Campo Pio XI

Campo Pio XI is an association football stadium in Rome, Italy. The stadium hosts all of Vatican City's football activities, including the Vatican City Championship, the Clericus Cup, and the Vatican City national football teams.[1] It is also home to the Petriana Calcio, an amateur youth multi-sport club.[2]

Campo Pio XI
Full nameCavalieri di Colombo Campo Pio XI
LocationVia Santa Maria Mediatrice, 22
Rome, Italy
Coordinates41.8969°N 12.4464°E / 41.8969; 12.4464
Capacity500
SurfaceArtificial turf
Opened1926
Tenants
Vatican City national football team
Vatican City women's national football team
Vatican City Championship
Coppa Sergio Valci
Supercoppa
Clericus Cup
Website
Official Website

Overview

The Pio XI multi-sport complex is located on an 18-acre piece of land in Rome only a few hundred yards from Vatican City[3] as Vatican City is not large enough to house sports fields of its own.[4] It has a capacity of 500 spectators and is equipped with artificial turf and floodlights.[5][6] The field is known for having a clear view of Saint Peter's Basilica.[7]

History

The Campo Pio XI stadium is part of one of several sports complexes built, funded, and maintained by the Italian Knights of Columbus.[8] The fraternal organization began building free recreational facilities for Roman Catholic youth in 1920 after Pope Benedict XV asked the Order to do so.[9] The field was consecrated and blessed by Cardinal Pietro Gasparri, Vatican Secretary of State, in May 1926.[8]

Serie A club AS Roma hosts youth tournaments at the stadium.[10]

On 10 June 2018, during Vatican Family Day, the stadium hosted the first Vatican women's football match following that year's Vatican Super Cup.[11] Shortly thereafter it became home to the nascent Vatican City women's national football team.[12]

International matches

After playing its first three full-internationals at the Stadio Pio XII, the stadium hosted the Vatican City national football team for the first time on 10 May 2014.[4]

List of matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

10 May 2014 Vatican City  0–2  Monaco
Report
29 April 2017 Vatican City  0–0  Monaco
Report
23 March 2019 Vatican City  2–2  Raetia
Report Mirco Oswald (2)

References
  1. McGuinness, Pat. "Vatican City: a Potted History". Pat's Football Blog. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  2. "Petriana Calcio" (in Italian). Petriana Calcio. Archived from the original on 2 July 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  3. Montague, James. "A Friendly Game for a Beatific State". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  4. "Monaco confirm May trip to Rome for Vatican friendly". nonfifafootball.blogspot.com. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  5. "Strutture". Petriana Calcio. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  6. "Cardinale Francis Joseph Spellman" (in Italian). Stadi Italia. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  7. "Calcio e Citta del Vaticano" (in Italian). Stadi Italia. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  8. "Campo Sportivo - Pio XI" (in Italian). Knights of Columbus. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  9. "Centri Sportivi a Roma - Introduzione" (in Italian). Knights of Columbus. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  10. "Trofeo Carcan A.S. Roma al Pio XI" (in Italian). AS Roma. Archived from the original on 2 July 2019.
  11. "Vatican: Family Day on June 10th with the Super Cup finals and the first women's football match". agensir.it. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  12. "Vatican women strap on their boots for first time in World Cup year". Times of Malta. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
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