Julio Martínez Prádanos National Stadium

The Julio Martínez Prádanos National Stadium (or simply National Stadium) is the main sports venue in Chile, located in the Estadio Nacional Sports Park, a multidisciplinary sports complex with an extension of about 64 hectares, in the commune of Ñuñoa in the city of Santiago. The venue has a maximum official capacity of 48,665 seated spectators, a capacity determined by Estadio Seguro.

Opened in 1938, it has been the local headquarters of the Chilean national team since 1939. In 1948, the South American Champions Championship was held by Colo Colo and Luis Valenzuela, which inspired the founding of the UEFA Champions League in 1955 and the Copa Libertadores de América in 1960. It hosted various Cup matches 1962 Soccer World Cup and the 1987 U-20 Soccer World Cup, including its finals. It also hosted the III and X South American Games respectively in 1986 and 2014, as well as the VIII World Championships in Athletics Under-20 in 2000. In 2008, as a posthumous tribute to his recent death, the stadium was renamed along with the name of Julio Martínez Prádanos, prominent local sports journalist.

It is the stadium in which the most Copa América matches have been played with 74; the second that has received the most Copa Libertadores finals, eleven, and where its trophy has been awarded the most times, eight; as well as —together with La Bombonera from Argentina— in which the Copa Sudamericana has been awarded the most times, two, which makes it a “historic stadium of South American football”.

In other areas, it was used as a detention and torture center during the military dictatorship in Chile in 1973 and has hosted various musical, civic and religious events, highlighting the meeting with young people that Pope John Paul II held in 1987. In In 2003 the National Monuments Council declared it a Historical Monument.

History

National Stadium before remodeling.

Beginnings

It was built just to the south of where the Campos Sports was located. In 1918, the philanthropist José Domingo Cañas donated his farm & # 34; Lo Cañas & # 34; for the Ñuñoa Sports Fields to be built, due to the sports culture that was born in Chile. Later, the Lo Valdivieso farm, then owned by the Caja del Seguro Obrero (previously owned by Guillermo Edwards Matte), was transferred to the Treasury, where the stadium was finally built.

The so-called "Colossus of Ñuñoa" was inaugurated on December 3, 1938 with free admission. As an opening event, a gymnastics magazine and a parade of sports federations and clubs were held. The following day, Sunday, December 4, the first soccer match was played, a friendly between the Chilean club Colo-Colo and the Brazilian club São Cristóvão with the Chilean team triumphing by a spectacular 6:3 win.

While Arturo Alessandri was President of the Republic, this “white elephant”, as Alessandri once called it, was conceived and planned by the Austrian architect and urban planner Karl Brunner as a large sports and leisure center for the capital, in the framework of the first «Metropolitan Intercommunal Plan for Santiago». Meanwhile, its architectural design was the work of the architects Aníbal Fuentealba, Alberto Cormatches and Ricardo Muller, and its construction was carried out between 1937 and 1938.

1962 Soccer World Cup

At the beginning of the 1960s, under the government of Jorge Alessandri (son of Arturo Alessandri), the remodeling and expansion of the stadium began to host the 1962 Soccer World Cup, the seventh version of the event, which would take place in the country. The main change that the venue underwent was that the velodrome that surrounded the field was replaced by galleries, thereby increasing its original capacity, then exceeding 95,000 people.

The stadium served as the venue for Group B, made up of Chile, West Germany, Italy and Switzerland. In addition, the quarterfinal matches were played, in which the Yugoslav team eliminated the powerful Federal Germany, beating it by the minimum score, the semifinal match in which Brazil eliminated Chile 4:2, the definition of the third and fourth places, obtained by Chile against Yugoslavia with a goal at the last minute by Eladio Rojas and the final in which Brazil was crowned world champion for the second time in history.

The stadium as a center of torture

Chilean military guarding prisoners at the National Stadium, 1973.

Plaque that recalls the detainees during the first days of the Pinochet regime.

In 1973, after the 1973 coup d'état of September 11 that overthrew the President of Chile Salvador Allende, its premises were used as a detention and torture center for opponents of the Military Dictatorship, between September 12 and 9 of November. More than forty thousand people passed as detainees in the compound. In a single day, the Red Cross estimated the prisoners at seven thousand people, of whom about 300 were foreigners.

According to testimonies of survivors collected by this humanitarian institution, torture and threats of executions were committed against the detainees in the stadium. In addition, hooded people walked among the prisoners exposing the militants of left-wing parties that were persecuted by the dictatorship. Some of them were shot in the same compound and others taken to unknown places and executed. The most famous executed at the National Stadium was the American Charles Horman. Books and at least two movies were made with his story. The journalist's life and work inspired the successful book The Execution of Charles Horman (Desaparecido, in the Spanish version), published by Thomas Hauser in 1978, and the film Missing (Disappeared), by Costa Gavras. Both works also expose the cover-up and manipulation of US military and embassy officials involved in his arrest and murder and in the disappearance of another American, Frank Teruggi, according to testimonies from friends and relatives. The United States Congress and numerous friends of his provided further background on his short but brilliant career.

Declaration as a National Monument

National Stadium disc.

The National Stadium and some elements within the area delimiting the Monument, among which is "el pilucho" were declared a Historic Monument in 2003.

Name change

On January 4, 2008, the Government of Chile announced its intention to rename the National Stadium with the name of sports journalist Julio Martínez, who died two days earlier, for which the legal instrument would be sought for such effects.

