Estádio Nilton Santos (Rio de Janeiro)
Estádio Nilton Santos is a multi purpose in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil that opened in 2007. Its recorded capacity is 46,931.
Key facts
Estádio Nilton Santos is a multi purpose in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil that opened in 2007. Its recorded capacity is 46,931. It is owned by municipal prefecture of Rio de Janeiro. It is operated by Colo Colo de Futebol e Regatas and Botafogo F.R.. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are Brazil men's national football team, Botafogo FC, Fluminense F.C., Botafogo F.R..
- Location
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Type
- Multi purpose
- Capacity
- 46,931
- Opened
- 2007
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- municipal prefecture of Rio de Janeiro
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
- Playing surface
- Artificial turf
Estádio Nilton Santos is at latitude -22.893172, longitude -43.292269, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.
Data table for this chart
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Latitude | -22.893172 |
| Longitude | -43.292269 |
| City | Rio de Janeiro |
| Region | Rio de Janeiro |
| Country | Brazil |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Technology
| Feature | Recorded as | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface | Artificial turf | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
See the venue technology guides for how these work.
Naming rights
No naming history is recorded for this venue.
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | municipal prefecture of Rio de Janeiro | 2007 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Operator | Botafogo F.R. | 2007 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Operator | Colo Colo de Futebol e Regatas | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil men's national football team | Brasileirao Serie A | Present | Current | Source |
| Botafogo FC | Brasileirao Serie A | Present | Current | Source |
| Fluminense F.C. | Brasileirao Serie A | 2007 to present | Current | Source |
| Botafogo F.R. | Brasileirao Serie A | 2007 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
18 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.
| Date | Table | Field | From | To | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 October 2026 | venue_features | (created) | not set | 327 | 2026-10 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_competitions | (deleted) | 117 | not set | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_competitions | (created) | not set | 697 | 2026-09 |
| 24 September 2026 | org_aliases | (deleted) | Prefeitura do Rio de Janeiro | not set | 2026-09 |
| 24 September 2026 | venue_roles | (deleted) | 32493 | not set | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_competitions | (created) | not set | 117 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 32495 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 32494 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 32493 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | org_aliases | (created) | not set | 1171 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | org_aliases | (created) | not set | 1170 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1375628428 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Estádio_Olímpico_Nilton_Santos | Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 16775 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 1649 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 1648 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 1647 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 1646 | 2026-09 |
Sources and licenses
Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The site as a whole is built from these sources:
- Wikidata: CC0 1.0. Data from Wikidata, released under CC0 1.0 Universal.
- OpenStreetMap: ODbL 1.0. © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0). See https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright.
- Wikipedia: CC BY-SA 4.0. Text from Wikipedia, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.
Row-level sources used for this venue: