Estádio da Várzea
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| Location | Praia on Santiago Island, Cape Verde |
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| Owner | Câmara Municipal da Praia |
| Capacity | 8,000 |
| Opened | 2006 |
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Cape Verde national football team Sporting Clube da Praia Académica da Praia Boavista FC Desportivo da Praia CD Travadores Vitória | |
Estádio da Várzea is a multi-purpose stadium in Praia, Cape Verde. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 10,000 people. The stadium has seat rows in the left and right sides and a small hill and a plateau lies to the west. The stadium is home to the three best football clubs in Cape Verde, Sporting, CD Travadores, Académica and Boavista FC the Santiago Island first division. Its size is 108 by 69 m. The stadium was opened in 2006, Campo de Coco formerly occupied the site until the area would be renovated.
The stadium hosted the Amilcar Cabral Cup in 2000 where the team defeated Senegal 1-0 and won the only title. Music concerts also took place in the stadium especially in 2007.[1] Improvements along with artificial grass were made in 2011.
Gallery
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The stadium in 2007
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The stadium in 2010
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The front entrance into the stadium on avenida Cidade de Lisboa
References
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Várzea Stadium. |
- Fussballtempel: Stadiums in Cape Verde
- Soccerway: Estádio da Várzea
- Stadium Database: Estádio da Várzea
- Wildstat: Cape Verde, Praia, Estádio da Várzea
- World Stadiums: Estádio da Varzea
- Worldstadia: Estadio da Varzea
Coordinates: 14°54′58″N 23°30′44″W / 14.91611°N 23.51222°W
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