On July 5, 2008, Law 20264 was published in the Official Gazette of Chile, which modified the name of the "National Stadium" by "Julio Martínez Prádanos National Stadium", a bill that was initiated by presidential message and motion by deputies Gastón Von Mühlenbrock, Manuel Rojas, René Alinco, Ramón Barros, Tucapel Jiménez, Juan Lobos, Iván Norambuena, Alejandra Sepúlveda, Marisol Turres and Ximena Valcarce.

Remodeling

Representation of the enclosure by President Sebastián Piñera and together with former President Michelle Bachelet.

On June 15, 2009, then-President Michelle Bachelet announced an investment plan for the Julio Martínez National Stadium, part of the Bicentennial Stadium Network, whose improvement works would be completed in March 2010. The Ñunoa redoubt, received an injection of 20,000 million pesos for its total remodeling. It would be for 49,000 people and without bars, since a deep moat almost 2.30 m deep was built to prevent any type of invasion of the field. It has new press rooms, scoreboards and electronic screens.

The second stage of the remodeling, which includes a roof and a new lighting system, has been postponed by the government of then President Sebastián Piñera due to the new priorities that arose after the earthquake of February 27, 2010. For this remodeling again the architectural design that inspired it was taken as a reference, based on the remodeling carried out at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin.

The project was initially planned to be delivered in March 2010, but due to various inconveniences (including the aforementioned earthquake) its reopening had to be postponed. In addition, the construction of the roof of the stadium that was included in the original project was canceled, because the funds destined for that purpose were diverted to the victims in Concepción. The stadium was reopened in an exceptional way for the 2010 Copa Libertadores semifinal dispute between Universidad de Chile and Chivas de Guadalajara, on August 5, 2010. Finally, the stadium was reopened on September 12, 2010, with the presence of President of the Republic Sebastián Piñera and former President Michelle Bachelet, since the project was started under their mandate.

National Park

The future Parque de la Ciudadanía, which will be located in the facilities of the National Stadium and whose estimated cost is 30,000 million pesos, began to be built during the first half of 2012. The initiative, announced by President Piñera in August 2011, it will transform the sports complex into one of the largest parks in Santiago.

The name was later changed to Parque deportivo Estadio Nacional.

Since 2021, a strong process of improvements, renovation and remodeling began in its surroundings, with a view to the 2023 Pan American Games, which will be held in Santiago de Chile, so the stadium has not received any type of activity. On August 27, 2022, the sports venue was reopened in an exceptional way for soccer matches, musical events, the Chilean constitutional plebiscite and the Telethon. It will be closed again in January 2023 to complete the remodeling process and finally it will reopen in October of the same year for the Pan American Games in Santiago.

Capacity

National Stadium (old look) in a match of the Chilean football team. In front of Bolivia in the Classes to the 1998 World Cup Football.

It was built with an original capacity of 70,000 in 1937, when it was called the "white elephant" because it was thought it could never be filled.

For the 1962 Soccer World Cup, its capacity was increased to 75,500 people seated —being able to accommodate more than 80,000 spectators— by removing the cycling track that was moved to another location. Over the years, the capacity was reduced in order to keep escape routes clear and prevent accidents. For the World Youth Athletics Championships in 2000, the installation of individual seats was required, which reduced its maximum capacity to 65,000 spectators.

It has been estimated that during the visit of Pope John Paul II in April 1987 it reached its maximum capacity,^{[citation required]} with more than 95,000 people; however, the attendance could not be accurately counted since attendance was free.

With the remodeling carried out between 2009 and 2010, among other works carried out, individual seats were installed in all sectors of the stadium. On September 12, 2010, President Sebastián Piñera announced that due to the organization of the 2014 South American Games and the 2015 Copa América, the capacity of the stadium had been reduced to 49,000 spectators. The option of building a venue was then evaluated. alternative in the capital, the so-called Chile Stadium, which would have a capacity for 68,000 spectators. The options to locate it would be in the O'Higgins Park or in the former Los Cerrillos Aerodrome. However, this project has not materialized.

Panoramic image of the National Stadium after its remodeling.

Sporting events

During the 1980s, it served as the venue for the home games of the Colo-Colo and Universidad Católica clubs, until they inaugurated their respective stadiums: Estadio Monumental David Arellano de Colo-Colo, definitively reopened in 1989, and Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo, inaugurated in 1988. Since then, the University of Chile is the only club that exercises the lease in this stadium, which makes the secular team its main tenant. In the same way it is periodically used by low-call clubs such as Palestino and Santiago Morning, for their duels with the big teams, basically for an economic issue.

1962 Soccer World Cup

In the 1962 World Cup, Chile was the host country of the match. The main confrontations were held at the National Stadium, such as the well-remembered Battle of Santiago. The matches played at the National Stadium were:

First phase

30 May 1962	Chile	3:1 (1:1)	Switzerland
	Sánchez 44',51' Ramírez 55'		6' Wuethrich	Assistance: 65 006 spectators Arbitrator: Kenneth Aston (England)

31 May 1962	Federal	0:0 (0:0)	Italy
				Attendance: 65 440 spectators Arbitrator: Robert Davidson (Scotland)

2 June 1962	Chile	2:0 (0:0)	Italy
	Ramírez 73' Toro 87'			Assistance: 66 057 spectators Arbitrator: Kenneth Aston (England)
See also: Battle of Santiago

3 June 1962	Federal	2:1 (1:0)	Switzerland
	Bruells 45' Seeler 59'		73' Schneiter	Attendance: 64 922 spectators Arbitrator: Leo Horn (Netherlands)

6 June 1962	Federal	2:0 (1:0)	Chile
	Szymaniak 21' (pen.) Seeler 82'			Assistance: 67 224 spectators Arbitrator: Robert Davidson (Scotland)

