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Estádio da Luz
Sign in to saveAlso known as Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Da Luz Stadium, Stadium of Light, Stadium of Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Benfica Stadium, S.L. Benfica Stadium
Football stadium owned by S.L. Benfica and located in Lisbon, Portugal
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Within Vinony's link graph, Estádio da Luz is referenced by 990 other articles, and connects out to Real Madrid CF, UEFA Europa League and S.L. Benfica.
The entry is geolocated on the map in landmark.
It sits within the topics 2003 establishments in Portugal, Football venues in Portugal and S.L. Benfica.
Its subject is documented across 48 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Full name
- Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica
- Address
- Av. Eusébio da Silva Ferreira , 1500-313
- Location
- Lisbon , Portugal
- Owner
- Benfica
- Operator
- Benfica
- Capacity
- 68,100
- Surface
- Grass
- Scoreboard
- Yes
- Record attendance
- 66,387 (17 February 2026) , SL Benfica 0–1 Real Madrid
- Field size
- 105 x 68 m
- Public transit
- Azul at Alto dos Moinhos , Azul at Colégio Militar/Luz
- Opened
- 25 October 2003
- Construction cost
- €160 million
- Architect
- HOK Sport (now Populous )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- association football venue
- Named after
- Estádio da Luz (1954)
- Country
- Portugal
- Located in
- São Domingos de Benfica
- Owned by
- S.L. Benfica
- Location
- Lisbon
- Sport
- association football
- Official website
- www.slbenfica.pt/pt-pt/instituicao/instalacoes/estadio
- Image
- LuzLissabon.jpg
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- maximum capacity
- 68100
- different from
- Estádio da Luz (1954)
- surface played on
- lawn
- Commons category
- Estádio da Luz
- native label
- Estádio da Luz
- architect
- Populous
- occupant
- S.L. Benfica B
- Commons gallery
- Estádio da Luz
- date of official opening
- 2003-10-25
- inception
- 2003-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
The Estádio da Luz ( Portuguese pronunciation: [ɨˈʃtaðju ðɐ ˈluʃ]), officially named Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, is a multi-purpose stadium located in Lisbon, Portugal. It is used mostly for association football matches, hosting the home games of Portuguese club Sport Lisboa e Benfica, its owner.
Opened on 25 October 2003 with an exhibition match between Benfica and Uruguayan club Nacional, it replaced the original Estádio da Luz, which between 1985 and 1994 had a capacity of 120,000 seats. The seating capacity of the new stadium is currently set at 68,100. The stadium was designed by HOK Sport Venue Event (now Populous) and had a construction cost of €160 million, of which €22,596,688 was supported by the Government of Portugal for the UEFA Euro 2004.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Estádio da Luz” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.