Estádio da Luz

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The Estádio da Luz (Template:IPA), 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 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 had 120,000 seats. The seating capacity of the new stadium is currently set at 68,100.<ref name=":0" /> The stadium was designed by HOK Sport Venue Event (now Populous) and had a construction cost of €160 million,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> of which €22,596,688 was supported by the Government of Portugal for the UEFA Euro 2004.<ref>Relatório Final - Avaliação do impacte económico do Euro 2004, Universidade do Minho em 30 de Novembro de 2024.</ref>

A UEFA category four stadium and one of the biggest stadiums by capacity in Europe (the biggest in Portugal), Estádio da Luz hosted several matches of the UEFA Euro 2004, including its final, as well as the 2014 and 2020 finals of the UEFA Champions League. It was elected the most beautiful stadium of Europe in a 2014 online poll by L'Équipe.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> By its fifteenth birthday, Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica Luz had welcomed more than 17 million spectators.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The stadium is one of the potential venues for the 2030 FIFA World Cup, which Portugal will co-host along with Morocco and Spain.

Naming

While the previous Benfica stadium was also officially named "Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica", both the old and the new stadia are invariably referred to by their unofficial name, Estádio da Luz. Luz is the name of the neighborhood the stadium was built on, on the border between the parishes of Benfica and Carnide, which itself derives its name from the nearby Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Luz (Church of Our Lady of Light). This unofficial name caught on soon after the original stadium's construction;<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> the people of Lisbon used to simply call it a Luz ("the Light"). Therefore, the stadium's common name became "Estádio da Luz", which is usually anglicised to "Stadium of Light".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> This translation, however, could be argued to be inaccurate, since Luz refers not to "light" but to the original address of the stadium: Estrada da Luz ("Road of Light").<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Characteristics

Architect Damon Lavelle,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> from HOK Sport Venue Event (now Populous), designed the stadium to focus on light and transparency. Its polycarbonate roof allows the sunlight to penetrate the stadium in order to illuminate it. The roof, which is supported by tie-beams of four steel arches, seems to float on the underlying tribunes. The arches are 43 metres (141 feet) high and help define the look of the stadium, after having been shaped to be similar to the wavy profile of its three tiers. According to Lavelle, the seating capacity may be increased up from 64,642<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> to 80,000.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> However, the most realistic option is to expand by selling standing places, which would require a change in the law.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In June 2024, Sport Lisboa e Benfica announced that it would increase the stadium's capacity to nearly 66,000 spectators by adding 950 seats in a row of seats around the stadium reserved for people with motor disabilities.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In July 2025, Benfica concluded renovations and increased the stadium capacity to 68,100 spectators.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref>

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A panorama of the Estádio da Luz on 30 July 2009

Sports events

Opening game

Template:Football box In the opening match, Benfica beat Uruguayan side Nacional 2–1 with goals from Nuno Gomes, who became the first ever scorer at the Estádio da Luz.

UEFA Euro 2004 Final

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2014 UEFA Champions League final

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Highest attendance official match

Template:Football box On round 33 of the 2016–17 Primeira Liga, in a match where Benfica were crowned national champions for a fourth consecutive season (a new achievement for them), Estádio da Luz recorded its best attendance in official matches.<ref name="attendance">Template:Cite news</ref>

2019–20 UEFA Champions League

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Portugal national team matches

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Entrance of the stadium during UEFA Euro 2004

The following national team matches were held in the stadium.