7 June 1962	Italy	3:0 (1:0)	Switzerland
	Mora 1' Bulgarelli 65',67'			Assistance: 59 828 spectators Arbitrator: Nickolaj Latychev (Social Union)

Quarterfinals

10 June 1962	Czechoslovakia	1:0 (1:0)	Hungary
	Schererer 13'			Assistance: 63 324 spectators Arbitrator: Nickolaj Latychev (Social Union)

semifinal

13 June 1962	Chile	2:4 (1:2)	Brazil
	Toro 42' Sánchez 61' (pen.)		9',32' Garrincha 47',78' Vava	Assistance: 76 594 spectators Arbitrator: Arturo Yamasaki (Peru)

Definition for third place

16 June 1962	Chile	1:0 (0:0)	Yugoslavia
	Reds 90'			Assistance: 66 697 spectators Arbitrator: Juan Gardeazabal (Spain)

Ending

17 June 1962	Brazil	3:1 (1:1)	Czechoslovakia
	Yellow 17' Zito 69' Vava 78'		15' Masopust	Attendance: 68 679 spectators Arbitrator: Nickolaj Latychev (Social Union)

Soccer World Cup Qualifiers

Since 1939 it has been the official home of the Chilean Soccer Team where it plays a large number of friendly matches and is the main home of the South American Qualifiers for the World Cup when they begin to be played since the process towards Switzerland in 1954.

Swiss World Cup Qualifiers 1954

Group 11, 21 February 1954	ChileCHI	1:3 (1:1)	PARParaguay	National, Santiago, Chile
	Oak 16'		Lugo 17' 63' J. Parodi 84'	Arbitrator: Vincent

Group 11, 28 February 1954	ChileCHI	0:2	BRABrazil	National, Santiago, Chile
			Baltazar 38' 63'	Arbitrator: Vincent

Soccer World Cup Qualifiers Sweden 1958

Group 2, 22 September 1957	ChileCHI	2:1 (0:1)	BOLBolivia	National Stadium, Santiago
	Díaz 62' Ramírez 68'		Alcon 36'	Arbitrator: Wyssling (Switzerland)

Group 2, 22 October 1957	ChileCHI	0:2	ARGArgentina	National Stadium, Santiago
			Menéndez 40' Conde 61'	Arbitrator: Wyssling (Switzerland)

England 1966 World Cup Qualifiers

Group 2, 1 August 1965	ChileCHI	7:2 (4:1)	COLColombia	National Stadium, Santiago
	Sánchez 11' Mendez 15',70' Fouilloux 25',65' Carlos Campos 42' Prieto 58'		Segrera 40',70'	Arbitrator: Pedraza (Paraguay)

Group 2, 22 August 1965	ChileCHI	3:1 (1:1)	ECUEcuador	National Stadium, Santiago
	Sánchez 10' (pen.) Marcos 62' Fouilloux 74'		Spencer. 36'	Arbitrator: Codesal (Uruguay)

Mexico 1970 World Cup Qualifiers

Group 3, 13 July 1969	ChileCHI	0:0	URUUruguay	National Stadium, Santiago
				Arbitrator: Bossolino (Argentina)

Group 3, 27 July 1969	ChileCHI	4:1	ECUEcuador	National Stadium, Santiago
	Olivares 55' Valdés 62',86' Tobar 79' (o.w.) (a.g.)		Lasso 89'	Arbitro: Ramírez (Colombia)

Football World Cup Qualifiers Federal Germany 1974

Group 3, 13 May 1973	ChileCHI	2:0 (0:0)	PERPeru	National Stadium, Santiago
	Crisosto 68' Smoked 71'			Assistance: 57 993 spectators Arbitrator: Ramón Ivanoe Barreto Ruiz (Uruguay)

Intercontinental Damage - Return, November 21, 1973	Chile	2:0 per cent W.O.	Soviet Union	National Stadium, Santiago
				Attendance: 17 148 spectators

Argentina Soccer World Cup Qualifiers 1978

Group 3, 6 March 1977	Chile	1:1 (1:0)	Peru	National Stadium, Santiago
	Smoked 42'	Report	Muñante 70'	Assistance: 67,983 spectators Arbitrator: José Faville Neto

Group 3, 20 March 1977	Chile	3:0 (2:0)	Ecuador	National Stadium, Santiago
	Figueroa 29',55' Castro			Assistance: 15,571 spectators Arbitrator: Vicente Llobregat

World Cup Qualifiers Spain 1982

Group 3, 14 June 1981	Chile	2:0 (1:0)	Ecuador	National Stadium, Santiago
	Rivas 10' Caszely 85'	Report		Assistance: 79,290 spectators Arbitrator: Gilberto Aristizábal
Chile classified the World Cup.

Group 3, 21 June 1981	Chile	3:0 (3:0)	Paraguay	National Stadium, Santiago
	Caszely 11' Yáñez 12' Neira 28'	Report		Attendance: 75.075 spectators Arbitrator: Arppi Filho

Mexico 1986 Soccer World Cup Qualifiers

Group 2, 17 March 1985	Chile	6:2 (4:2)	Ecuador	National Stadium, Santiago
	Puebla 21' Caszely 30',40' Hisis 35' Aravena 51',89'	Report	Gómez 23' (a.g.) Jaime Baldeón 38'	Assistance: 60,892 spectators Arbitrator: Orazio Di Rosa

Group 2, 24 March 1985	Chile	2:0 (1:0)	Uruguay	National Stadium, Santiago
	Blonde 28' Aravena 54'	Report		Assistance: 79,911 spectators Arbitrator: Jesus Diaz

First phase - Ida, 27 October 1985	Chile	4:2 (3:1)	Peru	National Stadium, Santiago
	Aravena6',65' (pen.) Blonde 8' Hisis 59'	Report	Navarro 45',76'	Assistance: 40,340 spectators Arbitrator: José Luis Martínez

Second phase - Round, 17 November 1985	Chile	2:2 (1:2) (Global 2:5)	Paraguay	National Stadium, Santiago
	Blonde 13' Muñoz 80's		Vladimiro Schettina 22' Romero 39'	Assistance: 71,612 spectators Arbitrator: Juan Cardellino
Paraguay classified the World Cup.

