Estadio Anacleto Campanella

Estadio Municipal Anacleto Campanella, usually simply Estadio Anacleto Campanella - between 1964 and 1989 known as Estadio Municipal Lauro Gomes de Almeida, or for short Lauro Gomes, is an association football stadium in Sao Caetano do Sul, on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The stadium holds 16,744 people. It was inaugurated in 1955. The stadium is owned by the Municipality of Sao Caetano do Sul, and its formal name honors Anacleto Campanella, who was Sao Caetano do Sul's mayor from 1953 to 1957, and from 1961 to 1965.

History

Sao Catano football club, Associacao Atletica Sao Bento, created by the fusion of Sao Caetano Esporte Clube and Comercial Futebol Clube (a club from Sao Paulo city) in 1954 and not to be confused with other clubs of the same name, acquired a groundplot at Monte Alegre Novo where the stadium construction was completed in 1955. The inaugural match was played on January 2, 1955, when Sao Bento defeated XV de Piracicaba 1–0 with a goal by Gilmar.

After two seasons, Sao Bento was relegated to the Campeonato Paulista second division folded before the end of the decade. Afterward, the stadium was managed by the Municipal Prefecture of Sao Caetano do Sul. From 1961 to ca. 2008 – when the club moved to Campo Grande (MS) - the stadium was the home ground of Saad EC, which played two seasons in the first state division in the 1970s. The women's side of the club won there between 1989 and 2003 three national championships.

On July 28, 1964, the stadium was renamed to Lauro Gomes de Almeida, after a local politician. In 1989, the stadium was reformed again, returning to its previous name, Anacleto Campanella, and two matches were played on its reinauguration on May 7 of that year. In the first match, Associacao Atletica Sao Caetano and Ribeiraopirense Futebol Clube drew 3–3. In the second match, a Brazilian team formed by veteran players defeated a Sao Caetano do Sul city team 2–0.

Since 1991 AD Sao Caetano founded in 1989 and Copa Libertadores finalist of 2002,