Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova

Full name	Complexo Esportivo Cultural Professor Octávio Mangabeira
Location	R. Lions Club, 217-547, Nazaré, Salvador, Brazil
Coordinates	12°58′43″S 38°30′15″W / 12.97861°S 38.50417°W
Broke ground	2010
Opened	April 7, 2013
Owner	Bahia State Government
Operator	Fonte Nova Negócios e Participações S/A
Surface	Grass
Cost	R$ 591.070.000
Architect	Marc Duwe and Claas Schulitz
Capacity	50,000
Dimensions	105 x 68m
Tenants	EC Bahia

               

                                      

·         The Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova officially Complexo Esportivo Cultural Professor Octávio Mangabeira is a football-only stadium for the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup and the subsequent 2014 FIFA World Cup. The stadium is located in Salvador, Bahia and it has a maximum capacity of 55,000 people.

·         The stadium was built in place of the older Estádio Fonte Nova. An group of architects from Brunswick, Germany, which also redesigned the old Hanover stadium into a modern arena for the 2006 Cup has been selected after bidding.

·         From 2013, the brewery Itaipava from Grupo Petropolis, will sign the naming rights of the new arena "Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova" under a sponsorship agreement until the year 2023, amounting to $ 100 million. This was the first naming rights agreement signed to 2014 World Cup stadiums.

·         The stadium was inaugurated on April 7, 2013, with a Campeonato Baiano game in which Vitória defeated Bahia 5-1. The first player to score a goal in the stadium was Vitória's Renato Cajá. During this match, some supporters weren't able to see the game completely due to some blind spots. Also, the stadium had excessive dust and some puddles. The company responsible for the stadium, owned by Grupo OAS and Odebrecht , said it was aware of the problems.

·         On May 27, 2013 a section of the roof collapsed after heavy rain.

·         The stadium will also be one of the venues used for the football competition of the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Football games

2013 FIFA Confederations Cup

Date	Time (UTC-03)	Team #1	Res.	Team #2	Round	Attendance
June 20, 2013	19:00	Nigeria	1-2	Uruguay	Group B	26,769
June 22, 2013	16:00	Italy	2–4	Brazil	Group A	48,874
June 30, 2013	13:00	Uruguay	2–2	Italy	3rd place	43,382

2014 FIFA World Cup

Date	Time (UTC-03)	Team #1	Res.	Team #2	Round
June 13, 2014	16:00	Spain	Match 3	Netherlands	Group B
June 16, 2014	13:00	Germany	Match 13	Portugal	Group G
June 20, 2014	16:00	Switzerland	Match 25	France	Group E
June 25, 2014	13:00	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Match 44	Iran	Group F
July 1, 2014	17:00	Winner Group H	Match 56	Runner-up Group G	Round of 16
July 5, 2014	17:00	Winner Match 51	Match 59	Winner Match 52	Quarter-finals