List of South American stadiums by capacity
The following is an incomplete list of South American stadiums. They are ordered by their total capacity, that is the maximum number of spectators the stadium can accommodate. Stadiums with a capacity of 30,000 or more are included.
Most large stadiums in South America are used for association football, with some having running tracks for athletics.
List
| Rank | Stadium | Capacity | City | Country | Home team |
| 1 | Monumental "U" | 80,093 | Lima | Universitario | |
| 2 | Maracanã | 78,838 | Rio de Janeiro | CR Flamengo, Fluminense FC, Brazil national football team | |
| 3 | Nacional Mané Garrincha | 72,788 | Brasília | Brasília FC, Brasiliense FC, Brazil national football team | |
| 4 | Monumental Antonio V. Liberti | 70,074 | Buenos Aires | River Plate, Argentina national football team | |
| 5 | Universidad San Marcos | 67,469 | Lima | Deportivo Universidad San Marcos | |
| 6 | Morumbi | 67,052 | São Paulo | São Paulo FC | |
| 7 | Centenario | 65,235 | Montevideo | Uruguay national football team, Club Nacional de Football, Club Atlético Peñarol | |
| 8 | Castelão | 63,903 | Fortaleza | Ceará SC, Fortaleza EC | |
| 9 | Mineirão | 62,160 | Belo Horizonte | Cruzeiro EC, Atlético Mineiro | |
| 10 | Arena do Grêmio | 60,540 | Porto Alegre | Grêmio FBPA | |
| 11 | Arruda | 60,044 | Recife | Santa Cruz FC | |
| 12 | Monumental Banco Pichincha | 59,283 | Guayaquil | Barcelona SC | |
| 13 | Mario Alberto Kempes | 57,000 | Córdoba | Belgrano, Talleres, Argentina national football team | |
| 14 | Parque do Sabiá | 56,450 | Uberlândia | Uberlândia EC | |
| 15 | Deportivo Cali | 53,347 | Cali | Deportivo Cali | |
| 16 | Monumental de Maturín | 51,796 | Maturín | Monagas | |
| 17 | Fonte Nova | 51,708 | Salvador | EC Bahia | |
| 18 | Presidente Juan Domingo Perón | 51,389 | Buenos Aires | Racing Club | |
| 19 | Beira-Rio | 51,300 | Porto Alegre | SC Internacional | |
| 20 | Serra Dourada | 50,049 | Goiânia | Goiás EC, Vila Nova FC | |
| 21 | Nacional | 50,000 | Lima | Peru national football team | |
| Ciudad de La Plata | 50,000 | La Plata | Estudiantes LP, Gimnasia y Esgrima LP | - | |
| 23 | José Amalfitani | 49,747 | Buenos Aires | Vélez Sársfield, Argentina national rugby union team | |
| 24 | Metropolitano | 49,612 | Barranquilla | Junior, Colombia national football team | |
| 25 | Alberto J. Armando | 49,000 | Buenos Aires | Boca Juniors | |
| 26 | Tomás Adolfo Ducó | 48,314 | Buenos Aires | Huracán | |
| 27 | Arena Corinthians | 47,605 | São Paulo | SC Corinthians Paulista | |
| 28 | Nacional de Chile | 47,000 | Santiago | Chile national football team, Universidad de Chile | |
| 29 | Engenhão | 46,831 | Rio de Janeiro | Botafogo FR | |
| 30 | Ciudad de Lanús | 46,519 | Lanús | Lanús | |
| 31 | Arena Pernambuco | 46,154 | São Lourenço da Mata | Náutico | |
| 32 | Mangueirão | 45,007 | Belém | Paysandu SC, Remo | |
| 33 | Monumental David Arellano | 45,000 | Santiago | Colo-Colo, Chile national football team | |
| Olímpico Monumental | 45,000 | Porto Alegre | Grêmio FBPA | - | |
| Morenão | 45,000 | Campo Grande | Operário FC, EC Comercial | - | |
| 36 | Farahzão | 44,414 | Presidente Prudente | Presidente Prudente FC | |
| 37 | Albertão | 44,200 | Teresina | EC Flamengo | |
| 38 | Libertadores de América | 44,000 | Buenos Aires | Independiente | |
| Arena da Amazônia | 44,000 | Manaus | Nacional FC | - | |
| 40 | Allianz Parque | 43,713 | São Paulo | SE Palmeiras | |
| 41 | José María Minella | 43,542 | Mar del Plata | Aldosivi | |
| 42 | Arena Pantanal | 43,150 | Cuiabá | Cuiabá EC, Operário FC | |
| 43 | Metropolitano de Mérida | 42,500 | Mérida | Estudiantes de Mérida FC | |
| General Santander | 42,500 | Cúcuta | Cúcuta Deportivo | - | |
| 45 | Arena da Baixada | 42,150 | Curitiba | Atlético Paranaense | |
| 46 | Garcilaso de la Vega | 42,056 | Cusco | Cienciano | |
| 47 | Atanasio Girardot | 42,000 | Medellín | Atlético Nacional, Independiente Medellín | |
