Tenants: the Brazilian national football team
Opened: 1950
Capacity: 78,838
Notable fixtures: 1950 and 2014 World Cup finals, 2016 Olympic Games football final
The Maracana is one of the most notable stadiums in world football, situated in one of the most beautiful cities throughout the world.
The stadium hosted the 1950 decisive World Cup group-stage match (there was no final that year) between Brazil and Uruguay that saw a staggering capacity of 199,854. Although the hosts tasted bitter defeat, the match will go down as one of the classics in the game's history