 The stadium on a matchday | |
 Interactive map of Estádio Nacional[1] | |
| Full name | Centro Desportivo Nacional do Jamor |
|---|---|
| Location | Algés, Linda-a-Velha e Cruz Quebrada-Dafundo,Oeiras |
| Coordinates | 38°42′32″N9°15′46″W / 38.7089°N 9.2628°W /38.7089; -9.2628 |
| Owner | Portuguese Football Federation |
| Capacity | 37,593 |
| Field size | 105 by 68 metres (344 ft × 223 ft)[2] |
| Surface | Grass[2] |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 1939 |
| Opened | 10 June 1944[2] |
| Renovated | September 2012 |
| Architect | Miguel Jacobetty Rosa[2] |
| Tenants | |
| Portugal national football team (selected matches) Benfica (2003) B-SAD (2018–2022) Casa Pia (2022–2023) Portuguese Cup final (1946–present) Women's Portuguese Cup final (2010–2019, 2022–present) Portugal national rugby union team (selected matches)[3] | |
TheEstádio Nacional (English:National Stadium), also known asCentro Desportivo Nacional do Jamor (English:Jamor National Sports Centre), is afootball stadium. It is located in thecivil parish ofAlgés, Linda-a-Velha e Cruz Quebrada-Dafundo, in themunicipality ofOeiras, in the southwestern part ofLisbon District.
ThePortugal national team played 46 matches at the stadium from 1945 to 1987, then played additional friendlies in 1999, 2003, 2014 and 2024. The venue was used byB-SAD from 2018 to 2022.
The stadium hosted the first ever UEFA club game on 4 September 1955 betweenPrimeira Divisão's third-placed team,Sporting CP, and the Yugoslav champions, Serbian sidePartizan Belgrade. It ended as a 3–3 draw and was the first game to be played of thefirst edition of theEuropean Cup.[4]
In 1933, the decision was made to construct the national stadium alongside the Jamor ravine.[5] The original design was authored byFrancisco Caldeira Cabral and Konrad Weisner[6][7] andJacobetty Rosa, with works beginning in 1939.[5]
It was inaugurated on 10 June 1944 (Portugal Day) by theCouncil presidentAntónio Oliveira Salazar.
Work was complete in the Quinta da Graça (in 1953), to install theComissão Administrativa do Estádio Nacional (National Stadium Administrative Commission).[5]
In 1961, construction on the hippodrome began, in addition to the first phase of work on the shooting range, by theServiços de Construção e de Conservação (Construction and Conservation Services).[5]
ThePlano de Ordenamento do Complexo Desportivo da Jamor (Jamor Sports Complex Development Plan) was issued in July 1982, ordered by the DGEMNDireção-Geral de Edifícios e Monumentos Nacionais (Directorate-General for Buildings and National Monuments), authored by the architects Vasco Croft (coordinator), Nuno Bártolo and Joaquim Cadima, and by the landscape firm Professor Caldeira Cabral, Associados, Estudos e Projectos, Ld. (under the direction of landscape architects Francisco Caldeira Cabral and agronomist engineer João Caldeira Cabral.[5] During this phase, diagnostic studies were performed to reformulate and re-evaluate the strategic importance of the complex.[5]
In May 1985, the studyEstabelecimento de zona de protecção (to establish a protection zone) was ordered by the DGEMN, by architects Vasco Croft and Nuno Bártolo, to limit the sports complex zone, providing a buffer for military access, anon aedificandi zone and urban growth, in addition to expansion for green spaces and support areas for nautical sports.[5]
In 1993, a project to construct a sporting pavilion in Jamor was issued.[5]
In September 2012, thePortuguese Football Federation announced that the stadium would undergo renovation in which work would begin in 2014.[8]
It was announced by the Rugby governing bodyERC on 2 September that the Portuguese team would hold their home games at the Estádio Nacional.[9] However, all their home games were played at thePortuguese national rugby teams home stadium ofEstádio Universitário de Lisboa.
On 6 February 2015, a tender was issued to cover the western edge of the audience seating for the rugby field.[5]
Architecturally the stadium is noteworthy for its open east side, unusual for a stadium otherwise featuring a typical oval configuration. Its current capacity is 37,593 and it is the venue for the Portuguese football cup final.[10]
The stadium has traditionally hosted the final of thePortuguese Cup (since 1946); in only five times was this game played in other venues and in total, 52 Cup finals have been played on the grounds. Portuguese football fans have bemoaned the historic stadium, owing to a lack of amenities; following the Euro 2004, there was a movement to move the event to one of the grounds built for the Euro football championships.
One memorable match was played here on 3 May 1949, whenBenfica won 4-3 a testimonial to their captainFrancisco Ferreira againstTorino which turned out to be the last one played by theGrande Torino due to theSuperga air disaster the following day.[11]
The most prestigious international game ever staged at theEstádio Nacional was the1967 European Cup Final, played betweenCeltic andInternazionale with the former winning 2-1 (becoming the firstBritish,Northern Europe or non-Latin team to win the European Cup/Champions League. They became known as theLisbon Lions).
