Estádio Nacional

Stadium in Cruz Quebrada, Portugal
38°42′32″N 9°15′46″W / 38.7089°N 9.2628°W / 38.7089; -9.2628OwnerPortuguese Football FederationCapacity37,593Field size105 by 68 metres (344 ft × 223 ft)[2]SurfaceGrass[2]ConstructionBroke ground1939Opened10 June 1944[2]RenovatedSeptember 2012ArchitectMiguel Jacobetty Rosa[2]TenantsPortugal national football team
(1945–2014)
Benfica (2003)
Belenenses SAD (2018–2022)
Casa Pia (2022–2023)
Portuguese Cup final (1946–present)
Women's Portuguese Cup final (2010–2019, 2022–present)

The Estádio Nacional (English: National Stadium), also known as National Stadium Sports Complex (Portuguese: Complexo Desportivo do Estádio Nacional) and as Jamor Sports Complex (Portuguese: Complexo Desportivo do Jamor), is a football stadium. It is located in the civil parish of Algés, Linda-a-Velha e Cruz Quebrada-Dafundo, in the municipality of Oeiras, in the southwestern part of Lisbon District.

The Portugal national team played 46 matches at the stadium from 1945 to 1987, then played additional friendlies in 1999, 2003 and 2014. The venue is currently used by B-SAD since 2018.

The stadium hosted the first ever UEFA club game on 4 September 1955 between Primeira Divisão's third-placed team, Sporting CP, and the Yugoslav champions, Serbian side Partizan Belgrade. It ended as a 3–3 draw and was the first game to be played of the first edition of the European Cup.[3]

History

In 1933, the decision was made to construct the national stadium alongside the Jamor ravine.[4] The original design was authored by Francisco Caldeira Cabral and Konrad Weisner[5][6] and Jacobetty Rosa, with works beginning in 1939.[4]

It was inaugurated on 10 June 1944 (Portugal Day) by the Council president António Oliveira Salazar.

Work was complete in the Quinta da Graça (in 1953), to install the Comissão Administrativa do Estádio Nacional (National Stadium Administrative Commission).[4]

In 1961, construction on the hippodrome began, in addition to the first phase of work on the shooting range, by the Serviços de Construção e de Conservação (Construction and Conservation Services).[4]

The Plano de Ordenamento do Complexo Desportivo da Jamor (Jamor Sports Complex Development Plan) was issued in July 1982, ordered by the DGEMN Direção-Geral de Edifícios e Monumentos Nacionais (Directorate-General for Buildings and National Monuments), authored by the architects Vasco Croft (coordinator), Nuno Bártolo and Joaquim Cadima, and by the landscape firm Professor Caldeira Cabral, Associados, Estudos e Projectos, Ld. (under the direction of landscape architects Francisco Caldeira Cabral and agronomist engineer João Caldeira Cabral.[4] During this phase, diagnostic studies were performed to reformulate and re-evaluate the strategic importance of the complex.[4]

In May 1985, the study Estabelecimento de zona de protecção (to establish a protection zone) was ordered by the DGEMN, by architects Vasco Croft and Nuno Bártolo, to limit the sports complex zone, providing a buffer for military access, a non aedificandi zone and urban growth, in addition to expansion for green spaces and support areas for nautical sports.[4]

In 1993, a project to construct a sporting pavilion in Jamor was issued.[4]

In September 2012, the Portuguese Football Federation announced that the stadium would undergo renovation in which work would begin in 2014.[7]

It was announced by the Rugby governing body ERC on 2 September that the Portuguese team would hold their home games at the Estádio Nacional.[8] However, all their home games were played at the Portuguese national rugby teams home stadium of Estádio Universitário de Lisboa.

On 6 February 2015, a tender was issued to cover the western edge of the audience seating for the rugby field.[4]

Architecture

Architecturally the stadium is noteworthy for its open east side, unusual for a stadium otherwise featuring a typical oval configuration. Its current capacity is 39,000 and it is the venue for the Portuguese football cup final.

Sport

Football

The stadium has traditionally hosted the final of the Portuguese Cup (since 1946); in only five times was this game played in other venues and in total, 52 Cup finals have been played on the grounds. Portuguese football fans have bemoaned the historic stadium, owing to a lack of amenities; following the Euro 2004, there was a movement to move the event to one of the grounds built for the Euro football championships.

One memorable match was played here on 3 May 1949, when Benfica won 4-3 a testimonial to their captain Francisco Ferreira against Torino which turned out to be the last one played by the Grande Torino due to the Superga air disaster the following day.[9]

The most prestigious international game ever staged at the Estádio Nacional was the 1967 European Cup Final, played between Celtic and Internazionale with the former winning 2-1 (becoming the first British European champion team, nicknamed the Lisbon Lions).

In addition to hosting the Portugal national team since 1945, the site has held 49 international events for Portugal.

