Estádio Algarve
Loulé Municipality | |
Capacity | 30,305 |
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Surface | Grass |
Scoreboard | Philips |
Construction | |
Opened | 23 November 2003 |
Construction cost | €46.14 million[2] |
Architect | Populous[1] (formerly HOK Sport Venue Event) |
Tenants | |
Farense (formerly) Louletano (formerly) Gibraltar national football team (2013–2017, 2023–) (temporary) Portugal national football team (selected matches) Algarve United (disbanded) |
The Estádio Algarve (transl. Algarve Stadium) is an association football stadium located between Faro and Loulé municipalities, in the Algarve region of Portugal. The stadium has a capacity of 30,305 and was purposely built for the UEFA Euro 2004 championship.
History
The Estádio Algarve was designed in the summer of 2000 in accordance with
The stadium hosted the inaugural Algarve Challenge Cup tournament on 22 and 24 July 2008 that saw Cardiff City, Celtic, Middlesbrough, and Vitória de Guimarães in action. Cardiff City were the eventual winners of the tournament with victories over Celtic and Vitória.
The Estádio Algarve was also the temporary home ground of the Gibraltar national football team around the mid-2010s.[3] It will once again host Gibraltar from March 2023 while improvements are made to the Victoria Stadium.[4]
Aside from football, it has also hosted music festivals and concerts, and has been temporarily converted into a
Euro 2004 Matches
Date | Result | Round | ||
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12 June 2004 | Spain | 1–0 | Russia | Group A |
20 June 2004 | Russia | 2–1 | Greece | |
26 June 2004 | Sweden | 0–0 (4–5 p) | Netherlands | Quarter-finals |
Portugal national football team
The following national team matches were held at the stadium.[8]
# | Date | Score | Opponent | Competition |
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1. | 18 February 2004 | 1–1 | England | Friendly |
2. | 3 September 2005 | 6–0 | Luxembourg | 2006 World Cup qualification |
3. | 11 February 2009 | 1–0 | Finland | Friendly |
4. | 10 August 2011 | 5–0 | Luxembourg | |
5. | 15 August 2012 | 2–0 | Panama | |
6. | 14 August 2013 | 1–1 | Netherlands | Friendly |
7. | 14 November 2014 | 1–0 | Armenia | Euro 2016 qualifying |
8. | 13 November 2016 | 4–1 | Latvia | 2018 World Cup qualification |
9. | 6 September 2018 | 1–1 | Croatia | Friendly |
10. | 14 November 2019 | 6–0 | Lithuania | Euro 2020 qualifying |
11. | 1 September 2021 | 2–1 | Republic of Ireland | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
12. | 9 October 2021 | 3–0 | Qatar | Friendly |
13. | 12 October 2021 | 5–0 | Luxembourg | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
14. | 11 September 2023 | 9–0 | Luxembourg | UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying |
Gibraltar national football team
The following national team matches were held at the stadium.[9]
# | Date | Score | Opponent | Competition |
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1. | 19 November 2013 | 0–0 | Slovakia | Friendly |
2. | 4 June 2014 | 1–0 | Malta | Friendly |
3. | 7 September 2014 | 0–7 | Poland | UEFA Euro 2016 Qualifier |
4. | 14 October 2014 | 0–3 | Georgia | |
5. | 13 June 2015 | 0–7 | Germany | |
6. | 4 September 2015 | 0–4 | Republic of Ireland | |
7. | 11 October 2015 | 0–6 | Scotland | |
8. | 6 September 2016 | 1–4 | Greece | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
9. | 10 October 2016 | 0–6 | Belgium | |
10. | 9 June 2017 | 1–2 | Cyprus | |
11. | 3 September 2017 | 0–4 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
12. | 7 October 2017 | 0–6 | Estonia | |
13. | 24 March 2023 | 0–3 | Greece | UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying |
14. | 16 June 2023 | 0–3 | France | |
15. | 16 October 2023 | 0–4 | Republic of Ireland | |
16. | 21 November 2023 | 0–6 | Netherlands |
See also
References
- Populous
- ^ "Fact Check. Estádios de Leiria e Aveiro tiveram custo de 180 milhões para construção e custam 8 milhões a manter?". Observador (in Portuguese). 27 January 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
- ^ "Gibraltar: Can Uefa's newest football nation rock Europe?". BBC. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
- ^ Gibraltar’s Home international matches to be played in Faro, Portugal as from March 2023 Archived 2022-10-19 at the Wayback Machine Gibraltar FA. 13 October 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
- ^ RÄIKKÖNEN onboard Rally de Portugal 2010 Estádio Algarve stadium Stage 1 (FIA World Rally Championship) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8SYnUCpPbE
- ^ Smith, Joshua (9 October 2021). "Cristiano Ronaldo breaks another international record while scoring 112th goal". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
- ^ "Soccer-Ronaldo nets hat-trick as Portugal rout Luxembourg". WHBL. 12 October 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
- ^ "Seleção A". Portuguese Football Federation. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
- ^ "Gibraltar - List of International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 March 2017.