Estádio das Antas


The Estádio das Antas was the third stadium of the Portuguese football side FC Porto. It was in use from 1952 to 2004, replacing the earlier Campo da Constituição, 1.6km to the west, and later replaced by the Estádio do Dragão, a block southeast away. As well as the stadium, it had an indoor arena and three training grounds. The club's offices were also split between the inside of the stadium and the Torre das Antas, built in front of the stadium during the 1990s. It was demolished in 2004, although one floodlight still remains, and the majority of the site is not yet redeveloped.

Layout

The stadium was split into six different areas. The Poente and Maratona contained the best seats, while the most financially accessible were located in the Superior Norte, Superior Sul and Arquibancada. Between the Norte and Poente were seats for the away supporters. Each stand was split into different sectors. While the Poente had four, both Maratona and Arquibancada had five, and both Superiores had nine, but two in Norte were reserved for away supporters. For matches, low turnout from away fans, in contrast to that expected from Porto supporters, so the away fan sector was often reduced in size by half. In the past there were other divisions, such as splitting the Superior stands between the original and the new terraces built after the 1986 capacity increase.

Portuguese national football team

The national team first played in the stadium in 1952 and held its last game there in 2003.
#DateScoreOpponentCompetition
1.23 November 19521–1Friendly
2.22 May 19553–1Friendly
3.28 June 19593–2Euro 1960 First Round
4.15 November 19642–1Friendly
5.24 June 19650–0Friendly
6.31 October 19650–0World Cup 1966 qualification
7.3 July 19661–0Friendly
8.12 November 19672–1Euro 1968 qualifying
9.4 May 19692–2World Cup 1970 qualification
10.12 May 19715–0Euro 1972 qualifying
11.12 November 19751–1Euro 1976 qualifying
12.16 October 19760–2World Cup 1978 qualification
13.15 April 19811–1Friendly
14.20 June 19812–0Friendly
15.14 October 19842–1World Cup 1986 qualification
16.11 November 19870–0Euro 1988 qualifying
17.17 October 19901–0Euro 1992 qualifying
18.20 February 19915–0Euro 1992 qualifying
19.4 September 19911–1Friendly
20.11 September 19911–0Euro 1992 qualifying
21.24 February 19931–3World Cup 1994 qualification
22.13 October 19931–0World Cup 1994 qualification
23.3 June 19953–2Euro 1996 qualifying
24.3 September 19951–1Euro 1996 qualifying
25.21 February 19961–2Friendly
26.9 November 19961–0World Cup 1998 qualification
27.7 June 19972–0World Cup 1998 qualification
28.10 October 19980–1Euro 2000 qualifying
29.28 March 20012–2World Cup 2002 qualification
30.29 March 20032–1Friendly

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