The Estádio Municipal de Aveiro () is a football stadium in Aveiro, Portugal. It was designed for the UEFA Euro 2004 tournament by Portuguese architect Tomás Taveira. It has a capacity of 32,830 spectators, making it the fifth largest football stadium in Portugal.
The stadium has been primarily used by the historic club SC Beira-Mar since its inauguration, with the exception of the seasons between 2015–2019 when it returned to its former home, the Estádio Mário Duarte, which was demolished in 2020.
Amongst the most notable football games at the venue are two matches of the UEFA Euro 2004 championship, five matches of the Portugal national team, and eleven matches of the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira (Portuguese Super Cup).
Design Estádio Municipal de Aveiro Stadium has a unique design that combines a simple shape with a variety of bright colours throughout the entire stadium. It was the design of architect Tomás Taveira to introduce tonality colours to the exterior of the stadium and to subsequently give a feeling of motion and a visual effect. The stadium resembles a toy for children with many coloured parts gathered together.
The stadium's polychromy and dynamism is also reflected on the interior where four tribunes contain a curvilinear profile and multicoloured seats. These have different colours that are distributed in a random way. The roof contributes to the visuals process by making the stadium look like a big toy. It contains sharply red steel pylons that uphold sky-blue edges. From a more formal point of view, the slightly waved roof unifies the curved course of the underlying tribunes that offer a view over the pylons and its steel tie-beams.
UEFA Euro 2004 The following UEFA Euro 2004 matches were held in the stadium. Date Team #1 Result Team #2 Round Attendance 15 June 2004 2–1 Group D 21,744 19 June 2004 2–3 29,935
Portugal national team matches The following national team matches were held in the stadium. # Date Score Opponent Competition 1. 15 November 2003 1–1 Friendly 2. 8 October 2005 2–1 World Cup 2006 qualification 3. 20 August 2008 5–0 Friendly 4. 29 March 2011 2–0 Friendly 5. 7 September 2014 0–1 Euro 2016 qualifying 6. 7 October 2016 6–0 World Cup 2018 qualification 7. 11 June 2024 3–0 Friendly
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira finals The following Portuguese Super Cup finals took place at this stadium: EditionSeasonDateWinnerScoreRunner-up31st20099 August 2009FC Porto2–0 F.C. Paços de Ferreira32nd20107 August 20102–0 S.L. Benfica33rd20117 August 20112–1Vitória de Guimarães34th201211 August 20121–0Académica de Coimbra35th201310 August 20133–0Vitória de Guimarães36th201410 August 2014S.L. Benfica0–03–2 Rio Ave FC38th20167 August 20163–0SC Braga39th20175 August 20173–1Vitória de Guimarães40th20184 August 2018FC Porto3–1CD Aves42nd202023 December 20202–0Benfica43rd202131 July 2021Sporting CP2–1Braga
See also List of football stadiums in Portugal Lists of stadiums
References
External links
Official website