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'''Estadio Pocitos''' was a multi-use [[stadium]] in [[Montevideo]], [[Uruguay]], that does not exist today. This stadium was mainly used for football matches of the owner club [[Peñarol]] from 1921 to 1930.Later it was demolished in the 30´s decade because Peñarol started to play in the [[Estadio Centenario]] as its home field.

===The 1930 FIFA World Cup===
During the [[1930 FIFA World Cup]], the stadium hosted 2 group matches:

[[1930_FIFA_World_Cup#Group A|Group A]] match
{{footballbox |bg = #eeeeee |date = [[July 13]], [[1930]]<br />15:00 |team1 = {{flagicon|France}} [[France national football team|France]] |score = 4&ndash;1 |team2 = {{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]] |goals1 = [[Lucien Laurent|Lucien '''Laurent''']] 19'<br />[[Marcel Langiller|Marcel '''Langiller''']] 40'<br />[[André Maschinot|André '''Maschinot''']] 43', 87' |goals2 = [[Juan Carreño Sandoval|Juan '''Carreño''' Sandoval]] 70' |stadium = '''Montevideo, Estadio Pocitos'''<br />'''Attendance:''' +3000<br />'''Referee:''' Lombardi ([[Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol|Uruguay]])}}

[[1930_FIFA_World_Cup#Group C|Group C]] match
{{footballbox |bg = #eeeeee |date = [[July 14]], [[1930]]<br />14:50 |team1 = {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Romania national football team|Romania]] |score = 3&ndash;1 |team2 = {{flagicon|Peru}} [[Peru national football team|Peru]] |goals1 = [[Constantin Stanciu|Constantin '''Stanciu''']] 2' pen, 89'<br />[[Ştefan Barbu|Ştefan '''Barbu''']] 79' |goals2 = [[Luís Alfonso Souza-Ferreira|Luís Alfonso '''Souza-Ferreira''']] 75' |stadium = '''Montevideo, Estadio Pocitos'''<br />'''Attendance:''' +2000<br />'''Referee:''' Warnken ([[Federación de Fútbol de Chile|Chile]])}}

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[[Category:Football venues in Uruguay|Pocitos]]
[[Category:FIFA World Cup stadiums]]

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