Estadio Rommel Fernandez
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| Estadio Rommel Fernandez | |
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| La Gran Estacion | |
| Location | Panama City, Panama |
| Opened | 1970 |
| Owner | ANAPROF |
| Operator | Panama national football team |
| Surface | Grass |
| Former names | Estadio Revolucion |
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The Estadio Rommel Fernandez is a multi-use stadium in Panama City, Panama. It is currently used mostly for football matches and the current capacity is 25,000 seats. The original name of the stadium was Estadio Revolucion, but in 1993 it switched its name to Estadio Rommel Fernandez in honor of Rommel Fernandez, a Panamanian soccer player who died in a car accident in Albacete, Spain, on May 6, 1993. Currently it is the home ground of ANAPROF team Plaza Amador and it's often used in the final game of each season. It also is home to the Panama national football team. Currently its being reconstructed to increase the capacity of the stadium while at the same time the field size. The stadium is set to reopen on July 2008
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In April 4, 1976 it marked the debut of the Panamanian national team to make the run to Argentina 1978. In Estadio Revolucion, they took on Costa Rica and won surprisingly 3-2, with 2 goals from Agustin Sanchez and one from Luis Tapia. The most memorable ANAPROF match was the final matche played in the stadium in 1996 when more than 25,000 fans watched San Francisco F.C. take on Plaza Amador.
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