Estádio Algarve

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Estádio Algarve
Location Faro, Algarve, Portugal
Opened 2004
Surface Grass
Architect Populous[1]
(formerly HOK Sport Venue Event)
Capacity 30,002
Tenants
Sporting Clube Farense
Louletano Desportos Clube
Gibraltar national football team

The Estádio Algarve is an association football stadium located between Faro and Loulé, in Portugal and the home of Louletano Desportos Clube, who play in the Campeonato Nacional de Seniores. The Estádio Algarve is also the temporary home ground of Gibraltar national football team[2] and it also hosts the final match of the Algarve Cup, a major annual international tournament in women's football. From 2004 to 2013, Louletano shared the stadium with Sporting Clube Farense.

The stadium has a capacity of 30,002,[3] and was built for the Euro 2004 tournament. Aside from football, it has also hosted music festivals and concerts, and was temporarily converted into a super special stage during the 2007 Rally Portugal (part of the 2007 World Rally Championship season).

The Estádio Algarve was designed in the summer of 2000 to UEFA and FIFA standards by Damon Lavelle of Populous (formerly HOK Sport) London. The design team included WS Atkins engineers and local partners including Marobal. The design is regional in nature, alluding to the maritime traditions of Portugal and harmonising with the distinctive local landscape. The stadium is considered a model small/regional flexible use stadium for European Football and cultural events, being one of the most used stadiums in Portugal, compared to others used for matches in the main Portuguese Football League.

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.

Euro 2004 Matches

Date Result Round
12 June 2004  Spain 1–0  Russia Group A
20 June 2004  Russia 2–1  Greece Group A
26 June 2004  Sweden 0–0 (4–5 on pen.)  Netherlands Quarter-finals

Portugal national football team

The following national team matches were held in the stadium.

Gibraltar national football team

The following national team matches were held in the stadium.

References

  1. ↑ Estádio Algarve architect: Populous
  2. ↑ "Gibraltar: Can Uefa's newest football nation rock Europe?". BBC. Retrieved 19 November 2013. 
  3. ↑ http://www.fussballtempel.net/uefa/listeuefa2.html

See also

UEFA Euro 2004 stadiums
Portugal

Coordinates: 37°05′18″N 7°58′29″W / 37.08833°N 7.97472°W / 37.08833; -7.97472


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