Italy 1990 Soccer World Cup Qualifiers

Group 3 - First wheel, 13 August 1989	Chile	1:1 (0:0)	Brazil	National Stadium, Santiago
	Basay 83'		González 56' (a.g.)	Assistance: 60,976 spectators Arbitrator: Jesus Diaz Palace

Football World Cup Qualifiers France 1998

Date 2, 6 July 1996	Chile	4:1 (1:0)	Ecuador	National Stadium, Santiago
	Zamorano 25',86' Chambers 75' This is it. 83'	Report	Aguinaga 73'	Attendance: 69 000 spectators Arbitrator: Pablo Peña

Date 6, 12 November 1996	Chile	1:0 (0:0)	Uruguay	National Stadium, Santiago
	Chambers 60'	Report		Attendance: 73 547 spectators Arbitrator: Angel Guevara

Date 13, 5 July 1997	Chile	4:1 (3:0)	Colombia	National Stadium, Santiago
	Chambers 16',26',41' Zamorano 90' (pen.)	Report	Ricard 52'	Attendance: 75 617 spectators Arbitrator: Paolo Borgosano

Date 14, 20 July 1997	Chile	2:1 (1:0)	Paraguay	National Stadium, Santiago
	Zamorano 9' (pen.),51'	Report	Brizuela 61'	Assistance: 75 143 spectators Arbitrator: Rafael Torrealba

Date 16, 10 September 1997	Chile	1:2 (1:1)	Argentina	National Stadium, Santiago
	Chambers 34'	Report	Gallardo 25' López 86'	Attendance: 73 664 spectators Arbitrator: Mourão

Date 17, 12 October 1997	Chile	4:0 (1:0)	Peru	National Stadium, Santiago
	Chambers 14',83',88' Reyes 59'	Report		Assistance: 74 219 spectators Arbitrator: Márcio Rezende

Date 18, 16 November 1997	Chile	3:0 (2:0)	Bolivia	National Stadium, Santiago
	Barrera 24' Chambers 31' Carreño 85'	Report		Attendance: 74 777 spectators Arbitrator: Wilson de Souza

South Korea/Japan World Cup Qualifiers 2002

Date 2, 26 April 2000, 21:00 (UTC-4)	Chile	1:1 (1:1)	Peru	National Stadium, Santiago
	Margas 42'	Report	Jayo 38'	Assistance: 44 979 spectators Arbitrator: Epifanio González

Date 4, 29 June 2000, 19:45 (UTC-4)	Chile	3:1 (2:0)	Paraguay	National Stadium, Santiago
	Caniza 19' (a.g.) Chambers 35' Zamorano 80's (pen.)	Report	Cardozo 71'	Assistance: 35 200 spectators Arbitrator: Claudio Martin

Date 7, 15 August 2000, 21:10 (UTC-3)	Chile	3:0 (2:0)	Brazil	National Stadium, Santiago
	This is it. 25' Zamorano 43' Chambers 74'	Report		Assistance: 64 671 spectators Arbitrator: Epifanio González

Date 8, 2 September 2000, 20:30 (UTC-3)	Chile	0:1 (0:0)	Colombia	National Stadium, Santiago
		Report	Castle 66'	Assistance: 60 000 spectators Arbitrator: Gustavo Gallesio

Date 10, 15 November 2000, 21:40 (UTC-4)	Chile	0:2 (0:1)	Argentina	National Stadium, Santiago
		Report	Ortega 27' Husaín 89'	Assistance: 56 529 spectators Arbitrator: Carlos Amarilla

Date 12, 24 April 2001, 21:30 (UTC-4)	Chile	0:1 (0:1)	Uruguay	National Stadium, Santiago
		Report	Díaz 12' (a.g.)	Assistance: 45 676 spectators Arbitrator: Horacio Elizondo

Date 14, 14 August 2001, 21:30 (UTC-4)	Chile	2:2 (1:1)	Bolivia	National Stadium, Santiago
	Chambers 35' (pen.),75'	Report	Baldivieso 19' (pen.) Coimbra 71'	Attendance: 34 657 spectators Arbitrator: Enrique Cáceres

Date 15, 4 September 2001, 20:00 (UTC-4)	Chile	0:2 (0:0)	Venezuela	National Stadium, Santiago
		Report	Páez 56' Arango 62'	Assistance: 30,000 viewers Arbitrator: René Ortubé

Date 18, 14 November 2001, 20:40 (UTC-4)	Chile	0:0	Ecuador	National Stadium, Santiago
		Report		Assistance: 19 237 spectators Arbitrator: Juan Paniagua

Germany 2006 Soccer World Cup Qualifiers

Date 2, 9 September 2003	Chile	2:1 (1:0)	Peru	National Stadium, Santiago
	Pinilla 35' Norambuena 70'		Mendoza 57'	Attendance: 54,303 spectators Arbitrator: Horacio Elizondo

Date 4, 18 November 2003	Chile	0:1 (0:1)	Paraguay	National Stadium, Santiago
			Paredes 31'	Attendance: 61.923 spectators Arbitrator: Gustavo Méndez

