The Estadi Nacional is a stadium located in

Andorra la Vella Andorra la Vella french: Andorre-la-Vieille is the capital (political), capital of the Andorra, Principality of Andorra. It is located high in the east Pyrenees, between France and Spain. It is also the name of the parishes of Andorra, parish ...

. It is the

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, and is used for

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and

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. It has a capacity of 3,306, and the pitch is made of

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History

The stadium was built at the former ground of the Camp d'Esports del M.I. Consell General. Construction started in 2013 and finished in 2014. The stadium is the home of the

Andorra national football team The Andorra national football team ( ca, Selecció de futbol d'Andorra) represents Andorra in association football and is controlled by the Andorran Football Federation, the governing body for football in Andorra. The team has enjoyed very littl ...

and the

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. The first official match was a 1–2 defeat to

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valid for the

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, played on 9 September 2014, after the 3G artificial pitch passed UEFA inspection a week before the match. In August 2015, the National Government and

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agreed that the club would play in the Estadi Nacional the two first months of the 2015–16 season, until the works in the Camp de la Borda Mateu finish. In July 2021, the Government of Andorra reached an agreement with FC Andorra for playing their matches of

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in this stadium. On 8 October 2021, one day before Andorra were due to play

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in a 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifier - a fire broke out in the stadium's television gantry. There was extensive damage to the metal gantry and the television equipment within, one of the pitchside

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monitors was destroyed, some of the seating in one of the dugouts melted and part of the artificial turf was scorched. Repairs were made in the following hours, so that the match was able to go ahead at the stadium, in spite of the fire.

Attendances to official games

Football games

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Rugby games

References

External links

Estadi Nacional at EU-Football.info
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