Match Date Score Opponent Competition
1. 11 March 1945 2–2  Spain Friendly
2. 14 April 1946 2–1  France Friendly
3. 16 June 1946 3–1  Republic of Ireland Friendly
4. 5 January 1947 2–2   Switzerland Friendly
5. 26 January 1947 4–1  Spain Friendly
6. 25 May 1947 0–10  England Friendly
7. 23 November 1947 2–4  France Friendly
8. 23 May 1948 2–0  Republic of Ireland Friendly
9. 20 March 1949 1–1  Spain Friendly
10. 15 May 1949 3–2  Wales Friendly
11. 9 April 1950 2–2  Spain World Cup 1950 qualification
12. 14 May 1950 3–5  England Friendly
13. 21 May 1950 2–2  Scotland Friendly
14. 8 April 1951 1–4  Italy Friendly
15. 17 June 1951 1–1  Belgium Friendly
16. 14 December 1952 1–3  Argentina Friendly
17. 22 November 1953 3–1  South Africa Friendly
18. 29 November 1953 0–0  Austria World Cup 1954 qualification
19. 28 November 1954 1–3  Argentina Friendly
20. 19 December 1954 0–3  West Germany Friendly
21. 20 November 1955 2–6  Sweden Friendly
22. 25 March 1956 3–1  Turkey Friendly
23. 8 April 1956 0–1  Brazil Friendly
24. 3 June 1956 3–1  Spain Friendly
25. 9 June 1956 2–2  Hungary Friendly
26. 26 May 1957 3–0  Italy World Cup 1958 qualification
27. 8 May 1960 2–1  Yugoslavia Euro 1960 Quarter-finals
28. 19 March 1961 6–0  Luxembourg World Cup 1962 qualification
29. 21 May 1961 1–1  England World Cup 1962 qualification
30. 4 June 1961 0–2  Argentina Friendly
31. 21 April 1963 1–0  Brazil Friendly
32. 17 May 1964 3–4  England Friendly
33. 24 January 1965 5–1  Turkey World Cup 1966 qualification
34. 13 June 1965 2–1  Romania World Cup 1966 qualification
35. 12 June 1966 4–0  Norway Friendly
36. 26 June 1966 3–0  Uruguay Friendly
37. 13 November 1966 1–2  Sweden Euro 1968 qualifying
38. 17 December 1967 0–0  Bulgaria Euro 1968 qualifying
39. 27 October 1968 3–0  Romania World Cup 1970 qualification
40. 6 April 1969 0–0  Mexico Friendly
41. 10 May 1970 1–2  Italy Friendly
42. 1 November 1979 3–1  Norway Euro 1980 qualifying
43. 2 June 1984 2–3  Yugoslavia Friendly
44. 24 February 1985 1–2  West Germany World Cup 1986 qualification
45. 12 October 1986 1–1  Sweden Euro 1988 qualifying
46. 14 February 1987 0–1  Italy Euro 1988 qualifying
47. 18 August 1999 4–0  Andorra Friendly
48. 10 June 2003 4–0  Bolivia Friendly
49. 31 May 2014 0–0  Greece Friendly

Rugby

The Rugby governing body ERC announced on 2 September 2014 that the Portuguese club Lusitanos XV would hold their home games of the 2013-14 Amlin Challenge Cup at National Stadium.[10] However, all their home games of the 2013-14 Amlin Challenge Cup were played at the Portuguese national rugby teams home stadium of Estádio Universitário de Lisboa.

Events

There have been notable concerts at the stadium, including The Police on 25 September 2007, as part of their The Police Reunion Tour and the Black Eyed Peas on 30 May 2010, during their The E.N.D. World Tour. Iron Maiden are scheduled to play a post-pandemic show at the stadium on 31 July 2022, on the final date of their Legacy of the Beast Tour.

References

Notes

  1. ^ "Visiting the Portuguese National Stadium". Football-Weekends. Lucas Laermans. Archived from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d "Estádio de Honra". Centro Desportivo Nacional do Jamor (in Portuguese). Instituto Português do Desporto e Juventude. Archived from the original on 8 December 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  3. ^ "When Sporting and Partizan broke new ground". www.uefa.com. José Nuno Pimentel. 4 September 2015. Archived from the original on 29 November 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i Costa, Patrícia; Elias, Margarida (2014), Centro de Investigação em Arquitectura, Urbanismo e Design (CIAUD-FA/UTL) (ed.), Complexo Desportivo do Estádio Nacional/Complexo Desportivo do Jamor (IPA.00022419/PT031110080066) (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal: SIPA – Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico, archived from the original on 29 November 2020, retrieved 5 May 2017
  5. ^ Do Estádio Nacional ao Jardim Gulbenkian, Francisco Caldeira Cabral e a Primeira Geração de Arquitectos Paisagistas, de Teresa Andresen
  6. ^ "Centenário Francisco Caldeira Cabral » O Estádio Nacional e a polémica que envolveu este projecto". proffranciscocaldeiracabral.portaldojardim.com. Archived from the original on 29 November 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Jamor vai acolher a "Cidade do Futebol": obras começam em 2014" [Jamor will host the "Soccer City": works begin in 2014]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 5 September 2012. Archived from the original on 30 October 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  8. ^ "News | ERC | Official Website : Portuguese club to compete in Amlin Challenge Cup". www.ercrugby.com. Archived from the original on 2013-09-05.
  9. ^ "The last game of Grande Torino at Lisbon, May 4th 1949". Fox Sports. 2018-08-12. Archived from the original on 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
  10. ^ ERCRugby.comArchived 2013-09-05 at the Wayback Machine

Bibliography

Relatório da Actividade do Ministério no Ano de 1961 (in Portuguese), vol. 1, Lisbon, Portugal: Ministério das Obras Públicas, 1962

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