Estádio do Dragão
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Key facts
- Location
- Porto , Portugal
- Owner
- FC Porto
- Operator
- Porto Estádio (FC Porto Group)
- Capacity
- 50,033
- Surface
- Grass
- Scoreboard
- Samsung P10 LED screens
- Record attendance
- 52,004 (16 November 2003) , FC Porto 2–0 FC Barcelona
- Field size
- 105 x 68 m
- Public transit
- Estádio do Dragão
- Opened
- 16 November 2003 ; 22 years ago ( 2003-11-16 )
- Construction cost
- €125 million
- Architect
- Manuel Salgado
- General contractor
- Somague
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- cultural heritage
- Country
- Portugal
- Located in
- Campanhã
- Owned by
- FC Porto
- Location
- Porto
- Sport
- association football
- Official website
- www.fcporto.pt/en/club/estadio-do-dragao
- Image
- Estádio do Dragão (8468978586).jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
The Estádio do Dragão ( Portuguese pronunciation: [ɨˈʃtaðju ðu ðɾɐˈɣɐ̃w]; English: Dragon Stadium) is an all-seater football stadium in Porto, Portugal, and the home ground of FC Porto since 2003. It has a seating capacity of 50,033, making it the third-largest football stadium in Portugal.
Designed by Portuguese architect Manuel Salgado, the stadium was constructed to replace Porto's former ground, the Estádio das Antas, along with becoming one of the host venues for the UEFA Euro 2004 final tournament. The inauguration took place on 16 November 2003 with a friendly match against Barcelona, setting an attendance record of 52,004 spectators.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Estádio do Dragão” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.