Global Courant 2023-05-30 22:28:13
Deportivo Coatepeque, recently promoted to the National League, can boast of having one of the most attractive stadiums in Guatemalan soccer: the Israel Barrios Stadium.
The colossus located in the Riberas de La Vega subdivision, in zone 6 of Coatepeque, was inaugurated on January 30, 2011. It is the house that will house Coatepeque in its home games next season and during its stay in the top category of the local soccer.
‘The Cradle of Snakes’, as it is known, has a capacity for 20 thousand spectators; This makes it the second national stadium with the most capacity, only surpassed by the Doroteo Guamuch Flores (26 thousand 116).
The Israel Barrios, which has the locations of box, tribune, preference, general south, local general north and visiting general north, was the scene of the friendly match between the Guatemalan National Team and Antigua and Barbuda in November 2019.
Deportivo Coatepeque, which was promoted to the National League for the first time in the Clausura 2013 tournament (later it was relegated in the Clausura 2015), can also boast of having one of the most loyal fans, who live a party every day in the stands of their stadium.
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