Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Football stadium in Aveiro, Portugal
The Estádio Municipal de Aveiro is a football stadium on the outskirts of Aveiro, built for UEFA Euro 2004 to a design by Portuguese architect Tomás Taveira. Its four curved tribunes hold 32,830 seats in randomly distributed colours, and the slightly waved roof is carried by sharply red steel pylons with sky-blue edges. The exterior is polychrome, giving the building the look of a large children's toy.
Designed by architect Tomás Taveira, the Estádio Municipal de Aveiro was inaugurated on 15 November 2003 with a friendly match between Portugal and Greece. It hosted two Group D matches at UEFA Euro 2004 and has been the regular venue for the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira final since 2009, with 14 finals played there by 2025. The stadium replaced the Estádio Mário Duarte, demolished in 2020, as the home of SC Beira-Mar.
The venue hosts football matches and regional sporting events that bring together local fans and athletes. It serves as a gathering place where people come to support their teams and celebrate victories together.
The stadium stands on the outskirts of Aveiro, not in the city centre. Its 32,830 seats are split into 30,127 public places, 896 for people with reduced mobility, 897 for media and 910 in boxes. Next to it are the Beira-Mar training complex and the AFA football village, opened in 2021.
The building was designed by a noted Portuguese architect and received international recognition for its innovative design. The modern architecture of the place sets it apart from older sports facilities in the region.
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