Estádio Municipal de Portimão is the current stadium of

Portimonense S.C. Portimonense Sporting Clube is a Portuguese sports club based in Portimão. Founded on 14 August 1914, it is most notable for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Liga Portugal 2, the second division of Portuguese footbal ...

It is located in the centre of

Portimão Portimão () is a city and a municipality in the district of Faro (district), Faro, in the Algarve region of southern Portugal. The population in 2022 was 63,079 in an area of 182.06 km2. It was formerly known as Vila Nova de Portimão. In ...

in the

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and was opened in 1937 for local football club

Its capacity is 4,961 people. It hosted Portimonense's stay in the

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in the 1980s. In 2006, Portimonense were forced to play away from the Estádio Municipal in the

Estádio Algarve The Estádio Algarve (') is an association football stadium located between Faro and Loulé municipalities, in the Algarve region of Portugal. The stadium has a total capacity of 30,305 spectators and was purposely built for the UEFA Euro 2004 ...

, which – built for

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– is 70

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from Portimão. In February 2007, however, Portimonense returned home and the

Portimão Municipality Portimão () is a city and a municipality in the district of Faro, in the Algarve region of southern Portugal. The population in 2022 was 63,079 in an area of 182.06 km2. It was formerly known as Vila Nova de Portimão. In 1924, it was inc ...

purchased the site five months later. This allowed the renovations required for the hosting of higher level competition: the installation of green seats (in the colours of the city), new turnstiles and security facilities. In the 2009–10 season, Portimonense won promotion to the

for the following season. The summer of 2010 was a time of further renovation of the stadium, as modifications were made to the pitch and drainage system, as well as the west stand, bringing the capacity to 9,544 at the cost of

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800,000. The construction took longer than expected and the club had to wait until the turn of the year before they could use their stadium again. The club's first home league match in the renovated stadium was on 6 February 2011 against

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, who emerged victorious with the only goal of the game. The reason for the new postponement is related to the detection of cracks and the company requests a budget increase, anda also for security reasons, with the creation of security boxes for visiting fans, the capacity was reduced to 4,961 spectators.

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