Estádio do Fontelo (; Fontelo Stadium) is a stadium in

Viseu Viseu () is a city and municipality in the Centro Region of Portugal and the capital of the Viseu District, district of the same name, with a population of 100,105 inhabitants in the entire municipality, and center of the Viseu Dão Lafões Interm ...

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. It was completed and opened to the public in December 1928. It is mostly used for

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matches and hosts the home matches of Académico de Viseu.

History

In 2003 the stadium hosted the 2003 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship final.

Portugal national football team

The

national team A national sports team (commonly known as a national team or a national side) is a team that represents a nation, rather than a particular club or region, in an international sport. The term is most commonly associated with team sports, for exa ...

first played in the stadium in 2000 and the latest game took place in 2017.

2003 UEFA European U-17 matches

The stadium was one of the venues of the

2003 UEFA European Under-17 Championship The 2003 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the second edition of UEFA's UEFA European Under-17 Championship. Portugal hosted the championship, during 7–17 May. The format of the competition changed, and only 8 teams entered the competition ...

, and held the following matches:

References

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