Estádio 5 de Julho

Estádio 5 de Julho
Estádio 5 de Julho
Location São Filipe, Fogo, Cape Verde
Coordinates 14°53′53″N 24°29′47″W / 14.898°N 24.4965°W / 14.898; -24.4965
Capacity 1,000
Tenants
Académica do Fogo
Botafogo
Juventude
Spartak d'Aguadinha
União
Valência
Vulcânicos

Estádio 5 de Julho is a multi-purpose stadium in São Filipe, Cape Verde just east of the city center known as Bila Baxo and is near Alto da Aguadinha. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 1,000 people. The stadium is home to the island's best clubs including Académica do Fogo, Botafogo and Vulcânicos, it is also home to Juventude. Other teams that base in another part include União FC from São Lourenço and Valência from As Hortas. Its size is 100 by 65 m. Clubs from the municipality of Santa Catarina do Fogo play their Premier Division matches at the stadium despite having their Estádio Monte Pe Largo but is not mainly used for Premier Division matches.

The stadium is named with the date of Cape Verdean independence.

History

Some Cape Verdean Football Championship final took place at the stadium. One of the two match that took place was in 1976, it was the first to be held outside the islands of Santiago or São Vicente and was the first held after the end of Portuguese rule, it featured Botafogo and Mindelense. The second was in 1999 which featured Amarante and Vulcânicos in the second match, Vulcânicos lost the title to Amarante. The third and last was in 2014 where the second match featured Académica do Fogo and Mindelense, the match ended in a draw and Académica do Fogo lost the title to Mindelense.

In 2014, the stadium was once again reused after repairs along with Simão Mendes Arena.[1]

All of the two Cape Verdean Super Cup matches took place at the stadium, on May 1, 2013 and April 30, 2014.

It was the stadium where Académica Fogo where crowned regional champions in 2014, Spartak d'Aguadinha in 2015 and Vulcânicos in 2016 and 2017.

Several regional cups took place in the stadium, the recent one was in 2017. It was the stadium that Académica do Fogo became cup winners for 2017.

Several cancellation of events was at the stadium due to the 1995 and the 2014 eruptions.

Other events

The São Filipe Municipal Tournament (Torneio do dia do Municipio e da Bandeira de São Filipe, Tournament of the Municipality and Flag Day of São Filipe), a municipal tournament takes place at the stadium each year during its municipal holiday on May 1.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "São Filipe: Reabilitação do estádio 5 de Julho e polidesportivo “Simão Mendes” prevista para Dezembro" (in Portuguese). Inforpress. 20 November 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2014.

Coordinates: 14°53′51″N 24°29′44″W / 14.89750°N 24.49556°W / 14.89750; -24.49556

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