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Estádio da Calheta is a
multi-purpose stadium A multi-purpose stadium is a type of stadium designed to be easily used for multiple types of events. While any stadium could potentially host more than one type of sport or event, this concept usually refers to a design philosophy that stres ...
in the village of Veneza (not far from the center) northwest of the town limits of
Calheta de São Miguel Calheta de São Miguel is a cityCabo Verde, Statistical Ye ...
in
São Miguel, Cape Verde São Miguel is a ''concelho'' (municipality) of Cape Verde. It is situated in the northeastern part of the island of Santiago. Its seat is the city Calheta de São Miguel. Its population was 15,648 at the 2010 census, and its area is 77.4 km ...
, just off the Praia-Pedra Badejo-Tarrafal Road (EN1-ST02). It is one of four that are operated by the Santiago North Regional Football Association (ARFSN). The stadium is home to Calheta's best clubs including AJAC, Desportivo da Calheta and Flor Jovem, recently it is the home field of ADEC. All clubs participate in the Santiago Island League North Zone, two in the Premier Division and ADEC in the Second Division. The stadium is also used as a training ground before its matches.


History

The football (soccer) field was created in around the late 20th century. Construction was completed around the late 2000s and clubs based in the municipality started to play at the stadium. In 1999, football clubs from Tarrafal and Calheta de São Miguel played in that stadium. When Estádio da Calheta was constructed in 2008, all of its clubs plays at the stadium. The stadium was used for the Cape Verdean Football Championships once in 2005 featuring Flor Jovem, it was scheduled to play three of its matches, only two were played, the last one which was at the last round against Paulense was not played. The 2016-17 Santiago North Premier Division went to uncertainty as the field (AJAC) and
Estádio Municipal 25 de Julho Estádio Municipal 25 de Julho is a multi-purpose stadium in the town of Pedra Badejo in the municipality of Santa Cruz, Cape Verde, Santa Cruz on the east of Santiago Island, Cape Verde, it is hundreds of meters west of the center and the Atlant ...
(Benfica Santa Cruz) were going to be used for the 2017 national football championships. AJAC fielded a suspended player Marco Aurélio during a match with Juventus which they originally won 2-4 which was played in
Estádio de Cumbém Estádio de Cumbém, also as Estádio Municipal de Cumbém is a multi-purpose stadium in the city of Assomada, seat of the municipality of Santa Catarina in the Santiago, Cape Verde and is located in the suburb of Cumbém located south of the ce ...
on April 1, the 16th round. As a result, on May 11, Benfica de Santa Cruz were crowned champions and its matches for the 2017 season will be played at its home stadium 25 de Julho while AJAC was punished by the regional association and would have been relegated into the Second Division in the following season for being fake champions. After a decision by the FCF, the stadium will have the second national championships taking place at the stadium featuring AJAC. As the national season started, AJAC or Vulcânicos, the first match which supposed to be on May 13 may be awarded to one of the clubs.


Panoramics

The stadium can be viewed from the east and the middle of the municipality. It offers a view of the island of Maio in the east side as it is being partly in an elevated area.


See also

* List of football stadiums in Cape Verde *
List of buildings and structures in Santiago, Cape Verde This is a list of buildings and structures in the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. The list is ordered by municipality. Praia *Complexo Desportivo Adega *Arquivo Histórico Nacional (Cape Verde), Capeverdean National Archives (ANCV) * ...
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Sports in Santiago, Cape Verde The island of Santiago in Cape Verde in the middle of the Sotavento Islands is home to several teams and clubs. The major professional clubs are Sporting Praia, Boavista Praia and CD Travadores, semi-pro teams includes Académica da Praia and ...


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Calheta Estadio Football venues in Cape Verde São Miguel, Cape Verde Santiago Island League (North Zone) Sports venues in Santiago, Cape Verde