Etelvino Mendonça

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Full name	Estádio Etelvino Mendonça
Former names	Estádio Presidente Emílio Garrastazu Médici (1971–2016)
Location	Itabaiana, SE, Brazil
Coordinates	10°41′19″S 37°25′54″W / 10.688526070174099°S 37.43155128467663°W / -10.688526070174099; -37.43155128467663
Owner	Sergipe state
Operator	Itabaiana
Capacity	10,000
Field size	105 by 68 metres (114.8 yd × 74.4 yd)[1]
Surface	Natural grass
Construction
Built	1969–1971
Opened	7 March 1971
Renovated	1984–1985, 2009–2010
Tenants
Itabaiana

Estádio Etelvino Mendonça, sometimes known as Mendonção, is a football stadium in Itabaiana, Sergipe, Brazil. It has a maximum capacity of 10,000 people, and hosts the home matches of Associação Olímpica de Itabaiana.

Inaugurated on 7 March 1971 under the name of Estádio Presidente Emílio Garrastazu Médici as an honour to then president Emílio Garrastazu Médici, the stadium hosted a match between Itabaiana and Grêmio, which ended 0–0.^[2] The stadium's capacity was increased in 1985 and 2010, when new stands were introduced.

In January 2016, Sergipe Governor Jackson Barreto signed a decree to change the name of several buildings in the state, removing its link with the military dictatorship agents.^[3] Renamed Estádio Etelvino Mendonça, the stadium was named as an honour to a politician in the city who encouraged sports practice.^[4]

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