Estádio João Cardoso is a football stadium in

Tondela Tondela () is a municipality in the central Portuguese subregion of Dão-Lafões. The population in 2011 was 28,946, in an area of 371.22 km². History Local writer and intellectual Amadeu Ferraz de Carvalho (1876–1951) wrote of the mun ...

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, with a capacity for 5,000 spectators. It is the home stadium of

C.D. Tondela Clube Desportivo de Tondela () is a Portuguese professional football club that plays in Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football. They are based in the town of Tondela, located in Viseu District, and play in the Estádio João Cardoso ...

, currently playing in the Portuguese

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. The stadium, built in 2008, initially held a capacity of 2,674 spectators but following Tondela's promotion to the top division in 2015, the club upgraded the facility by building two new stands, bringing the capacity up to 5,000. The newly expanded stadium was inaugurated on 13 December 2015. The stadium hosted the 2015-16 Taça AF Viseu final. On 11 March 2017, there were 4.987 spectators in the match against Sporting CP, a new record for the stadium.

Portugal national football team

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matches were held in the stadium.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Estadio Joao Cardoso Joao Cardoso Buildings and structures in Viseu District C.D. Tondela Sports venues completed in 2008