Estadio Universidad San Marcos

The Estadio de la UNMSM is a multi-purpose stadium located in Lima, Peru, belonging to the National University of San Marcos.

Today is an alternate stadium of the football team Club Universitario de Deportes, which plays in the First Division of Peru.

Previously, it was the official stadium of the football team of the university, the Club Deportivo Universidad San Marcos, which played in the Second Division of Peru.

Officially opened on 13 May 1951, commemorating the 400th anniversary of founding of the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos; the opening generated great expectations as the first large-capacity stadium in Peru, which was attended by then-President Manuel Odria, his education minister and the chancellor of the university.

When machines raised the floor of the esplanade of the western grandstand, which was hardest hit, were exposed bale walls and archaeological 1,500 years old.