Estádio Municipal do Porto Novo

Estádio Municipal do Porto Novo
Location off Porto Novo-Norte Road
Porto Novo on Santo Antão Island, Cape Verde
Capacity 8,000
Opened 2009
Tenants
Académica
Fiorentina
Marítimo
Sanjoanense
Sporting

Estádio Municipal do Porto Novo is a multi-purpose stadium in Porto Novo, Cape Verde just about 1 km west of the city center on the road connecting Porto Novo and places west of the island including Norte and Tarrafal de Monte Trigo. It is currently used mostly for football matches along with athletics. The stadium holds about 3,000 to 4,000 people. The stadium has seat rows in the left sides. The stadium is home to the Santo Antão Island League South Zone's clubs including Académica, Fiorentina, Marítimo, Sanjoanense and Sporting. Its size is 105 by 68 m. 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 lied 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, on September 2014, an artificial turf was added[1]

References

  1. "Futebol Santo Antão Sul: Edilidade Promete Reabrir Estádio Municipal Do Porto Novo Ainda Esta Semana". Criolosport (in Portuguese). 22 October 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014.

Coordinates: 17°1′6″N 25°4′37″W / 17.01833°N 25.07694°W / 17.01833; -25.07694

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