Estádio D. Afonso Henriques

The Estádio D. Afonso Henriques (English: D. Afonso Henriques Stadium) is a football stadium in the city of Guimarães, Portugal.

Estádio D. Afonso Henriques

The stadium in 2018
Location	Rua de São Gonçalo, Guimarães, Portugal
Owner	Vitória Sport Clube
Capacity	30,029[1]
Surface	Grass
Construction
Opened	1965
Renovated	2003, reopened with a football match between Vitória S.C. and 1. FC Kaiserslautern
Architect	Eduardo Guimarães
Tenants
Vitória S.C. (1965–present) Portugal national football team (selected matches)

The stadium is home of Guimarães's most successful team, Vitória de Guimarães, presently competing in the top-flight Portuguese Liga. The stadium was built in 1965 and was renovated and expanded in 2003 for the UEFA Euro 2004 tournament by architect Eduardo Guimarães. Estádio D. Afonso Henriques has a capacity of 30,029[2] and it is named after the first King of Portugal—and also a Guimarães native—Dom Afonso Henriques. It was formerly known as Estádio Municipal de Guimarães, and before that as the Estádio D. Afonso Henriques.

During Euro 2004, the stadium hosted two of the tournament's matches.

Games held

The first game in the stadium after the renovation in 2003 was played on 25 July 2003 between Vitória de Guimarães and 1. FC Kaiserslautern which was won by the hosting team with a 4–1 victory.[3]

The Estádio D. Afonso Henriques hosted two games at UEFA Euro 2004. The opening fixture of Group C was between Denmark and Italy, in which the match ended 0–0. The last fixture of Group C was also played at the stadium, this time between Bulgaria and Italy, in which it ended 2–1 to Italy with goals from Martin Petrov for Bulgaria and goals from Simone Perrotta and Antonio Cassano for Italy. Although Cassano's 94th-minute strike won the game for Italy 2–1, in the other game between Denmark and Sweden, it ended 2–2 with a 89th-minute strike from Mattias Jonson. Jonson's goal resulted in Italy's exit out of the tournament on goals scored in third place, behind Sweden in second place and Denmark in first place.

Portugal national football team

The following national team matches were held in the stadium.

#	Date	Score	Opponent	Competition
1.	6 September 2003	0–3	Spain	Friendly
2.	14 October 2009	4–0	Malta	2010 World Cup qualification
3.	3 September 2010	4–4	Cyprus	Euro 2012 qualifying
4.	6 February 2013	2–3	Ecuador	Friendly
5.	20 November 2018	1–1	Poland	UEFA Nations League

UEFA Euro 2004

Date		Result		Round
14 June 2004	Denmark	0–0	Italy	Group C
22 June 2004	Italy	2–1	Bulgaria	Group C

UEFA Nations League 2019 Finals

Date		Result		Round	Attendance
6 June 2019	Netherlands	3–1 (a.e.t.)	England	Semi-finals	25,711
9 June 2019	Switzerland	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p)	England	Third place play-off	15,742

Miklós Fehér's death

The stadium witnessed the collapse of Sport Lisboa e Benfica player Miklós Fehér. This occurred during a league match between Vitória de Guimarães and Benfica on 25 January 2004. Late into the second half, Fehér received a yellow card shortly after coming on as a substitute. He then collapsed and went into cardiac arrest, later dying in hospital. Every time Benfica play in Guimarães, there is a remembrance ceremony at the location where Fehér collapsed.

References

1. "Património". vitoriasc.pt. Vitória Sport Clube. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
2. "Património". vitoriasc.pt. Vitória Sport Clube. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
3. Guimaraes – Stadion D. Afonso Henriques (in German) mz-web.de, published: 28 May 2004, accessed: 27 June 2019

External links

• Estádio D. Afonso Henriques