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El Campín: Bogotá's Football Legacy

The podcast discusses the history and details of Estadio Nemesio Camacho, commonly known as El Campín, the main stadium in Bogotá, Colombia. It was built in 1938 to host the Bolivarian Games and provide a space for Bogotá residents. El Campín has been the home ground for football clubs Independiente Santa Fe and Millonarios since 1951 and 1938 respectively, as well as the Colombia national football team. The stadium has undergone several renovations over the years and has hosted notable matches such as the 2001 Copa América final.

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El Campín: Bogotá's Football Legacy

The podcast discusses the history and details of Estadio Nemesio Camacho, commonly known as El Campín, the main stadium in Bogotá, Colombia. It was built in 1938 to host the Bolivarian Games and provide a space for Bogotá residents. El Campín has been the home ground for football clubs Independiente Santa Fe and Millonarios since 1951 and 1938 respectively, as well as the Colombia national football team. The stadium has undergone several renovations over the years and has hosted notable matches such as the 2001 Copa América final.

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Felipe Rodriguez In the next podcast we are going to talk about the Estadio Nemesio
Camacho “El Campin”. The local stadium of Bogota.
Santiago The Estadio Nemesio Camacho, commonly known as El Campín, is
Grisales the main stadium of Bogotá, Colombia. It is the home ground of the
Independiente Santa Fe and Millonarios association football teams.
Felipe Rodriguez It is also the home ground of the Colombia national football team,
together with Barranquilla's Estadio Metropolitano and Medellín's
Estadio Atanasio Girardot.
Santiago Something about its history is that Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, then mayor
Grisales of Bogotá, in 1934 had the idea to build a stadium for the joy of
Bogotá's townspeople, taking advantage of the occasion provided by
Bogotá's 400th anniversary, and also to host the Bolivarian Games of
1938; up to that moment the only major football ground in the city was
"La Merced" ground, a relatively small one.
Felipe Rodriguez Shortly after, then councilman Luis Camacho offered a land to the city
of Bogotá where the new stadium could be constructed. At the time of
the first Colombian Professional Football championship (1948), the
stadium's capacity was of 23.500 seated persons.
Santiago The stadium has been remodeled many times, and although the
Grisales stadium's maximum capacity was of 62.500 at 1968, the capacity has
been decreased over time through many other remodelations.
Felipe Rodriguez The first game hosted in this ground was a soccer match between
Ecuador and Colombia, on August 10, 1938, where Colombia was
defeated with a score of 2-1. Millonarios has played in "El Campín" as
their home ground since 1938, Santa Fe since 1951.
Santiago El Campín has been used several times to host matches of the
Grisales Colombian football team, most notably the Copa América 2001 final
against Mexico. This stadium is one of the many football grounds that
could be affected by FIFA's decision to forbid playing international
football in places located above 2500 meters above sea level, but due
to requests to change this decision, FIFA has allowed international
FIFA games in this stadium.

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