Date 7, 6 June 2004	Chile	1:1 (0:1)	Brazil	National Stadium, Santiago
	Navia 90' (pen.)		Luis Fabiano 16'	Assistance: 62,503 spectators Arbitrator: Horacio Elizondo

Date 8, 5 September 2004	Chile	0:0	Colombia	National Stadium, Santiago
				Assistance: 62,524 spectators Arbitrator: Wilson Souza

Date 10, 13 October 2004	Chile	0:0	Argentina	National Stadium, Santiago
				Assistance: 57,671 spectators Arbitrator: Carlos Amarilla

Date 12, 26 March 2005	Chile	1:1 (0:1)	Uruguay	National Stadium, Santiago
	Mirosevic 47'		Regueiro 4'	Arbitrator: Óscar Julián Ruiz

Date 14, 4 June 2005	Chile	3:1 (2:0)	Bolivia	National Stadium, Santiago
	Sources 8',35' Chambers 67'		Castle 83'	Assistance: 46,729 spectators Arbitrator: Márcio Rezende

Date 15, 8 June 2005	Chile	2:1 (1:0)	Venezuela	National Stadium, Santiago
	Jiménez 30',60'		Morán 82'	Assistance: 35,506 spectators Arbitrator: Carlos Manuel Torres

Date 18, 12 October 2005	Chile	0:0	Ecuador	National Stadium, Santiago
				Assistance: 49,530 spectators Arbitrator: Horacio Elizondo

Date 2, 17 October 2007, 22:30 (UTC-3)	Chile	2:0 (1:0)	Peru	National Stadium, Santiago
	Suazo 11' M. Fernández 51'	Report		Arbitrator: Oscar Ruiz

Date 4, 21 November 2007, 22:30 (UTC-3)	Chile	0:3 (0:2)	Paraguay	National Stadium, Santiago
		Report	Cabins 24' Silva 45+2',57'	Attendance: 52 320 spectators Arbitrator: Oscar Ruiz

Date 7, 7 September 2008, 21:00 (UTC-3)	Chile	0:3 (0:2)	Brazil	National Stadium, Santiago
		Report	Fabiano 21',83' Robinho 45'	Attendance: 60 239 spectators Arbitrator: Carlos Torres

Date 8, 10 September 2008 18:40 (UTC−3)	Chile	4:0 (2:0)	Colombia	National Stadium, Santiago
	Jara 26' Suazo 38' Sources 48' M. Fernández 71'	Report		Attendance: 47 459 spectators Arbitrator: Jorge Larrionda

Date 10, 15 October 2008, 20:15 (UTC−3)	Chile	1:0 (1:0)	Argentina	National Stadium, Santiago
	Orellana 35'	Report		Assistance: 65000 viewers Arbitrator: Oscar Ruiz

Date 12, 1 April 2009, 19:10 (UTC−4)	Chile	0:0	Uruguay	National Stadium, Santiago
		Report		Assistance: 55 000 spectators Arbitrator: Héctor Baldassi

Date 14, 10 June 2009, 21:00 (UTC-4)	Chile	4:0 (0:1)	Bolivia	National Stadium, Santiago
	Beausejour 44' Estrada 44' Sánchez 77',89'	Report		Assistance: 60 214 spectators Arbitrator: Roberto Silvera

World Football Classifiers 2014

Date 4, 15 November 2011, 20:30 (UTC-3)	Chile	2:0 (1:0)	Paraguay	National Stadium, Santiago
	Contreras 27' Campos Toro 85'	Report		Attendance: 44 726 spectators Arbitrator: Heber Lopes

Date 10, 16 October 2012, 21:15 (UTC−3)	Chile	1:2 (0:2)	Argentina	National Stadium, Santiago
	Gutiérrez 90+1'	Report	Messi 28' Higuaín 31'	Assistance: 45,000 spectators Arbitro: Antonio Arias

Date 12, 26 March 2013, 20:30 (UTC-3)	Chile	2:0 (1:0)	Uruguay	National Stadium, Santiago
	Paredes 10' Vargas 78'	Report		Assistance: 43,816 spectators Arbitrator: Nestor Pitana

Date 14, 11 June 2013, 20:00 (UTC–4)	Chile	3:1 (2:1)	Bolivia	National Stadium, Santiago
	Vargas 17' Sánchez 18' Vidal 90+2'	Report	Martins 32'	Assistance: 45,000 spectators Arbitrator: Ubrian Darío

Date 15, 6 September 2013, 20:30 (UTC–4)	Chile	3:0 (2:0)	Venezuela	National Stadium, Santiago
	Vargas 10' González 30' Vidal 85'	Report		Attendance: 46,500 spectators Arbitrator: Sandro Ricci

Date 18, 15 October 2013, 19:30 (UTC–4)	Chile	2:1 (2:0)	Ecuador	National Stadium, Santiago
	Sánchez 33' Medel 37'	Report	Caicedo 66'	Assistance: 47,458 spectators Arbitrator: Leandro Pedro

World Football Classifiers 2018

Date 1, 8 October 2015, 20:30 (UTC-3)	Chile	2:0 (0:0)	Brazil	National Stadium, Santiago
	Vargas 71' Sánchez 89'	FIFA Reporte Conmebol Reporte		Assistance: 42 255 spectators Arbitrator: Roddy Zambrano

Date 3, 12 November 2015, 20:30 (UTC-3)	Chile	1:1 (1:0)	Colombia	National Stadium, Santiago
	Vidal 45'	FIFA Reporte Conmebol Reporte	Rodríguez 67'	Assistance: 45 314 spectators Arbitrator: Enrique Cáceres

