Estádio_António_Coimbra_da_Mota

Estádio António Coimbra da Mota

Estádio António Coimbra da Mota

Stadium in Estoril, Portugal

38°42′57.0″N 9°24′23.0″W

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Estadio António Coimbra da Mota is a multi-use stadium in Estoril, Portugal. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Primeira Liga side G.D. Estoril Praia.[1] The stadium has a capacity to hold 8,000 spectators.[1] The stadium also plays host to Estoril's reserve team home games.[2]

Usage

Football

The Swedish national football team used the stadium as a training ground in preparation for UEFA Euro 2004.[3]

The stadium has also played host to matches of Portuguese youth team games most notably the Portuguese national under-21 football team, the most recent match being on 9 September 2011 in a Friendly match against the Slovakian national under-21 football team in a 1–1 draw.[4]

On 31 March 2015, the senior Portugal team played at the ground, in a 0–2 friendly defeat against Cape Verde.[5]

On 15 January 2018 a crack appeared in the away stand during a match versus Porto, forcing its evacuation and abandonment of the game at half time.[6]

On November 8, 2018, the stadium hosted an international friendly between the US and Portuguese Women's national teams. [7]

Rugby

The stadium has also played host to games involving the Portuguese national rugby union team, most recently being against Ukraine in a 2006 European Nations Cup First Division match and against Uruguay in a 2007 Rugby World Cup repechage qualification match.

References

  1. [1]
    "António Coimbra da Mota". ZeroZero (in Portuguese). 10 July 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  2. [2]
    "Grupo Desportivo Estoril Praia [Reserve Squad]". ZeroZero. 11 July 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  3. [3]
    "Suecos visitam Coimbra da Mota" [Swedes visit Coimbra da Mota]. Record (in Portuguese). 10 March 2004. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  4. [4]
    "Selecção Nacional - Sub-21 - Época 2011/2012" [National Selection - under-21 - Season 2011/12]. FPF (in Portuguese). 10 July 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2012.[permanent dead link]
  5. [5]
    "Portugal 0-2 Cape Verde Islands". BBC Sport. 31 March 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  6. [6]
    "Estoril v Porto abandoned after cracks appear in stadium". BBC Sport. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  7. [7]
    "Portugal vs. United States - Football Match Summary - November 8, 2018 - ESPN".


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