Stadio San Paolo is a multi-use stadium in the western suburb of Fuorigrotta of Naples, Italy, and is the third largest football stadium in Italy after Stadio San Siro and Stadio Olimpico. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home of S.S.C. Napoli. The stadium was built in 1959 and underwent extensive renovations in 1989 for the 1990 World Cup. The present capacity of the San Paolo is 60,240. It's one of the most important and warm stadiums of Europe.
The stadium is probably most famous for hosting the 1990 World Cup semi-final between Italy and Argentina. Considered to be the most intriguing match of that World Cup, Diego Maradona, then a player at Napoli asked for the Napoli fans to cheer for Argentina. The Napoli "tifosi" responded by hanging a flag in their "curve" of the stadium saying "Maradona, We love you, but Italy is our father". It was touching for Maradona for as Napoli was the only stadium during that World Cup that the Argentinian national anthem wasn't jeered. Apparently, Napoli fans were the "black sheep" of Italy because they rooted for Maradona. The match finished 1-1 after extra time. A penalty shoot out ensued with Maradona fittingly scoring the winning penalty for Argentina.
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