Estádio Municipal de Portimão is the current stadium of
Portimonense S.C. It is located in the centre of
Portimão
Portimão () is a city and a municipality in the district of Faro, in the Algarve region of southern Portugal. The population in 2011 was 55,614, in an area of 182.06 km2. It was formerly known as Vila Nova de Portimão (). In 1924, it was ...
in the
Algarve
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,
Portugal
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and was opened in 1937 for local football club
Portimonense S.C. Its
capacity is 9,544 people. It hosted Portimonense's stay in the
Primeira Liga in the 1980s.
In 2006, Portimonense were forced to play away from the Estádio Municipal in the
Estádio Algarve
The Estádio Algarve (Algarve Stadium), also known as ''Estádio Faro/Loulé'' (Faro/Loule Stadium), is an association football stadium located between Faro and Loulé municipalities, in the Algarve region of Portugal. The stadium has a capacit ...
, which – built for
Euro 2004
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– is 70
kilometres
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from Portimão. In February 2007, however, Portimonense returned home and the
Portimão Municipality
Portimão () is a city and a municipality in the district of Faro, in the Algarve region of southern Portugal. The population in 2011 was 55,614, in an area of 182.06 km2. It was formerly known as Vila Nova de Portimão (). In 1924, it was ...
purchased the site five months later. This allowed the renovations required for the hosting of higher level competition: the installation of green seats (in the colours of the city), new turnstiles and security facilities.
In the 2009–10 season, Portimonense won promotion to the
Primeira Liga for the following season. The summer of 2010 was a time of further renovation of the stadium, as modifications were made to the pitch and drainage system, as well as the west stand, bringing the capacity to 9,544 at the cost of
€
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800,000.
The construction took longer than expected and the club had to wait until the turn of the year before they could use their stadium again. The club's first home league match in the renovated stadium was on 6 February 2011 against
Paços de Ferreira, who emerged victorious with the only goal of the game.
References
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Football venues in Portugal
Portimonense S.C.
Buildings and structures in Portimão
Sport in Portimão
Sports venues completed in 1937