) Location of the city of Naples (red dot) within Italy. ... The Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, also known as the San Siro, is a football stadium in Milan, Italy. ... Stadio Olimpico is the major stadium of Rome, Italy. ... A player (wearing the red kit) has penetrated the defence (in the white kit) and is taking a shot at goal. ... Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli (also known as Azzurri and Partenopei) are an Italian professional football club based in Naples, Campania. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... The 1990 FIFA World Cup, the 14th staging of the World Cup, was held in Italy from June 8 to July 8. ...

The stadium is probably most famous for hosting the 1990 World Cup semi-final between Italy and Argentina. Considered to be the most controversial match of that World Cup, Diego Maradona, then a player at Napoli asked for the Napoli fans to cheer for Argentina. The Napoli "tifosi" responded by hanging a flag in their "curve" of the stadium saying "Maradona, We love you, but Italy is our father". It was touching for Maradona for as Napoli was the only stadium during that World Cup that the Argentinian national anthem wasn't jeered. Apparently, Napoli fans were the "black sheep" of Italy because they rooted for Maradona. The match finished 1-1 after extra time. A penalty shoot out ensued with Maradona fittingly scoring the winning penalty for Argentina. Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli (also known as Azzurri and Partenopei) are an Italian professional football club based in Naples, Campania. ...

Recent times

Even with S.S.C. Napoli in Serie C during the 2005/2006 season, Napoli achieved the feat of having the 3rd highest average home attendance for a football club in Italy for the season with only the Serie A clubs, A.C. Milan and Inter Milan having higher attendances. Napoli's final game of the season drew a crowd of 51,000 which now stands as a Serie C record. Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli (also known as Azzurri and Partenopei) are an Italian professional football club based in Naples, Campania. ... Serie C is the name of the third and fourth highest football leagues in Italy. ... This article is about the Italian football league. ... Associazione Calcio Milan is an Italian football club based in Milan, Lombardy. ... Football Club Internazionale Milano (commonly, but incorrectly, known as Inter Milan) is an Italian football club, playing in the Serie A (first division). ...

San Paolo also hosted Italy's Euro 2008 Qualifier vs Lithuania on 2 September 2006 with the possibility of other qualifiers to played there in the future. The 2008 European Football Championship will take place in Austria and Switzerland, from 7 June to 29 June 2008. ... is the 245th day of the year (246th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Renaming after Diego Maradona

The Naples city council asked the Italian government for permission to rename Napoli's stadium after Diego Maradona. The Argentine legend helped Napoli to win Serie A titles in 1987 and 1990.

The council voted to ask for the renaming of the San Paolo stadium, but one stumbling block is an Italian law prohibiting public buildings to be named after any person who has not been dead for at least 10 years.

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