Estadio António Coimbra da Mota is a multi-use

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Estoril Estoril () is a town in the Municipality of Cascais, Portugal, on the Portuguese Riviera. It is a tourist destination, with luxury hotels, beaches, and the Casino Estoril. It has been home to numerous royal families and celebrities, and has host ...

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. It is currently used mostly for

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matches and is the home stadium of

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side

G.D. Estoril Praia Grupo Desportivo Estoril Praia (), commonly known as Estoril, is a Portuguese sports club from Estoril, Cascais, Lisbon. Founded on 17 May 1939, its football team currently plays in Primeira Liga and hold home games at the Estádio António Coimb ...

. The stadium has a capacity to hold 8,000 spectators. The stadium also plays host to Estoril's reserve team home games.

Usage

Football

The

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used the stadium as a training ground in preparation for

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. The stadium has also played host to matches of Portuguese youth team games most notably the Portuguese national under-21 football team, the most recent match being on 9 September 2011 in a Friendly match against the Slovakian national under-21 football team in a 1–1 draw. On 31 March 2015, the senior Portugal team played at the ground, in a 0–2 friendly defeat against

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. On 15 January 2018 a crack appeared in the away stand during a match versus Porto, forcing its evacuation and abandonment of the game at half time. On November 8, 2018, the stadium hosted an international friendly between the US and Portuguese Women's national teams.

Rugby

The stadium has also played host to games involving the Portuguese national rugby union team, most recently being against

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in a 2006 European Nations Cup First Division match and against

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in a 2007 Rugby World Cup repechage qualification match.

References

External links

Estoril Praia Stadium view

ZeroZero Stadium profile

ForaDeJogo.net Stadium profile

StadiumDB profile
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