Estádio Municipal de Rio Maior is a multi-use

stadium A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand o ...

Rio Maior Rio Maior () is a municipality in the Santarém District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 21,192, in an area of 272.76 km². The present mayor is Isaura Morais of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), the first woman to be elected mayor ...

, Portugal. It is currently used mostly for

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matches and is the home stadium of UD Rio Maior. The stadium is able to hold 7 000 people and opened in 2003. It served as the home stadium for Sporting B in their first season, before moving to Alcochete.

U.D. Vilafranquense União Desportiva Vilafranquense is a Portuguese football club from Vila Franca de Xira, Lisbon District. It currently plays in the Liga Portugal 2, the second tier of the Portuguese football league system, following its promotion in 2019. The oth ...

hosted games at the ground in their debut

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season in 2019–20, due to the inadequate facilities at their own ground.

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