Estádio António Coimbra da Mota

Estádio António Coimbra da Mota
The Estádio António Coimbra da Mota in 2001
Earlier names
Campo da Amoreira
Data
place	Alcabideche
Coordinates	38 ° 42 '57 .6 "  N , 9 ° 24' 21.6"  W Coordinates: 38 ° 42 '57  .6 " N , 9 ° 24' 21.6"  W.
opening	January 1, 1939
surface	Natural grass
capacity	8,000 seats
playing area	105 × 70 m
Societies)
DG Estoril Praia
Events
Games from DG Estoril Praia

The Estádio António Coimbra da Mota is a football stadium in the Portuguese town of Estoril in the west of the capital Lisbon lying Council Cascais . It is the home of the GD Estoril Praia football club ( Grupo Desportivo Estoril Praia ).

The stadium opened on January 1, 1939 and has a capacity of 8,000. During the European Football Championship in 2004 , the stadium served as a training facility for the Swedish national team . The Portuguese national rugby union team played two international matches against Ukraine and Uruguay. In June 2007 some games of the European Football Championship for the Deaf , the Eurodeaf 2007 , took place.

The final of the Cascais County Football Cup (Taça de Cascais) is played annually in the stadium. In addition, junior international matches take place there again and again.

In January 2018, Estoril Praia's home game against FC Porto was canceled for safety reasons after cracks became visible in the stands during the game.

gallery

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  Memorial stone to the namesake

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  In the stadium in 2001

Web links

• History of the stadium at Glórias do Passado (Portuguese)
• The stadium at zerozero.pt (Portuguese)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Dilapidated grandstand? Porto game canceled , kicker.de, January 16, 2018, accessed on January 16, 2018