{{short description|Stadium in Spain}} {{Infobox Stadium | name = Estadio Romano | nickname = | former_names = Estadio Romano José Fouto | image = Estadioromano.jpg | fullname = Estadio Romano | location = Mérida, Spain | built = | opened = 1954 | renovated = | closed = | demolished = | owner = Ayuntamiento de Mérida | operator = AD Mérida | surface = Grass | construction_cost = | architect = | tenants = AD Mérida (2013–present)<br> Mérida UD (1990–2013)<br> CP Mérida (1954–2000)<br>Spain national football team (selected matches) | seating_capacity = 14,600<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.admerida.es/estadio-romano.php|title=Estadio Romano {{!}} Mérida AD|website=www.admerida.es|access-date=2020-03-31|archive-date=2020-01-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200131235622/http://www.admerida.es/estadio-romano.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> | dimensions = 106 x 70 m | image_size = 300 }} '''Estadio Romano''' (''English'': Roman Stadium) is a multi-use stadium in Mérida, Spain. It is currently used for football matches and is the home ground of Mérida AD. The stadium holds 14,600 people and opened in 1954.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.admerida.es/estadio-romano.php|title=Estadio Romano {{!}} Mérida AD|website=www.admerida.es|access-date=2019-11-14|archive-date=2020-01-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200131235622/http://www.admerida.es/estadio-romano.php|url-status=dead}}</ref>
On 9 September 2009, the stadium hosted the Spain national team as they defeated Estonia 3-0 to qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, which they went on to win. Mayor of Mérida Ángel Calle said "We want to use the Estonia match to promote Mérida and Extremadura, we will welcome the players as if they were 21st-century gladiators."<ref>{{cite news|last=Rogers|first=Iain|title=Spain’s ’21st century gladiators’ do Merida proud|url=http://blogs.reuters.com/soccer/2009/09/10/spains-21st-century-gladiators-do-merida-proud/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090915195531/http://blogs.reuters.com/soccer/2009/09/10/spains-21st-century-gladiators-do-merida-proud/|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 September 2009|access-date=24 January 2014|newspaper=Reuters|date=10 September 2009}}</ref>
The Spain national under-21 team played two games at this stadium, against Cyprus in 1989 and against Czechoslovakia in 1991.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.admerida.es/estadio-romano.php|title=Estadio Romano {{!}} Mérida AD|website=www.admerida.es|access-date=2019-11-29|archive-date=2020-01-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200131235622/http://www.admerida.es/estadio-romano.php|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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==External links== {{commonscat|Estadio Romano}} *[https://espanaestadios.com/2019/04/22/merida-estadio-romano/ Estadios de Espana] {{in lang|en}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090122072352/http://www.worldstadiums.com/europe/countries/spain/extremadura.shtml Stadium information]
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Category:Football venues in Extremadura Category:CP Mérida Category:Mérida UD Category:Sports venues in Extremadura Category:Buildings and structures in Mérida, Spain Category:Sports venues completed in 1954 Category:1954 establishments in Spain
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