Date 5, March 24, 2016, 20:30 (UTC-3)	Chile	1:2 (1:2)	Argentina	National Stadium, Santiago
	Gutiérrez 10'	FIFA Reporte Conmebol Reporte	Di Maria 19' Market 24'	Assistance: 44 536 spectators Arbitrator: Heber Lopes

Date 10, 11 October 2016, 20:30 (UTC-3)	Chile	2:1 (1:0)	Peru	National Stadium, Santiago
	Vidal 9',84'	FIFA Reporte Conmebol Reporte	Flowers 76'	Attendance: 38 045 viewers Arbitrator: Roddy Zambrano

Date 12, 15 November 2016, 20:30 (UTC-3)	Chile	3:1 (1:1)	Uruguay	National Stadium, Santiago
	Vargas 45+1' Sánchez 60',76'	FIFA Reporte Conmebol Reporte	Cavani 17'	Assistance: 46 000 spectators Arbitrator: Enrique Cáceres

Soccer World Cup Qualifiers Qatar 2022

Date 2, 13 October 2020, 21:30 (UTC-3)	Chile	2:2 (2:1)	Colombia	National Stadium, Santiago
	Vidal 37' (pen.) Sánchez 41'		6' Lerma 90+1' Falcao	Attendance: 0 spectators Arbitrator: Darío Herrera VAR: Mauro Vigliano

Date 3, 13 November 2020 20:00 (UTC-3)	Chile	2:0 (2:0)	Peru	National Stadium, Santiago
	Vidal 20',35'			Attendance: 0 spectators Arbitrator: Esteban Ostojich VAR: Leodán González

Copa Libertadores de América finals

Takeup Party - Final 1965

15 April 1965	Independent	4:1 (3:1)	Peñarol	National Stadium of Chile, Santiago
	Pérez 10' (a.g.) Bernao 27' Avallay 33' Mura 82'		44' Joya	Attendance: 47 589 spectators Arbitrator: Arturo Yamasaki (Peru)

Takeup Party - Final 1966

20 May 1966	Peñarol	4:2 (0:2)	River Plate	National Stadium of Chile, Santiago
	Spencer. 67',101' Abbadie 72' Rocha 109'		37' Onega 42' Solari	Attendance: 40 240 spectators Arbitrator: Claudio Vicuña (Chile)

Playoff game - Final 1967

29 August 1967	Racing	2:1 (2:0)	National	National Stadium of Chile, Santiago
	Cardozo 14' Raffo 43'		79' Viera	Assistance: 25 000 spectators Arbitrator: Rodolfo Pérez Osorio (Paraguay)

Return match - Final 1973

29 May 1973	Colo-Colo	0:0	Independent	National Stadium of Chile, Santiago
				Assistance: 72 532 spectators Arbitrator: Romualdo Arpi Filho (Brazil)

Playoff game - Final 1974

19 October 1974	Independent	1:0 (1:0)	São Paulo	National Stadium of Chile, Santiago de Chile
	37' (pen.) Pavoni			Attendance: 27 658 spectators Arbitrator: Cesar Orozco (Peru)

IDA PARTY - FINAL 1975

18 June 1975	Spanish Uniona	1:0 (0:0)	Independent	National Stadium of Chile, Santiago de Chile
	Smoked 87'			Assistance: 43 199 spectators Arbitrator: José Luis Martínez Bazán (Uruguay)

Playoff game - Final 1976

30 July 1976	Cruzeiro	3:2 (1:0)	River Plate	National Stadium of Chile, Santiago de Chile
	Nelinho 24' Drumond 55' Joaozinho 88'		59' More 64' Urquiza	Assistance: 35 182 spectators Arbitrator: Martínez (Chile)

First leg - Final 1981

20 November 1981	Copperloa	1:0 (0:0)	Flamengo	National Stadium of Chile, Santiago de Chile
	Merello 79'			Assistance: 59 901 spectators Arbitrator: Rubén Barreto (Uruguay)

Return match - Final 1982

30 November 1982	Copperloa	0:1 (0:0)	Peñarol	National Stadium of Chile, Santiago de Chile
			89' Brunette	Attendance: 70 400 spectators Arbitrator: Jorge Romero (Argentina)

Playoff game - Final 1987

31 October 1987	Peñarol	1:0 (0:0)	Americas of Cali	National Stadium of Chile, Santiago de Chile
	Aguirre 120'			Assistance: 16 589 spectators Arbitrator: Hernán Silva (Chile)

BACK THAT - FINAL 1993

26 May 1993	Catholic University	2:0 (2:0)	Sao Paulo	National Stadium of Chile, Santiago de Chile
	Lunari 9' Almada 15'			Attendance: 39 208 spectators Arbitrator: Francisco Escobar (Paraguay)

Copa Sudamericana Finals

Return match - Final 2006

13 December 2006	Colo-Colo	1:2 (1:0)	Pachuca	National Stadium of Chile, Santiago de Chile
	Suazo 35'		Knight 53' Giménez 72'	Attendance: 65 000 spectators Arbitrator: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)

Back Leat

14 December 2011	University of Chile	3:0 (1:0)	Liga de Quito	National Stadium of Chile, Santiago de Chile
	Vargas 3',87' Lorenzetti 79'			Assistance: 47 000 spectators Arbitrator: Wilson Seneme (Brazil)

1987 FIFA U-20 World Cup

Group A

10 October 1987, 17:00	Yugoslavia	4:2 (2:1)	Chile	National Stadium, Santiago
	Boban 14' Stimac 19' Suker 61', 63'	Report	Tudor 17' Pino 67'	Attendance: 67,000 spectators Arbitrator: Juan Carlos Loustau (Argentina)

