Estadio Municipal "Heraclio Tapia León", more commonly known as Estadio Heracilo Tapia, is a

multi-purpose stadium A multi-purpose stadium is a type of stadium designed to be easily used for multiple types of events. While any stadium could potentially host more than one type of sport or event, this concept usually refers to a design philosophy that stres ...

Huánuco Huánuco (; ) is a city in central Peru. It had a population of 196,627 as of 2017 and in 2015 it had a population of 175,068. It is the capital of the Huánuco Region and the Huánuco District. It is the seat of the diocese of Huánuco. The met ...

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. Built in 1972 and renovated in 2010, it is used by

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teams

Alianza Universidad Club Social Deportivo y Cultural Alianza Universidad de Huánuco, popularly known as Alianza Universidad or Alianza Huanuco, is a football in Peru, Peruvian professional football club, based in the city of Huánuco. The club was founded in 1939 un ...

of the

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and

León de Huánuco Club Social Deportivo León de Huánuco, more commonly known as León de Huánuco, is a professional Peruvian football (soccer), football club based in the city of Huánuco. It is historically the biggest football club of Huánuco city. Founded in ...

of the

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, along with numerous regional teams. The stadium can hold 25,000 people and an all seater stadium. It is one of the highest stadiums in South America.

History

Construction began in 1972 when

got promoted to the

for the first time. The stadium also became home to

, rivals of Leon de Huanuco located in the same city. It is the home of the city's teams such as León de Huánuco and Alianza Universidad. It had its most glorious moments in the 1990s, when the Torneo Descentralizado was played there. On December 8, 2010, the stadium hosted the largest number of people in its history, since that day León de Huánuco played the final of the 2010 Torneo Descentralizado and 18,090 people witnessed the 1-1 draw with Universidad San Martín. That day, the western grandstand was also inaugurated. In 2011, the stadium hosted its first international matches with

in the

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. It also hosted matches of the

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and

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. After Alianza Universidad's promotion back to the First Division in 2024, the stadium has changed colors from León de Huánuco's brown and tan, to Alianza Universidad's blue and red.

History

See also