Estádio do CD das Aves 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 completely or partially surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit ...

Vila das Aves Vila may refer to: People *Vila (surname) Places Andorra * Vila, Andorra, a town in the parish of Encamp Brazil * Vila Bela da Santíssima Trindade, a municipality in the State of Mato Grosso * Vila Boa, Goiás, a municipality in the State ...

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. It is currently used mostly for

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matches and is the home ground of previous C.D. Aves until 2021 and currently

AVS Futebol SAD AVS Futebol SAD is a Portuguese professional football club currently playing in the Liga Portugal Betclic (the first tier of the Portuguese football league system). They are based in the town of Vila das Aves, and play in Estádio do CD Aves. F ...

from 2023. The stadium holds 6,230 people and was built in 1981. It underwent many renovations during the new millennium especially in the year 2000, when Desportivo das Aves gained promotion to the

Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (), also known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Portugal and the highest level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga ...

for the second time in their history. When the stadium was built, there were 12,500 seats available, but it currently seats only 6,230 after the club decided to remove some of its seats. The

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used the stadium as a training ground in preparation for

UEFA Euro 2004 The 2004 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 2004, was the 12th edition of the UEFA European Championship, a quadrennial association football, football competition contested by the List of men's national associatio ...

.Selecções definem locais de estágio (Teams define location stages)
Record, 6 January 2004

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