Estadio Arquitecto Ricardo Etcheverri

Architect Ricardo Etcheverri Stadium
Estadio Arquitecto Ricardo Etcheverri
Estadio Ferro Carril Oeste
	The stadium pictured in 2010
Full name	Estadio Arquitecto Ricardo Etcheverri
Former names	Estadio Ferro Carril Oeste
Address	Avellaneda 1240
Location	Caballito, Buenos Aires; Argentina
Public transit	Sarmiento Line at Caballito railway station ; at Puan (0.9 km away)
Genre(s)	Sporting events ; Concerts
Capacity	24,442
Surface	Grass
Opened	2 January 1905
Tenants
	List Football: Ferro Carril Oeste (1905–present); Argentinos Juniors (1983–2003); Rugby: Argentina national rugby team; (1932, 1970–2001); C.A. San Isidro (1932) ; Universitario (BA) (1932) ; San Isidro Club (1972–81) ; URBA provincial team (1972–1994) ; ;
Website
	ferrocarriloeste.org.ar/estadio

Estadio Arquitecto Ricardo Etcheverri, formerly known as Estadio Ferro Carril Oeste, is a football stadium located in the Caballito district of Buenos Aires. It is owned and operated by club Ferro Carril Oeste. The stadium, opened in 1905 and located close to Caballito station of Sarmiento Line, has a current capacity of 24,442.

Inaugurated on 2 January 1905, Ferro Carril Oeste is the oldest football stadium of Argentina (referring to clubs affiliated to AFA) and the second in South America after Estadio Gran Parque Central (home venue of Uruguayan Club Nacional de Football, built in 1900).

Because of being located near the geographic centre of Buenos Aires, several former clubs used it as their home venues. Some of them were Alumni, Barracas A.C., San Lorenzo, Argentinos Juniors, among others.

The stadium also hosted test matches played by the Argentina national rugby union team (Los Pumas) first in 1932 and then during the 1970s to early 2000s, where Argentina played Ireland, New Zealand, France and Australia, among others. In Ferro Carril Oeste, Argentina achieved notable wins over Australia (1979) and France (1985), and a celebrated 21–21 tie vs the All Blacks in 1985. Other local teams such as the URBA team or San Isidro Club played matches at Ferro Carril Oeste in the 1980s.

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