It is located in the Maracanã neighborhood, named after the Rio Maracanã, a now canalized river in Rio de Janeiro. The stadium was opened in 1950 to...

Maracanã most commonly refers to the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It may also refer to: Arlindo Maracanã (born 1978), Brazilian footballer...

and surrounds the Maracanã stadium. The UERJ, which is one of the main universities in Rio de Janeiro, is also located in Maracanã. Other education institutions...

paying, a record for persons present at Maracanã stadium. "Estádio Maracanã - Rio de Janeiro". Estádio Maracanã. Retrieved 4 April 2023. "Fluminense –...

game against Argentina, the only goal of Brazil in a 1–2 defeat in Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 12 of those goals came during his 14 FIFA...

competition for national football teams. The match was played at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 13 July 2014, and was contested by Germany...

of the final stage at the 1950 FIFA World Cup. It was played at the Maracanã Stadium in the then-capital of Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, on 16 July 1950. Unlike...

largest stadium crowd ever was 199,854 people watching the final match of the 1950 World Cup at Rio de Janeiro's Maracanã on 16 July 1950. Domed stadiums are...

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minutes of a Campeonato Carioca 1–1 draw against Vasco da Gama at Maracanã Stadium. After the transfer of Gustavo Cuéllar to Al-Hilal in August 2019 head...

The following is a list of notable sports stadiums, ordered by their capacity, which refers to the maximum number of spectators they can normally accommodate...

vantagem, atropela Vasco no Maracanã e está na final do Carioca" [Fluminense 'forget' lead, trample Vasco in the Maracanã and are in the final of the...

Maracanã" ("Maracanã Firecracker-Thrower"). During a World Cup qualifier in 1989 between the national teams of Brazil and Chile at Maracanã Stadium,...

Flamengo has typically played their home matches in the Maracanã (which is also Brazil's national stadium) since its completion in 1950, with some exceptions...

Officially, 173,850 paid spectators crammed into Rio de Janeiro's Maracanã Stadium on July 16, 1950. Some estimates have even pegged the attendance as...

including Olympic host city Rio de Janeiro, which hosted the final at the Maracanã Stadium. Teams participating in the men's competition were restricted to under-23...

host nation. In 1950, the Maracanã Stadium hosted 8 matches, including all but one of the host team's matches. The Maracanã was also the location of the...

happened during the football match between Brazil and Chile at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on 3 September 1989, in which Chilean goalkeeper...

finals, these being the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, Mexico and the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Alongside those two cities, Rome, Italy...

Tina Turner, and Paul McCartney broke the record respectively in Maracanã Stadium. With an audience of over 184,000 people on April 21, 1990, McCartney's...

football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. The final was played at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 4 November 2023. Brazilian club Fluminense...

Kimura and Brazilian jiu-jitsu founder Hélio Gracie was held at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on October 23, 1951. It was held as a special challenge...

sometimes called just Maracanãzinho ("Little Maracanã" or "Mini Maracanã"), is an indoor arena located in Maracanã in the north zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil...

Boca Juniors and Brazilian side Fluminense on 4 November 2023 at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Fluminense won their first ever Copa Libertadores...

biggest-paying rock concert attendance; they drew an audience of 198,000 at Maracanã Stadium during the Rock in Rio festival. They have sold more than 100 million...

Copa Libertadores, with the final played in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil at Maracanã Stadium. The winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the group...

the 1970 World Cup. The final match between Brazil and Uruguay on Maracanã Stadium also marks exactly 39 years, on another 16 July since the FIFA World...

Brazil) held in the newly built Maracanã, set a record that would not be broken until 1994. Not counting the Maracanã matches, the average attendance...

of his professional career for the Brazilian team Botafogo. In the Maracanã Stadium, the home team room is known as "Garrincha". In the capital Brasília...

was performed in the 2016 Summer Olympics closing ceremony at the Maracanã Stadium on 21 August 2016.[citation needed] In 2004, Brazilian girl group T-Rio...