| Couto Pereira | 42,000 | Curitiba | Coritiba FBC | - | |
| Hernando Siles | 42,000 | La Paz | Bolivia national football team, Bolívar, The Strongest | - | |
| Modelo Alberto Spencer Herrera | 42,000 | Guayaquil | - | ||
| Pedro Bidegain | 42,000 | Buenos Aires | San Lorenzo | - | |
| 51 | Gigante de Arroyito | 41,654 | Rosario | Rosario Central | |
| 52 | Polideportivo Cachamay | 41,600 | Ciudad Guayana | Mineros de Guayana | |
| 53 | Olímpico Atahualpa | 41,000 | Quito | Deportivo Quito, El Nacional, Universidad Católica, Ecuador national football team | |
| 54 | Metropolitano de Cabudare | 40,312 | Cabudare | ACD Lara | |
| 55 | Monumental Virgen de Chapi | 40,217 | Arequipa | Melgar | |
| 56 | Castelão | 40,149 | São Luís | Moto Club, Sampaio Corrêa FC | |
| 57 | Campeón del Siglo | 40,005 | Montevideo | Club Atlético Peñarol | |
| 58 | Verdão | 40,000 | Cuiabá | Dom Bosco, Mixto EC | |
| Almeidão | 40,000 | João Pessoa | Botafogo FC | - | |
| 59 | Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo | 38,755 | San Cristóbal | Deportivo Táchira | |
| 60 | Marcelo Bielsa | 38,095 | Rosario | Newell's Old Boys | |
| 61 | Olímpico Pascual Guerrero | 38,000 | Santiago de Cali | Deportivo Cali, América de Cali | |
| Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera | 38,000 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra | Oriente Petrolero, Destroyers, Blooming | - | |
| 64 | Pacaembu | 37,952 | São Paulo | SC Corinthians Paulista, Santos FC | |
| 65 | Estadio José Antonio Anzoátegui | 37,485 | Puerto la Cruz | Deportivo Anzoátegui | |
| 66 | Palogrande | 36,553 | Manizales | Once Caldas | |
| 67 | El Campín | 36,343 | Bogotá | Independiente Santa Fe, Millonarios | |
| 68 | Defensores del Chaco | 36,000 | Asunción | Paraguay national football team | |
| 69 | Barradão | 35,632 | Salvador | EC Vitória | |
| 70 | Alejandro Villanueva | 35,000 | Lima | Alianza Lima | |
| Amigão | 35,000 | Campina Grande | Treze FC, Campinense | - | |
| Pinheirão | 35,000 | Curitiba | Paraná Clube | - | |
| 73 | Malvinas Argentinas | 34,875 | Mendoza | Godoy Cruz | |
| 74 | Don León Kolbowsky | 34,000 | Buenos Aires | Atlanta | |
| 75 | Eduardo Gallardón | 33,542 | Lomas de Zamora | Los Andes | |
| 76 | Juan Carmelo Zerillo | 33,500 | La Plata | Gimnasia y Esgrima | |
| 77 | Florencio Sola | 33,351 | Banfield | Banfield | |
| 78 | Centenario José Luis Meiszner | 33,000 | Quilmes | Quilmes | |
| JK | 33,000 | Itumbiara | Itumbiara EC | - | |
| 80 | Teixeirão | 32,936 | São José do Rio Preto | América FC | |
| 81 | General Pablo Rojas | 32,910 | Asunción | Cerro Porteño | |
| 82 | Monumental José Fierro | 32,700 | San Miguel de Tucumán | Atlético Tucumán | |
| 83 | Nueva España | 32,500 | Buenos Aires | Deportivo Español | |
| 84 | Brinco de Ouro | 32,453 | Campinas | Guarani FC | |
| 85 | Brigadier Gral. Estanislao López | 32,000 | Santa Fe | Colón | |
| Félix Capriles | 32,000 | Cochabamba | Club Aurora, Jorge Wilstermann | - | |
| Olímpico Patria | 32,000 | Sucre | Universitario, Independiente Petrolero | - | |
| 88 | Mário Helênio | 31,863 | Juiz de Fora | Tupi | |
| 89 | Pituaçu | 31,667 | Salvador | EC Bahia | |
| 90 | Arena das Dunas | 31,375 | Natal | America FC, ABC FC | |
| 91 | Café | 31,019 | Londrina | Londrina EC, SE Matsubara | |
| Ciudad de Vicente López | 31,000 | Vicente López | Platense | - | |
| 93 | Centenário | 30,822 | Caxias do Sul | SER Caxias do Sul | |
| 94 | Ilha do Retiro | 30,520 | Recife | SC Recife | |
| 95 | Hernán Ramírez Villegas | 30,313 | Pereira | Deportivo Pereira | |
| 96 | Coliseo de Victoria | 30,000 | Victoria | Tigre | |
| Colosso da Lagoa | 30,000 | Erechim | Ypiranga FC | - | |
| Manuel Murillo Toro | 30,000 | Ibagué | Deportes Tolima | - | |
| Presidente Perón | 30,000 | Córdoba | Instituto | - | |
| Machadão | 30,000 | Natal | América FC | - | |
| Víctor Agustín Ugarte | 30,000 | Potosí | Real Potosí, Nacional Potosí | - |