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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
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.