Pacaembu? Palmeiras pick Arena Barueri after football board decision | OneFootball

Palmeiras will start the 2026 season away from home. Allianz Parque is undergoing renovations on the pitch, and the club will host its Paulistão and Brazilian Championship matches at Arena Barueri.

And what about Pacaembu?

Pacaembu was renovated and began hosting official matches again in 2025, such as the Copinha final and some games from the state tournament. Verdão, however, will play at Arena Barueri “by decision of the football board.”

In addition to the professional team, those in charge at Palmeiras believe that the youth and women's teams already use the stadium, which belongs to one of president Leila Pereira's companies.

Return home

Palmeiras is only expected to return to Allianz Parque at the end of February or the beginning of March. Although the stadium will not be available for matches, it will still host scheduled events. As a result, the team is likely to miss the first phase games of the state tournament, which begins on January 11, and the initial rounds of the Brazilian Championship, starting on the 28th of the same month.

Record away from home

Since returning home in November 2014, the season with the most home games played away from Allianz Parque was 2024, when the team had to leave on nine occasions, mainly due to problems with the pitch and the replacement of thermoplastic with cork. With the start of 2026 guaranteed to be away, this year could surpass that number.

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