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1 16 June 2004 2–0 Template:Fb Euro 2004 Group Stage
2 24 June 2004 2–2<ref>6–5 after penalty shoot-out.</ref> Template:Fb Euro 2004 Quarter-Finals
3 4 July 2004 0–1 Template:Fb Euro 2004 Final
4 4 June 2005 2–0 Template:Fb 2006 World Cup qualification
5 8 September 2007 2–2 Template:Fb Euro 2008 qualifying
6 10 October 2009 3–0 Template:Fb 2010 World Cup qualification
7 14 November 2009 1–0 Template:Fb 2010 World Cup UEFA play-offs
8 17 November 2010 4–0 Template:Fb Friendly
9 4 June 2011 1–0 Template:Fb Euro 2012 qualifying
10 15 November 2011 6–2 Template:Fb Euro 2012 qualifying play-offs
11 2 June 2012 1–3 Template:Fb Friendly
12 7 June 2013 1–0 Template:Fb 2014 World Cup qualification
13 15 November 2013 1–0 Template:Fb 2014 World Cup UEFA play-offs
14 29 March 2015 2–1 Template:Fb Euro 2016 qualifying
15 8 June 2016 7–0 Template:Fb Friendly
16 25 March 2017 3–0 Template:Fb 2018 World Cup qualification
17 10 October 2017 2–0 Template:Fb
18 7 June 2018 3–0 Template:Fb Friendly
19 10 September 2018 1–0 Template:Fb 2018–19 UEFA Nations League
20 22 March 2019 0–0 Template:Fb Euro 2020 qualifying
21 25 March 2019 1–1 Template:Fb
22 11 November 2020 7–0 Template:Fb Friendly
23 14 November 2020 0–1 Template:Fb 2020–21 UEFA Nations League
24 14 November 2021 1–2 Template:Fb 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
25 17 June 2023 3–0 Template:Fb UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying
26 5 September 2024 2–1 Template:Fb 2024–25 UEFA Nations League
27 8 September 2024 2–1 Template:Fb

Euro 2004 matches

Date Team #1 Result Team #2 Round Attendance
13 June 2004 Template:Fb 2–1 Template:Fb Group B 62,487
16 June 2004 Template:Fb 0–2 Template:Fb Group A 59,273
21 June 2004 Template:Fb 2–4 Template:Fb Group B 57,047
24 June 2004 Template:Fb 2–2 (6–5 on pen.) Quarter-finals 62,564
4 July 2004 0–1 Template:Fb Final 62,864

Benfica matches in UEFA competitions

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  • 2014–15 UEFA Champions League
  • 0–2 Zenit
  • 1–0 Monaco
  • 0–0 Bayer Leverkusen
  • 2017–18 UEFA Champions League
  • 1–2 CSKA Moscow
  • 0–1 Manchester United
  • 0–2 Basel
  • 2018–19
  • 1–0 Fenerbahçe (UEFA Champions League)
  • 1–1 PAOK
  • 0–2 Bayern Munich
  • 1–1 Ajax
  • 1–0 AEK Athens
  • 0–0 Galatasaray (UEFA Europa League)
  • 3–0 Dinamo Zagreb
  • 4–2 Eintracht Frankfurt

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  • 2019–20
  • 1–2 RB Leipzig (UEFA Champions League)
  • 2–1 Lyon
  • 3–0 Zenit
  • 3–3 Shakhtar Donetsk (UEFA Europa League)
  • 2021–22 UEFA Champions League
  • 2–0 Spartak Moscow
  • 2–1 PSV Eindhoven
  • 3–0 Barcelona
  • 0–4 Bayern Munich
  • 2–0 Dynamo Kyiv
  • 2–2 Ajax
  • 1–3 Liverpool
  • 2024–25
  • 4–0 Atlético Madrid
  • 1–3 Feyenoord
  • 4–5 Barcelona
  • 0–1 Barcelona

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  • All-time statistics
117 matches: 71 wins, 21 draws, 25 losses
201 goals scored, 108 goals conceded

Other events

Ceremonies

Date Organizing Entity Event Total audience
7 July 2007 New 7 Wonders Foundation New 7 Wonders of the World 50,000<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Concerts

Date Artist/band Concert tour Total audience
1–2 June 2019 Ed Sheeran<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> ÷ Tour 120,716<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
26 June 2023 Rammstein<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Rammstein Stadium Tour 50,000<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
24–25 May 2024 Taylor Swift<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The Eras Tour 120,000<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
26 June 2025 Imagine Dragons<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Loom World Tour 60,000<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
26–27 May 2026 Bad Bunny Debí Tirar Más Fotos World Tour
7 July 2026 Iron Maiden Run for Your Lives World Tour

Religious meetings

Date Organizing Entity Event Total audience
28–30 June 2019 International Convention of Jehovah's Witnesses Love Never Fails 63,390<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
4 August 2023 World Youth Day The Change 44,000<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

See also

Notes

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References

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