Estádio do Bessa

The Estádio do Bessa Sec. XXI (Template:Langx) is a football stadium located in the Boavista area of Porto, Portugal, used by Boavista Futebol Clube.

Like other stadiums used in Euro 2004, the Bessa is a new ground but built on top of the old stands, with each new stand being constructed at different times, which allowed Boavista F.C. to continue playing there during the project. The former Campo do Bessa existed on the same place as the new stadium since 1910.

It cost €45,409 million to build, of which €7,792,281 was supported from the Portuguese state,<ref>Relatório Final - Avaliação do impacte económico do Euro 2004, Universidade do Minho em 30 de Novembro de 2024.</ref> and has an all-seater capacity of 28,263. Plans for improvement existed before the organization of the Euro 2004 was given to Portugal in 1999, and by then the first works were already underway. It was designed by Grupo3 Arquitectura.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

File:Pitch view from the Estadio do Bessa in 2018.jpg

The Estadio do Bessa in 2018

Euro 2004 matches

Date		Result		Round	Attendance
16 June 2004	Template:Fb	1–1	Template:Fb	Group A	25,444
19 June 2004	Template:Fb	0–0	Template:Fb	Group D	22,344
22 June 2004	Template:Fb	2–2	Template:Fb	Group C	26,115

Portugal national football team

The following national team matches were held in the stadium.

#	Date	Score	Opponent	Competition
1.	16 November 1988	check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Template:Fb	World Cup 1990 qualification
2.	19 June 1993	check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Template:Fb	World Cup 1994 qualification
3.	27 March 2002	check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Template:Fb	Friendly
4.	7 October 2006	check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Template:Fb	Euro 2008 qualifying
5.	1 September 2016	check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Template:Fb	Friendly
6.	31 August 2017	check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Template:Fb	World Cup 2018 qualification

File:Estádio do Bessa panorama.jpg

Panoramic view of the stadium interior.

External links

• Grupo3 arquitectura