Estádio do Bessa

Estádio do Bessa

Full name	Estádio do Bessa
Location	Porto, Portugal
Owner	Boavista
Capacity	28,263[1]
Field size	105 x 68 m
Surface	Artificial Turf
Construction
Built	1911
Opened	1911, 30 December 2003
Renovated	1969–72,1999–2003
Construction cost	€31 million
Architect	Grupo 3 and Arquitectos Associados
Tenants
Boavista

The Estádio do Bessa (now Estádio do Bessa XXI) is a football stadium located in the Boavista area of Porto, Portugal, used by Boavista.

Like other stadiums used in Euro 2004, the Bessa is a new ground, but built on top of the old stands, and each one of them was built at a time, which allowed Boavista to continue playing there. The former 'Campo do Bessa' existed on the same place as the new stadium since 1911. It cost €45,164,726 to build, from which €7,785,735 were supported from the Portuguese state, and has an all-seater capacity of 28,263. Plans for improvement actually existed before the organization of the Euro 2004 was given to Portugal in 1999, and by then the first works were already underway. It was designed by Grupo3 arquitectura.

Euro 2004 Matches

Date		Result		Round
16 June 2004	Greece	1–1	Spain	Group A
19 June 2004	Latvia	0–0	Germany	Group D
22 June 2004	Denmark	2–2	Sweden	Group C

Portugal national football team

The following national team matches were held in the stadium.

#	Date	Score	Opponent	Competition
1.	16 November 1988	1–0	Luxembourg	World Cup 1990 qualification
2.	19 June 1993	4–0	Malta	World Cup 1994 qualification
3.	27 March 2002	1–4	Finland	Friendly
4.	7 October 2006	3–0	Azerbaijan	Euro 2008 qualifying

References

External links

• Grupo3 arquitectura

Coordinates: 41°09′44″N 8°38′34″W / 41.16222°N 8.64278°W