Stadio Erasmo Iacovone is a multi-use stadium in

Taranto Taranto (, also ; ; nap, label=Tarantino dialect, Tarantino, Tarde; Latin: Tarentum; Old Italian: ''Tarento''; Ancient Greek: Τάρᾱς) is a coastal city in Apulia, Southern Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Taranto, serving as an ...

, Italy. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of

Taranto Sport Taranto Football Club 1927, commonly referred to as Taranto, is a professional Italian football club, based in Taranto, Apulia. Originally founded in 1927 by the union of two pioneering clubs that created the first city squad, Taranto currently ...

. The stadium holds 27,584 people. The stadium was founded in 1965 as the Stadio Salinella and was renamed after , an Italian footballer who died in a car accident at the age of 25 while he was in Taranto, in 1978.

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Erasmo Iacovone Taranto Sports venues in Apulia 1965 establishments in Italy Sports venues completed in 1965 {{Italy-sports-venue-stub