11 October 1987, 17:00	Togo	0:2 (0:2)	Australia	National Stadium, Santiago
		Report	Edwards 7' Reynolds 13'	Assistance: 15,000 spectators Arbitrator: Abdullah Al Nasir (Saudi Arabia)

13 October 1987, 17:00	Chile	3:0 (2:0)	Togo	National Stadium, Santiago
	Pino 8' (pen.) Tudor 32', 75'	Report		Attendance: 60,000 spectators Arbitrator: Mauro Vincent (United States)

14 October 1987, 17:00	Yugoslavia	4:0 (2:0)	Australia	National Stadium, Santiago
	Brnovic 7' Suker 22', 71' Boban 67'	Report		Attendance: 20,000 spectators Arbitrator: Mohamed Hansal (Algeria)

17 October 1987, 17:00	Chile	2:0 (1:0)	Australia	National Stadium, Santiago
	Pino 22', 52'	Report		Attendance: 75,000 spectators Arbitrator: Emilio Soriano (Spain)

18 October 1987, 17:00	Yugoslavia	4:1 (2:0)	Togo	National Stadium, Santiago
	Mijatovic 20', 33' Zirojevic 53' Suker 84' (pen.)	Report	Ali 75'	Assistance: 12,000 spectators Arbitrator: Rune Larsson (Sweden)

Quarterfinals

21 October 1987, 19:15	Yugoslavia	2:1 (0:1)	Brazil	National Stadium, Santiago
	Mijatović 52' Prosinečki 89'	Report	Alcindo 44'	Attendance: 60,000 spectators Arbitrator: Emilio Soriano (Spain)

Semi-final

23 October 1987, 19:15	Yugoslavia	2:1 (1:0)	Democratic Germany	National Stadium, Santiago
	Štimac 30' Šuker 70'	Report	Sammer 49'	Assistance: 35,000 spectators Arbitrator: Richard Lorenc (Australia)

Third Place

25 October 1987, 15:00	Chile	1:1 (1:1, 0:0) (t. s.) (1:3 p.)	Democratic Germany	National Stadium, Santiago
	González 84'	Report	Kracht 73'	Assistance: 65,000 spectators Arbitrator: Arnaldo Coelho (Brazil)
		Shooting from the penal point
	Pino Navarrete This is it. González		Neitzel Zimmerling Jähnig

final

25 October 1987, 18:00	Yugoslavia	1:1 (1:1, 0:0) (t. s.) (5:4 p.)	Federal	National Stadium, Santiago
	Boban 85'	Report	Witeczek 87' (pen.)	Assistance: 65,000 spectators Arbitrator: Juan Carlos Loustau (Argentina)
		Shooting from the penal point
	Pavličić Šuker Brnović Zirojević Boban		Witeczek Strehmel Luginger Spyrka Reinhardt

America's Cup 1991

Group A

6 July 1991	ChileCHI	2:0 (2:0)	VENVenezuela	National Stadium, Santiago
	Vilches 22' Zamorano 34'			Assistance: 45 000 spectators Arbitrator: Armando Pérez Hoyos (Colombia)

6 July 1991	ParaguayPAR	1:0 (1:0)	PERPeru	National Stadium, Santiago
	Monzón 21'			Assistance: 45 000 spectators Arbitrator: Óscar Ortubé (Bolivia)

8 July 1991	ArgentinaARG	3:0 (2:0)	VENVenezuela	National Stadium, Santiago
	Batistuta 28',50' (pen.) Caniggia 43'			Assistance: 50 000 spectators Arbitrator: Milton Villavicencio (Ecuador)

10 July 1991	ParaguayPAR	5:0 (2:0)	VENVenezuela	National Stadium, Santiago
	Neffa 34' Guirland 38' Monzón 75',87' (pen.) Vidal Sanabria 81'			Assistance: 30,000 viewers Arbitrator: José Torres Cadena (Colombia)

10 July 1991	ChileCHI	0:1 (0:0)	ARGArgentina	National Stadium, Santiago
			81' Batistuta	Assistance: 75 000 spectators Arbitrator: José Roberto Wright (Brazil)

12 July 1991	PeruPER	5:1 (2:1)	VENVenezuela	National Stadium, Santiago
	The Rose 9',55' Cavallo 21' (a.g.) From the Solar 58' Hirano 62'		14' (a.g.) From the Solar	Assistance: 5000 viewers Arbitrator: Armando Pérez Hoyos (Colombia)

14 July 1991	ArgentinaARG	3:2 (1:1)	PERPeru	National Stadium, Santiago
	Latorre 3' Craviotto 51' García 57'		35' (pen.) Yáñez 65' Hirano	Assistance: 80 000 spectators Arbitrator: Óscar Ortubé (Bolivia)

14 July 1991	ChileCHI	4:0 (2:0)	PARParaguay	National Stadium, Santiago
	Blonde 12' Zamorano 15' This is it. 63' Vera 68'			Assistance: 80 000 spectators Arbitrator: José Roberto Wright (Brazil)

Final phase

17 July 1991	ArgentinaARG	3:2 (2:1)	BRABrazil	National Stadium, Santiago
	Franco 1',39' Batistuta 46'	Report	5' Branco 52' João Paulo	Assistance: 50 000 spectators Arbitrator: Carlos Maciel (Paraguay)

17 July 1991	ChileCHI	1:1 (0:1)	COLColombia	National Stadium, Santiago
	Zamorano 74'		37' Iguaran	Attendance: 65 000 spectators Arbitrator: Ernesto Filippi (Uruguay)

19 July 1991	ChileCHI	0:0 (0:0)	ARGArgentina	National Stadium, Santiago
				Attendance: 65 000 spectators Arbitrator: Ernesto Filippi (Uruguay)

