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• 1947 The site is chosen after a public fight Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Congress argued for two years over whether to build in the Derby Club district or in the suburbs. The journalist Mário Filho campaigned for the central site and later had the stadium named after him.
• 1948 Construction begins with the World Cup two years away Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Ten thousand workers were put on the project. It was still unfinished when the tournament started, with no toilets in parts of the ground and scaffolding in place.
• 1950 Maracanã opens Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Built for the 1950 World Cup and unfinished on opening day. Its final match drew a crowd officially recorded at 173,850 and widely estimated near 200,000 — the largest ever at a football match. Brazil lost, in the defeat known as the Maracanaço.
• 1950 The Maracanaço Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Uruguay beat Brazil 2–1 in the deciding match of the World Cup, in front of a crowd officially recorded at 173,850 and widely estimated near 200,000. The silence afterwards became part of Brazilian national memory.
• 1950 The opening match Rio de Janeiro, Brazil A Rio select XI beat a São Paulo XI 3–1, with the first goal at the Maracanã scored by Didi eight days before the World Cup began.
• 1954 The stadium is completed Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Four years after hosting a World Cup final, the last construction work was finally signed off.
• 1958 Brazil return as world champions Rio de Janeiro, Brazil The side that won in Sweden was received at the Maracanã, closing the wound left by 1950 for a generation that had grown up with it.
• 1963 The largest crowd ever at a club match Rio de Janeiro, Brazil A recorded 194,603 watched Flamengo draw with Fluminense, a figure never approached since anywhere in the world.
• 1966 Pelé and Garrincha's last years together Rio de Janeiro, Brazil The pair played 40 matches together for Brazil and never lost one, most of them at the Maracanã.
• 1968 The ground is named after Mário Filho Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Officially the Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho, after the writer who had campaigned for it to be built. Nobody uses the official name.
• 1969 Pelé's thousandth goal Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Pelé scored his 1,000th career goal from a penalty for Santos, stopping the match while he was carried around the pitch.
• 1970 Brazil win a third World Cup Rio de Janeiro, Brazil The Mexico side returned to a Maracanã reception, and the country kept the Jules Rimet trophy permanently.
• 1976 The Fla-Flu at its peak Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Flamengo against Fluminense drew crowds routinely above 150,000 through the 1970s, the largest regular club fixture in the world.
• 1981 Zico's Flamengo win the world title Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Flamengo beat Liverpool in Tokyo, and their homecoming filled the Maracanã. Zico scored 333 goals at the ground, more than any other player.
• 1989 Copa América final Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Brazil beat Uruguay 1–0 at the Maracanã to win their first Copa América in 40 years, with Romário scoring.
• 1992 The upper stand collapses Rio de Janeiro, Brazil A section of railing gave way during a cup final, killing three people and injuring dozens. Capacity was cut sharply afterwards and the ground began its long conversion to all-seater.
• 1992 The upper stand collapses Rio de Janeiro, Brazil A section of railing gave way before a Brazilian championship final, killing three people and injuring more than fifty. Capacity was cut sharply and never restored.
• 1994 Brazil win a fourth World Cup Rio de Janeiro, Brazil The team returned from the United States to a reception at a Maracanã already much smaller than the one that had held 200,000.
• 1998 Standing is abolished Rio de Janeiro, Brazil The general admission terraces, the geral, were converted to seating, ending the cheapest way into Brazilian football and changing who filled the ground.
• 2000 The first FIFA Club World Championship Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Corinthians beat Vasco da Gama on penalties in an all-Brazilian final at the Maracanã.
• 2005 The stadium closes for safety work Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Engineers condemned parts of the structure and the ground shut for eleven months of repairs, the first of three closures in fifteen years.
• 2007 Pan American Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil The Maracanã hosted the opening and closing ceremonies and the athletics, after a rebuild that cut capacity below 90,000 for the first time.
• 2010 Closed again for the World Cup rebuild Rio de Janeiro, Brazil The ground shut for three years and was gutted, with the two-tier bowl replaced by a single continuous ring and a fibreglass roof.
• 2013 Confederations Cup final Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Brazil beat Spain 3–0 at the reopened Maracanã, in a tournament played against a background of nationwide protests about its cost.
• 2014 World Cup final Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Germany beat Argentina 1–0 with a Mario Götze goal in extra time, 64 years after Brazil's defeat on the same pitch.
• 2016 Olympic opening ceremony Rio de Janeiro, Brazil The Rio Games opened at the Maracanã, which also staged both football finals.
• 2016 The Olympic ceremonies Rio de Janeiro, Brazil The Rio Games opened and closed at the Maracanã, which also staged both football finals. Brazil won men's gold on the pitch, beating Germany on penalties.
• 2017 Abandoned and stripped Rio de Janeiro, Brazil With no tenant and a disputed operating contract, the stadium fell into disrepair. Power was cut off, seats were stolen and the pitch died.
• 2018 The clubs take over Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Flamengo and Fluminense assumed management of the ground, restoring it to regular use after the post-Olympic collapse.
• 2020 A field hospital and empty terraces Rio de Janeiro, Brazil The pandemic closed the Maracanã to spectators, and its surrounds were used for pandemic infrastructure while football continued behind closed doors.
• 2021 Copa América final Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Argentina beat Brazil 1–0 in an empty Maracanã during the pandemic, giving Lionel Messi his first senior international trophy at 34.
• 2023 Copa Libertadores final Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Fluminense beat Boca Juniors after extra time to win the trophy for the first time, in front of their own supporters at their home ground.