Estádio dos Aflitos

Estádio Eládio de Barros Carvalho, also known as Estádio dos Aflitos, is a football stadium located in Recife, Brazil. The stadium was built in 1939 and is able to hold 20,000 people.

Estádio Eládio de Barros Carvalho
Aflitos
Sisbrace
Full nameEstádio Eládio de Barros Carvalho
LocationRecife
OwnerNáutico
OperatorNáutico
Capacity19,800
SurfaceGrass
OpenedJune 25, 1939
Tenants
Náutico (1939–2013; 2018–present)

Estádio dos Aflitos is owned by Clube Náutico Capibaribe. The stadium is named after Eládio de Barros Carvalho, who was Náutico's president fourteen times. Aflitos is nicknamed this way because it is located in Nossa Senhora dos Aflitos neighborhood.

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