The Stadio Ferruccio Chittolina is a
football stadium situated in
Vado Ligure
Vado Ligure ( lij, Voæ), in antiquity Vada Sabatia, is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Savona, Liguria, in northern Italy.
Economy
Vado has a large industrial and commercial port.
Vado Ligure is home to a railway construction plant, ...
, the home of
Vado.
The stadium was inaugurated on August 20, 1978, with a friendly match between Vado and
Genoa
Genoa ( ; it, Genova ; lij, Zêna ). is the capital of the Regions of Italy, Italian region of Liguria and the List of cities in Italy, sixth-largest city in Italy. In 2015, 594,733 people lived within the city's administrative limits. As of t ...
that replaced the "''Campo delle Traversine''" with the "''Campo di Leo''" which hosted the
1922 Coppa Italia Final.
The Stadio Ferrucchio Chittolina was named in honour of
Giuseppe "Ferruccio" Chittolina, the Vado goalkeeper who died on April 7, 1946, as a result of an accident that occurred during a championship match on the ''Campo delle Traversine'' (which was later also named after him).
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Sport in Liguria
Buildings and structures in Liguria
Football venues in Italy
Sports venues completed in 1978
Sports venues in Liguria
1978 establishments in Italy