Euro 2004 stadiums (Portugal)

Tournament name	Design	Construction	City	Country	Tournament capacity
Estádio da Luz			Lisbon		64 189
Estádio Jose Alvalade			Lisbon		50 528
Estádio do Dragao			Porto		50 476
Estádio Municipal de Aveiro			Aveiro		30 970
Estádio Dom Afonso Henriques			Guimarâes		30 452
Estádio Municipal de Braga			Braga		30 286
Estádio Municipal de Coimbra			Coimbra		30 210
Estádio Algarve			Faro/Loulé		30 002
Estádio Dr. Magalhaes Pessoa			Leiria		29 313
Estádio do Bessa Século XXI			Porto		28 263

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2021

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  25.10.2021 Portugal: 18 years since Estádio da Luz inauguration

  Opened on October 25, 2003 with an exhibition match between Benfica and the Uruguayan side Nacional, today Estádio da Luz is celebrating its 18th anniversary.

2018

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  29.11.2018 Portugal: Stadium in Leiria to finally be completed

  Almost 20 years after opening, the Euro 2004 stadium in Leiria will become complete. As of now the unfinished northern side is still a true eyesore. Its delivery will be relaunched in 2020 and cost some €7.5 million.

2016

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  15.06.2016 Euro 2016: The largest Euro in history

  Average capacity of every stadium outgrew all European Championships held in this century. Ticket number highest in history, but how does attendance look so far? Let’s see!

2015

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  30.08.2015 Portugal: Stadium crying to be filled

  Even the best season of Beira-Mar wasn’t enough to fill this Euro 2004 stadium. Last campaign had an appalling average crowd of 629 people per game!

2013

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  14.01.2013 Portugal: Coimbra still trying to pay for its stadium

  It’s been over 8 years since Euro 2004 ended, but Portuguese hosts from Coimbra only managed to pay for a third of their stadium. Currently almost half of the city’s debt is caused by the stadium built for UEFA’s tournament.

2012

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  27.07.2012 Their Euro: Sachiko (3)

  Her heart beats for FC Tokyo, but every couple of years Sachiko books flights to experience football’s largest tournaments. Completely different experience than club football, but a very likeable one, she says.

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  02.07.2012 Euro 2012: All-time attendance record confirmed!

  In total, Euro 2012 games were seen by some 1,440,000 people. Even keeping in mind that some sold tickets went unused, this is a very impressive figure. Euro 1996 record has been beaten by over 200,000 people.

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  20.06.2012 Euro 2012: Over 1,000,000 people – record broken, new one to come

  Most previous Euro hosts have been working on results like these until semifinals or even final game. Meanwhile yesterday’s last group games brought total number of spectators to over 1 million people. Poland and Ukraine would have to witness a disaster not to set a new Euro record of attendance.

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  12.06.2012 Euro 2012: Poland and Ukraine going for attendance record!

  Only in the first round of the group phase 356,000 people came to 8 stadia of the tournament. That means so far attendance is highest since the introduction of individual seats and 16-team format.

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  23.05.2012 Portugal: Leiria to sell temporary stand from Euro 2004

  Last year in September bailiff took control over Leiria’s municipal stadium when local authorities were attempting to sell it. One part was not affected though – temporary stand used during Euro 2004, lent to nearby Olha. Now this stand will be put up for auction.