19 July 1991	BrazilBRA	2:0 (1:0)	COLColombia	National Stadium, Santiago
	Renato Gaúcho 29' Branco 76' (pen.)	Report		Assistance: 75 000 spectators Arbitrator: José Ramírez (Peru)

21 July 1991	ChileChile	0:2 (0:1)	BRABrazil	National Stadium, Santiago
		Report	Mazinho II 8' Luiz Henrique 55'	Assistance: 83 500 spectators Arbitrator: Juan Carlos Loustau (Argentina)

21 July 1991	ArgentinaARG	2:1 (2:0)	COLColombia	National Stadium, Santiago
	Simeone 11' Batistuta 19'		70' From Avila	Assistance: 83 500 spectators Arbitrator: Juan Francisco Escobar Valdez (Paraguay)

America's Cup 2015

The National Stadium hosted all La Roja matches, including the final, played on Saturday, July 4, when they were crowned for the first time, and undefeated, Copa América champion by defeat La Albiceleste by definition on penalties.

Date	Phase	Equipment		Outcome	Equipment		Showers
11 June 2015	First phase	Chile		2:0 (0:0)		Ecuador	45 000
15 June 2015	First phase	Chile		3:3 (2:2)		Mexico	45 583
19 June 2015	First phase	Chile		5:0 (2:0)		Bolivia	45 601
24 June 2015	Final rooms	Chile		1:0 (0:0)		Uruguay	45 304
29 June 2015	Semifinal	Chile		2:1 (1:0)		Peru	45 651
4 July 2015	Final	Chile		0:0 (0:0) (4:1 p.m.)		Argentina	45 693

2015 U-17 Soccer Cup

Group A

17 October 2015, 17:00	Nigeria	2:0 (0:0)	United States	National Stadium of Chile, Santiago
	Agor 50' Osimhen 61'	Report		Attendance: 20 637 spectators Arbitrator: Deniz Aytekin

17 October 2015, 20:00	Chile	1:1 (1:1)	Croatia	National Stadium of Chile, Santiago
	And. Leiva 33'	Report	Moro 8'	Assistance: 28 062 spectators Arbitrator: Abdulrahman Al Jassim

Other events

Mega-concerts and musical events

Boxing

In the 1970s the stadium hosted boxing fights by the Chilean boxer Martín Vargas, the first one was held on December 20, 1975 with the boxer Gonzalo Cruz for the national flyweight title in which he emerged victorious, while the The second fight was held on November 30, 1977 with the Mexican Miguel Canto for the world flyweight title, which he was defeated.

Another boxer who fought at the Anita Lizana Central Court was Carlos Cruzat. The first was on October 19, 2000 with the Argentinean Walter Matteoni, the second fight was on November 3, 2000 with the American of Puerto Rican origin José Luis Rivera, the third on October 7, 2001 with the Belarusian Muslim Biyarslanov, in the three bouts Carlos Cruzat emerged victorious.

Civic and Political Activities

The Julio Martínez National Stadium has functioned since the parliamentary elections of 1961 as a polling station for the municipal, parliamentary and presidential elections in Chile. It is the largest voting center in the country with 185 tables and almost 60,000 voters. The only times it has not housed polling stations was in the elections held during 2021 (of conventional constituents, regional governors, mayors and councilors in May; primaries in July, presidential and parliamentary in November and December), when the venue was not enabled due to remodeling works for the 2023 Pan American Games.

The events of greatest social and political importance have also been held, such as the speech of former President of the Republic Patricio Aylwin, on March 12, 1990, in a commemorative act of the arrival of democracy in the country.

Religious events

Nacional JM has also been the scene of historical "religious-social" events, such as the meeting with young people officiated by Pope John Paul II on April 2, 1987. That afternoon, the Supreme Pontiff referred to the stadium as "place of competitions, but also of pain and suffering", referring to the human rights violations that occurred in that place. In the prayer meeting that he officiated in that place, the Pope, pointing with his hand to an image of Jesus Christ located on the scoreboard of the stadium, said:

Do not be afraid to look at Him!

John Paul II at the National Stadium

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In this place, Pope John Paul II also leaned over the grass of the sports field to make the sign of the cross, "so that peace and reconciliation may spring from it," according to his words. This gesture was seen as an exorcism over the stadium, after the symbolic load of pain and violent death experienced there.

The dressing room where John Paul II rested for a few moments before making his solemn entry in the popemobile onto the playing field, was transformed into a chapel for the occasion and remains intact to this day. Its visit is restricted, opening only on the occasion of guided tours, for example, for Cultural Heritage Day.

Other faiths, such as Seventh-day Adventists and Jehovah's Witnesses with international assemblies, have occupied this venue as a venue for mass events.

Closing of the Telethon

Since the XIII edition of the Telethon (1995), the final block, better known as "the closing night", of the great event to benefit children with disabilities, has ended successfully at the National Stadium. This stadium has hosted more than 100,000 people during this closing show. Over the years, this final phase has become a tradition of said charity show. In some years the Stadium has been used for some football and tennis matches to benefit the Telethon; A clear example of this was in 2004, when Mario Kreutzberger, former president Ricardo Lagos, Horacio de la Peña and Fernando González staged a doubles match for the best of 1 set, with Nicolás Massú in the chair arbitration. Likewise, on some occasions, tasks have been delivered from some sponsorships related or not to the Telethon, such as Sal Disfruta in 2000 (which did not sponsor said event) and the Children's Block, both held in the Central Court of the National Stadium. In the XXVI edition, the closing of the campaign was canceled due to the heavy rains that affected the central-south zone of the country, they had to close at the Teletón Theater.