One of the temples of Antioquia football, the Cincuentenario stadium will host a Colombian professional league match for the first time this Sunday, January 25. This property, after the support of the Mayor’s Office and the Inder of Medellín, in addition to the approval of the Dimayor, will host the matches of the first half of 2026 of the Águilas Doradas team, which was left without a stage to play its home games because the Alberto Grisales, from Rionegro, is undergoing repairs.
Thus, at 4:00 pm, the golden team will receive a visit from Deportivo Pastoin a game corresponding to the second date of the BetPlay League. The club provided tickets at comfortable prices for the fans to accompany them: $30,000 for the western stand and $20,000 for the eastern stand.
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Although the Cinquantenario has hosted national youth tournaments and some international minor and women’s tournaments, it has nothad never received a match in the highest category of men’s professional football. Hence the interest that this Sunday’s duel has aroused among fans in this sector of the city, which borders the University of Antioquia and the Botanical Garden.
Those who want to witness this event and do not wish to buy tickets virtually through latiquetera.com, will be able to do so physically in the same stadium, “the old-fashioned way”, prior to the match, as announced by the club on its social networks. There it was also stated that visiting bars will not be able to enter nor paraphernalia of any of the teams may be used. In addition, it was remembered that walking children aged two and over will be able to enter for free with a companion. The parking lots will only be enabled for the buses of the competing teams and the leaders.
The stages and dates for history
The historian Juan Manuel Uribe, collaborator of El Colombianotaking advantage of this milestone, undertook the task of compiling the dates on which the Antioquian towns received professional football for the first time. This list is now joined by Fiftieth anniversary, built and inaugurated in 1979 to celebrate the first 50 years of the Antioquia Football League. Here is the count:
San Fernando Racecourse (Itagüí): August 15, 1948 (National/Municipal 2-0 National University).
Atanasio Girardot (Medellín): April 26, 1953 (Nacional 2-2 Millonarios).
Fabricato Court (Bello): June 22, 1975 (Nacional 1-2 Quindío).
Sur Sports Center (Envigado): June 7, 1989 (Medellín 0-1 Junior).
Tulio Ospina (Bello): June 9, 1989 (Nacional 1-0 Magdalena).
Ditaires (Itagüí): June 9, 1996 (Medellín 1-0 Bucaramanga).
Alberto Grisales (Rionegro): February 6, 1999 (Quindío 2-0 Cortuluá).
Andrés Escobar (Jardín): August 18, 2002 (Medellín 1-0 Magdalena).
Los Búcaros (Barbosa): May 7, 2011 (Medellín 0-0 Junior).
National Headquarters (Guarne): May 21, 2011 (Nacional 3-1 Águilas/Itagüí).
Fiftieth anniversary (Medellín): January 25, 2026 (Águilas vs. Pasto).
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