Estádio do Fontelo (; Fontelo Stadium) is a stadium in

Viseu Viseu () is a city and municipality in the Centro Region of Portugal and the capital of the district of the same name, with a population of 100,000 inhabitants, and center of the Viseu Dão Lafões intermunipical community, with 267,633 inhabi ...

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. It was completed and opened to the public in December 1928. It is mostly used for

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matches and hosts the home matches of Académico de Viseu.

History

In 2003 the stadium hosted the

2003 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship The 2003 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the second edition of UEFA's UEFA European Under-17 Championship. Portugal hosted the championship, during 7–17 May. The format of the competition changed, and only 8 teams entered the competition ...

final.

Portugal national football team

The national team first played in the stadium in 2000 and the latest game took place in 2017.

2003 UEFA European U-17 matches

The stadium was one of the venues of the 2003 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, and held the following matches:

References

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