The Estádio Cidade de Barcelos 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 ...

in Barcelos,

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, In recognized minority languages of Portugal: :* mwl, República Pertuesa is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula, in Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Macaronesian ...

. It is currently used mostly for football matches. It is the home of

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side

Gil Vicente Gil Vicente (; c. 1465c. 1536), called the Trobadour, was a Portuguese playwright and poet who acted in and directed his own plays. Considered the chief dramatist of Portugal he is sometimes called the "Portuguese Plautus," often re ...

. The stadium is able to hold 12,504 people and was built in 2004. It opened on 30 May 2004. The inaugural game saw

lose 2–1 to

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an side

Nacional de Montevideo Club Nacional de Football (, ''National Football Club'' or simply as Nacional) is a Uruguayan professional sports club based in Montevideo. The club was founded on 14 May 1899 as a result of the merger between ''Uruguay Athletic Club'' and ''Mo ...

. It replaced Estadio Adelino Ribeiro Novo which was Gil's home ground from its establishment in the 1920s until 2004. The stadium is a

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Category C ground which allows for European and international games to be played there. It held two matches of the

2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship was the 15th staging of UEFA's European Under-21 Championship. In December 2005, Portugal was selected to host the finals of the competition, which took place from 23 May–4 June 2006. The tournament was ...

, Serbia & Montenegro 0–1

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and

0–2 Serbia & Montenegro.

Portugal national football team

The next

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match was held in the stadium.

References

External links

Stadium profile
Barcelos Gil Vicente F.C. Sports venues in Braga District Buildings and structures in Barcelos, Portugal Sport in Barcelos, Portugal Sports venues completed in 2004 {{Portugal-sports-venue-stub