The Estadio Centenario was named in commemoration of the 100th. anniversary of Quilmes A.C. in 1987.
History
Estadio "Guido y Sarmiento", predecessor of Centenario, operated from 1916 to 1995
The club announced the construction of a new stadium in November 1987, in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the institution. Work began one year later and the stadium was partially opened in 1993 with a friendly match between Quilmes Campeón (with former players of the 1978 Quilmes champion squad) and an all-time stars combined team.
The stadium was officially inaugurated on April 25, 1995, with the name "Estadio Centenario 'José Luis Meiszner'". Meizner was then the president of Quilmes. Celebrations included a match between Quilmes and Uruguayan club Nacional, won by Quilmes 2–1.
The old Quilmes stadium located on Guido and Sarmiento streets (behind the club's headquarters) was demolished. The stadium has been used by other teams such as Estudiantes de La Plata in the 2010 Apertura championship, which also won coached by Alejandro Sabella.
In 2016, the club (led by new president Marcelo Callelo) changed the name of the stadium to "Estadio Centenario Ciudad de Quilmes", removing the name of the former president after he was involved in the 2015 FIFA corruption case.[2] Meiszner had managed the club for over 30 years, apart of being a close collaborator of Julio Grondona in the Argentine Football Association.[3]
What we want to do is to change the image of the club (...) We didn't want to see it being associated to mafia or illicit acts. Thus, changing the stadium name was an important step for that purpose.[2]
— Jairo Gomelsky, secretary of communications of Quilmes A.C.
^ abPor qué el estadio de Quilmes dejará de llamarse José Luis Meiszner by Rodrigo Tamagni, Infobae, 26 Aug 2016
^Más de 200 millones de deudas, un ex presidente acusado por el FIFAgate y el descenso encima: Quilmes, en su peor hora by Julián Lichene, La Nación, 24 Aug 2016
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January 21, 2023
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