Estádio da Madeira
{{Short description|Football stadium in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal}}
{{Coord|32|40|14.25|N|16|53|00.69|W|type:landmark|display=title}}
{{Infobox venue
| stadium_name = Estádio da Madeira
| nickname = Choupana
| image = Estádio Eng. Rui Alves 1.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| caption = The new stand which was built in 2007
| fullname = Estádio da Madeira
| location = Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
| built = 1998
| opened = 2000
| renovated =
| expanded = 2007
| closed =
| demolished =
| owner = CD Nacional
| operator =
| surface = Grass
| cost = €23 million (Complex)
| architect =
| former_names = Estádio Eng. Rui Alves
| tenants = Nacional
União (2012; some other major matches)
| seating_capacity = 5,200
| dimensions = 105 x 68 m
}}
{{Cristiano Ronaldo series}}
The Estádio da Madeira, formerly named Estádio Eng. Rui Alves and informally known as Choupana, is a football stadium located in the city of Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, and is owned by Clube Desportivo Nacional, where it plays its matches. The stadium currently has a capacity of 5,200 people.{{cite news|title=Estádio da Madeira|url=http://www.zerozero.pt/estadio.php?id=50|work=zerozero.pt}}
The stadium is located in Cidade Desportiva do C.D. Nacional ({{langx|en|C.D. Nacional Sport City}}), which also includes training pitches and a youth campus called Cristiano Ronaldo Campus Futebol, in honour of Cristiano Ronaldo. The Cidade Desportiva is located in the north of Funchal, high up in the mountains in the Choupana neighbourhood.{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2017-04-07 |title=Cidade Desportiva - um projeto exemplar |url=https://www.cdnacional.pt/cidade-desportiva-um-projeto-exemplar/ |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=Clube Desportivo Nacional - Madeira |language=pt-PT}}
History
It was in 1998, with president Rui Alves at the helm, that construction began on Nacional's new stadium, named Eng. Rui Alves, which was inaugurated in 2000 with just one stand for 2,500 spectators. That same year, the club moved permanently to Choupana and stopped playing at the municipal stadium, Estádio dos Barreiros, which was shared between the region's three biggest clubs.{{cite journal|access-date=26 March 2025 |date=October 2014 |first=João |journal=Instituto Universitário de Lisboa |last=Jasmins |page=29 |title=Clube Desportivo Nacional: O Valor da Marca |url=https://repositorio.iscte-iul.pt/bitstream/10071/10343/1/TESE%20finalissima%20JASMINS.pdf}}
In January 2007, after a period of construction, the stadium underwent its second expansion, increasing its capacity to 5,200 seats with a new fully covered stand. Since then, the stadium has had just two stands running the length of the pitch, with the two ends of the pitch occupied by high fencing.{{Cite web |title=Estádio da Madeira |url=https://www.cdnacional.pt/estadio-da-madeira/ |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=Clube Desportivo Nacional - Madeira |language=pt-PT}}
On 1 June 2007, the stadium was renamed Estádio da Madeira, after the club reached an agreement with the local government to promote the Madeira Region. The name also symbolises the fact that, at the time, the stadium was the most modern sports venue on the Madeira Island, although not the largest. That position was held by the old municipal stadium, Estádio do Marítimo, home of Nacional's rivals, C.S. Marítimo, which has since been renovated. Also in 2007, the academy campus was renamed the Cristiano Ronaldo Campus Futebol.{{Cite web |title=Cristiano Ronaldo Campus Futebol |url=https://www.cdnacional.pt/cristiano-ronaldo-campus-futebol/ |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=Clube Desportivo Nacional - Madeira |language=pt-PT}}
The official inauguration of the Cidade Desportiva took place on 16 November 2007 in an event that pitted C.D. Nacional against S.L. Benfica, with the Reds coming out on top with a single goal from Yu Dabao.{{Cite web |last=Portugal |first=Rádio e Televisão de |date=2007-11-16 |title=Benfica ganha (0-1) na festa do Nacional |url=https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/benfica/benfica-ganha-0-1-na-festa-do-nacional_d253115 |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=Benfica ganha (0-1) na festa do Nacional |language=pt}}
The investment of 23 million euros by the Regional Government of Madeira has put Nacional on a level of infrastructure like few others in Portugal. In addition to the stadium, the club now has three grass pitches for training and other support infrastructures.{{Cite web |title=Foi você que pediu um estádio de futebol? |url=https://expresso.pt/economia/foi-voce-que-pediu-um-estadio-de-futebol=f628018 |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=Jornal Expresso |language=pt-PT}}{{Cite web |last=Nóbrega |first=Tolentino de |date=2011-03-29 |title=Paragem da construção do estádio do Marítimo na Assembleia da Madeira |url=https://www.publico.pt/2011/03/29/desporto/noticia/paragem-da-construcao-do-estadio-do-maritimo-na-assembleia-da-madeira-1487364 |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=PÚBLICO |language=pt}}
References
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External links
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- [http://stadiumdb.com/stadiums/por/estadio_da_madeira Stadium pictures]
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Category:Football venues in Portugal
Category:Buildings and structures in Funchal