Estádio Nacional 12 de Julho

Coordinates: 0°20′6.3″N 6°44′15.0″E / 0.335083°N 6.737500°E / 0.335083; 6.737500
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12th of July National Stadium
Estádio Nacional 12 de Julho
Sporting São Tomé

Estádio Nacional 12 de Julho

football matches. The stadium can hold 6,500 people and the field size is 105 × 68 m. The surface is Artificial turf
.

Stadium details

The stadium is home to

Porto Folha Fede
who once played as Porto de São Tomé.

The stadium is equipped with floodlights and a scoreboard. The stand located where the main entrance is, has a roof over it. Its interiors and exteriors are coloured pink with its entrance section coloured orange and blue. Before its recent renovations in 2015 the entrance section was coloured pink and had white columns and brown rims. Its doors are of

modernistic
.

The stadium also has a running track, and track events are sometimes held at the stadium.

History

The stadium was built around the 1920s as a football field. The building was opened in 1950. It was the first football stadium in the nation. The stadium was formerly named Estádio Sarmento Rodrigues. It was renovated in 2002 and expanded in 2003.

The Taça Nacional de São Tomé e Príncipe (Santomean Cup) is played here annually.

Some continental football competitions were played at the stadium including the

CD Guadalupe and the 2014 CAF Champions League. Since Sporting Praia Cruz withdrew, the 2016 edition
was not played here.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Estádio Nacional 12 de Julho profile, Estádio Nacional 12 de Julho statistics, Estádio Nacional 12 de Julho career statistics". www.betstudy.com. Archived from the original on 2019-01-30. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
  2. ^ "Estádio Nacional 12 de Julho" (in Portuguese). Património de Influência Portuguesa. Retrieved 29 October 2017.

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