Estádio Vila Capanema
football stadium
Estádio Durival Britto e Silva, better known as Estádio Vila Capanema (Portuguese for Capanema Borough Stadium), is the main stadium of Paraná Clube in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. The other stadium is Estádio Vila Olímpica, currently being used for training. The stadium holds 20,000 people. It was built under the leadership of Heron Wanderley, club president at that time and named after Colonel Durival Britto e Silva, who was president of the RFFSA, the Brazilian Federal railroad company.
History
It was built in 1947 as a landmark event for Clube Atlético Ferroviário. Architect Rubens Maister of the Thá construction company designed the stadium, with the project presented by Reinaldo Thá to company superintendent Durival Britto e Silva and club president Heron Wanderley. The first match was played there on January 23 of that year, when Fluminense Football Club from Rio de Janeiro beat Clube Atlético Ferroviário 5–1; the first goal scored by Fluminense's Careca.
Upon its inauguration on January 23, 1947, Vila Capanema became the third-largest stadium in Brazil, surpassed only by Pacaembu in São Paulo and São Januário in Rio de Janeiro. The inaugural match, a friendly between Ferroviário and Fluminense, tested the stadium's lighting system, with Fluminense winning 5-1. Careca of Fluminense scored the first goal.
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