The Estádio Proletário Guilherme da Silveira Filho, but usually known as Estádio Moça Bonita is a football

Football (soccer)

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 stadium inaugurated in 1947 in Bangu

Bangu (neighborhood)

Bangu is a neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, RJ. It is a lower middle class neighborhood. It is located in the western area of the city being one of the most populated districts, with 244,518 inhabitants [1] distributed in an area of 4570.69 ha...

 neighborhood, Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

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, state of Rio de Janeiro

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, with a maximum capacity of 9,564 people.

Estádio Moça Bonita is owned by Bangu Atlético Clube

Bangu Atlético Clube

Bangu Atlético Clube, or Bangu as they are usually called, is a Brazilian football team from Bangu, Rio de Janeiro in Rio de Janeiro, founded on April 17, 1904...

. It hosts the games of Bangu Atlético Clube and Clube Atlético Castelo Branco

Clube Atlético Castelo Branco

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. The stadium is named after Guilherme da Silveira Filho, who was Bangu's president during the stadium construction. The nickname Moça Bonita means Beautiful Girl.

History

In 1947, the works on Moça Bonita were completed. It was inaugurated on November 17 of that year, but the inaugural match was played only on December 12, when Flamengo

Clube de Regatas do Flamengo

Clube de Regatas do Flamengo , also known as Flamengo and familiarly as Mengão, is a Brazilian sports club based in the Flamengo bairro, Zona Sul, Rio de Janeiro, best known for its professional football team...

 beat Bangu 4-2. The first goal of the stadium was scored by Flamengo's Joel Rezende.

The stadium's attendance record currently stands at 17,000, set on July 3, 1948 when Bangu and Fluminense

Fluminense Football Club

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 drew 1-1.

On April 20, 1980, Palmeiras

Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras

Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras is a Brazilian football club from São Paulo. The club was founded on August 26, 1914, as Palestra Italia but changed to the current name on September 14, 1942...

beat Bangu 1-0. The match's attendance was 16,779 people.

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