STADIO VIA DEL MARE

Lecce, Italy

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Stadio Via del Mare is a multi-purpose stadium in Lecce, Italy. It is mostly used for football matches and is the home of U.S. Lecce. The stadium was built in 1966 and holds 33,876. It takes its name from the street leading to the sea.

Via del Mare was inaugurated on September 11, 1966 during a friendly between U.S. Lecce and Spartak Moscow. The stadium replaced the old Stadio Carlo Pranzo, which was named after a young fatality of World War I from Lecce. On October 2 of that year , the first match between teams from Italy was played with Lecce beating local rivals Taranto 1-0. In 1967 Lecce played a friendly match against famous Pelé's Santos here.

The seats are colored red and yellow (the colours of U.S. Lecce) and on the Tribuna Est is an inscription of "U.S. Lecce". After this almost total renovation, the stadium in Lecce, along with the Stadio Friuli in Udine, was the only stadium ready for the 1990 FIFA World Cup. However the venue allocated to the Puglia region went to the Stadio San Nicola in Bari, which caused some controversy.

Unused 4" x 6" continental size chrome.

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