The Coimbra University Stadium (Portuguese: ''Estádio Universitário de Coimbra''), or EUC, is an extensive sports complex of the

University of Coimbra The University of Coimbra (UC; pt, Universidade de Coimbra, ) is a public research university in Coimbra, Portugal. First established in Lisbon in 1290, it went through a number of relocations until moving permanently to Coimbra in 1537. The u ...

on Mondego's left bank, in Santa Clara parish, in the city of

Coimbra Coimbra (, also , , or ) is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The population of the municipality at the 2011 census was 143,397, in an area of . The fourth-largest urban area in Portugal after Lisbon, Porto, and Braga, it is the largest cit ...

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...

. The stadium was opened in 1963.Noticias de Portugal Secretariado Nacional da Informação, Portugal. Direcção-Geral da Informação - 1963 - Nos 818-869 - Page 35 "Assim, anunciou que vai entrar em funcionamento o Estádio Universitário de Coimbra; que Portugal estará presente nos jogos mundiais universitários; que será levantada a carta desportiva do País." It has 2 football (soccer) fields, one of them with an athletics track, a

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...

field,

gym A gymnasium, also known as a gym, is an indoor location for athletics. The word is derived from the ancient Greek term " gymnasium". They are commonly found in athletic and fitness centres, and as activity and learning spaces in educational i ...

nasiums, tennis courts, a Radio-Controlled car track, and two multisports pavilions for play indoor sports such as basketball, handball, rink hockey, and volleyball. The ''Faculdade de Ciências do Desporto e Educação Física da Universidade de Coimbra'', the sports sciences faculty of the University of Coimbra, is located there, and includes library and restaurant for the student community.

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