Estádio Nacional 12 de Julho

Estádio Nacional 12 de Julho
Estádio Nacional 12 de Julho
Location Avenida das Nações Unidas
São Tome, São Tomé and Príncipe
Coordinates 0°20′6.3″N 6°44′15.0″E / 0.335083°N 6.737500°E / 0.335083; 6.737500Coordinates: 0°20′6.3″N 6°44′15.0″E / 0.335083°N 6.737500°E / 0.335083; 6.737500
Owner N/A
Capacity 6,500
Opened N/A
Tenants
Andorinha Sport Club
Sporting Praia Cruz
São Tomé and Príncipe national football team

Estadio Nacional 12 de Julho is a multi-use stadium in the neighbourhood of Ponta da Mina southeast of the centre of São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe and is located on Avenida das Nações Unidas. The building is classified as a Heritage of Portuguese Influence and Origin (SIPA).[1] It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 6,500 and the field size is 105 × 68 m.

About the stadium

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. Former clubs once played at the stadium is Porto de Folha Fede who once played as Porto de São Tomé.

The stadium has sports lights made out of steel used for antenna towers. Its interiors and exteriors are coloured pink with its entrance section coloured orange with its exteriors blue. Before its recent renovations in 2015 the entrance section was coloured pink and had white columns and brown rims. Its doors is neoclassical style with a mixture of North Mediterranean architectural styles, the remainder are modernistic.

History

The stadium was built in around the 1920s as a football field. The building was opened in the 1930s and expanded around the 1950s during the Portuguese rule. It is the first football (soccer) stadium in the nation. The stadium was named on past Estádio Sarmento Rodrigues. It was renovated in 2002 and expanded in 2003.

Numerous national championship finals took place at the stadium, the recent was the second match in 2016. Also, numerous national cup finals took place at the stadium with the last one took place in 2016.

Some continental soccer competition was played at the stadium including the 2013 CAF Confederation Cup with CD Guadalupe and the 2014 CAF Champions League, as Sporting Praia Cruz withdrew, the 2016 edition did not play.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Estádio Nacional 12 de Julho" (in Portuguese). Património de Influência Portuguesa. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
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