The Stadio Partenio-Lombardi is a

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, Italy. It is currently used mostly for

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matches and is the home of

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. The stadium was built in 1973 and holds 26,308. On 9 June 2011 the stadium was dedicated to former Avellino player

Adriano Lombardi Adriano Lombardi (7 August 1945 – 30 November 2007), nicknamed , was an Italian football player and coach, mostly known for his time spent at Avellino. Career Lombardi played as a midfielder with many teams, in particular Perugia, Como and Ave ...

Notable matches

The Partenio hosted the second leg of the

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between

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and

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. On 11 October 2002, the

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won in Partenio 4–1 against

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External links

Frank Jasperneite images

References

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