Estádio Nacional 12 De Julho
Stadium details
The stadium is home to Andorinha, Sporting Praia Cruz and Sporting São Tomé, other clubs that play at the stadium include Vitória Riboque, Agrosport and 6 de Setembro. A former club that once played at the stadium is Porto Folha Fede who once played as Porto de São Tomé.
The stadium is equipped with floodlights and a scoreboard. The stand located where the main entrance is, has a roof over it. Its interiors and exteriors are coloured pink with its entrance section coloured orange and blue. Before its recent renovations in 2015 the entrance section was coloured pink and had white columns and brown rims. Its doors are of neoclassical style with a mixture of Mediterranean architectural styles; the remaining things are modernistic.
The stadium also has a running track, and track events are sometimes held at the stadium.
History
The stadium was built around the 1920s as a football field. The building was opened in 1950. It was the first football stadium in the nation. The stadium was formerly named Estádio Sarmento Rodrigues. It was renovated in 2002 and expanded in 2003.
The Taça Nacional de São Tomé e Príncipe (Santomean Cup) is played here annually.
Some continental football competitions were played at the stadium including the 2013 CAF Confederation Cup with CD Guadalupe and the 2014 CAF Champions League. Since Sporting Praia Cruz withdrew, the 2016 edition was not played here.
See also
References
- ^ "Estádio Nacional 12 de Julho profile, Estádio Nacional 12 de Julho statistics, Estádio Nacional 12 de Julho career statistics". www.betstudy.com. Archived from the original on 2019-01-30. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
- ^ "Estádio Nacional 12 de Julho" (in Portuguese). Património de Influência Portuguesa. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
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