In addition to hosting thePortugal national team since 1945, the site has held 50 international events for Portugal.
| Match | Date | Score | Opponent | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 11 March 1945 | 2–2 |  Spain | Friendly |
| 2. | 14 April 1946 | 2–1 |  France | Friendly |
| 3. | 16 June 1946 | 3–1 |  Republic of Ireland | Friendly |
| 4. | 5 January 1947 | 2–2 |  Switzerland | Friendly |
| 5. | 26 January 1947 | 4–1 | Spain | Friendly |
| 6. | 25 May 1947 | 0–10 |  England | Friendly |
| 7. | 23 November 1947 | 2–4 | France | Friendly |
| 8. | 23 May 1948 | 2–0 | Republic of Ireland | Friendly |
| 9. | 20 March 1949 | 1–1 | Spain | Friendly |
| 10. | 15 May 1949 | 3–2 |  Wales | Friendly |
| 11. | 9 April 1950 | 2–2 | Spain | World Cup 1950 qualification |
| 12. | 14 May 1950 | 3–5 | England | Friendly |
| 13. | 21 May 1950 | 2–2 |  Scotland | Friendly |
| 14. | 8 April 1951 | 1–4 |  Italy | Friendly |
| 15. | 17 June 1951 | 1–1 |  Belgium | Friendly |
| 16. | 14 December 1952 | 1–3 |  Argentina | Friendly |
| 17. | 22 November 1953 | 3–1 |  South Africa | Friendly |
| 18. | 29 November 1953 | 0–0 |  Austria | World Cup 1954 qualification |
| 19. | 28 November 1954 | 1–3 | Argentina | Friendly |
| 20. | 19 December 1954 | 0–3 |  West Germany | Friendly |
| 21. | 20 November 1955 | 2–6 |  Sweden | Friendly |
| 22. | 25 March 1956 | 3–1 |  Turkey | Friendly |
| 23. | 8 April 1956 | 0–1 |  Brazil | Friendly |
| 24. | 3 June 1956 | 3–1 | Spain | Friendly |
| 25. | 9 June 1956 | 2–2 |  Hungary | Friendly |
| 26. | 26 May 1957 | 3–0 | Italy | World Cup 1958 qualification |
| 27. | 8 May 1960 | 2–1 |  Yugoslavia | Euro 1960 Quarter-finals |
| 28. | 19 March 1961 | 6–0 |  Luxembourg | World Cup 1962 qualification |
| 29. | 21 May 1961 | 1–1 | England | World Cup 1962 qualification |
| 30. | 4 June 1961 | 0–2 | Argentina | Friendly |
| 31. | 21 April 1963 | 1–0 | Brazil | Friendly |
| 32. | 17 May 1964 | 3–4 | England | Friendly |
| 33. | 24 January 1965 | 5–1 | Turkey | World Cup 1966 qualification |
| 34. | 13 June 1965 | 2–1 |  Romania | World Cup 1966 qualification |
| 35. | 12 June 1966 | 4–0 |  Norway | Friendly |
| 36. | 26 June 1966 | 3–0 |  Uruguay | Friendly |
| 37. | 13 November 1966 | 1–2 | Sweden | Euro 1968 qualifying |
| 38. | 17 December 1967 | 0–0 |  Bulgaria | Euro 1968 qualifying |
| 39. | 27 October 1968 | 3–0 | Romania | World Cup 1970 qualification |
| 40. | 6 April 1969 | 0–0 |  Mexico | Friendly |
| 41. | 10 May 1970 | 1–2 | Italy | Friendly |
| 42. | 1 November 1979 | 3–1 | Norway | Euro 1980 qualifying |
| 43. | 2 June 1984 | 2–3 | Yugoslavia | Friendly |
| 44. | 24 February 1985 | 1–2 | West Germany | World Cup 1986 qualification |
| 45. | 12 October 1986 | 1–1 | Sweden | Euro 1988 qualifying |
| 46. | 14 February 1987 | 0–1 | Italy | Euro 1988 qualifying |
| 47. | 18 August 1999 | 4–0 |  Andorra | Friendly |
| 48. | 10 June 2003 | 4–0 |  Bolivia | Friendly |
| 49. | 31 May 2014 | 0–0 |  Greece | Friendly |
| 50. | 8 June 2024 | 1–2 |  Croatia | Friendly |
The Rugby governing bodyERC announced on 2 September 2014 that the Portuguese clubLusitanos XV would hold their home games of the2013-14 Amlin Challenge Cup at National Stadium.[12] However, all their home games of the 2013-14 Amlin Challenge Cup were played at thePortuguese national rugby teams home stadium ofEstádio Universitário de Lisboa.
There have been notable concerts at the stadium, includingThe Police on 25 September 2007, as part of theirThe Police Reunion Tour and theBlack Eyed Peas on 30 May 2010, during theirThe E.N.D. World Tour.Iron Maiden played a post-pandemic show at the stadium on 31 July 2022, on the final date of theirLegacy of the Beast Tour.
Relatório da Actividade do Ministério no Ano de 1961 (in Portuguese), vol. 1, Lisbon, Portugal: Ministério das Obras Públicas, 1962
| Preceded by | European Cup Final venue 1967 | Succeeded by |
