Estádio Municipal De Porto Novo
History
The stadium was opened in 2009, the older stadium was 300 m from the city center and was called Estádio Amílcar Cabral, named after the revolutionary of Cape Verde, it lay next to Porto Novo Beach, it was located south of the main road and the seats were rowed in the north. The field was the island's first and was opened around the mid to late 1950s.
Construction of the newer stadium started in 2002 in the westernmost part of the town (community) limits, the field was completed in around 2007 along with its track and field, its seats in around 2008 and the remainder in 2009. As the grass of the field was deteriorating, in September 2014, an artificial turf was added
The stadium was twice used for the national championships, the first was the first of two matches with Mindelense in 2013 where Mindelense won 3–0 over Acadèmica on July 7, later Mindelense won the 9th title, the second was the last of the two matches played on July 11, 2016 where both Mindelense and Acadèmica scored once, so the match went into penalty kicks and Mindelense defeated Académica with four goal to three and claimed their record breaking twelfth title, Mindelense also won their fourth consecutive title.
Athletics at the stadium
The only athletic association of the island is the Santo Antão Regional Athletics Association has its offices at the stadium. The regional athletics championships takes place every season.
See also
References
- ^ "Estádio Municipal de Porto Novo - Cabo Verde - Página do Estádio". www.zerozero.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-11-10.
- ^ "Futebol Santo Antão Sul: Edilidade Promete Reabrir Estádio Municipal Do Porto Novo Ainda Esta Semana". Criolosport (in Portuguese). 22 October 2014. Archived from the original on April 11, 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
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