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The Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) has launched a tender process to secure a design team for the redevelopment of Estádio Nacional.
Located in the municipality of Oeiras, in the southwestern part of Lisbon District, the stadium first opened in 1944 and remains the historic home of the final of domestic football tournament the Taça de Portugal.
Estádio Nacional last hosted the Portuguese national team 10 years ago, but it was announced earlier this week that it will stage a UEFA Euro 2024 warm-up game between Portugal and Croatia on June 8. The design competition to revamp the stadium is being led by the FPF, with technical assistance coming from the Lisboa and Vale do Tejo Regional Section of the Order of Architects (OA-SRLVT) and the Tecnoplano consultancy.
Back in July, a collaboration was established with the view towards redeveloping Estádio Nacional between the FPF, Portuguese Athletics Federation (FPA), Portuguese Rugby Federation (FPR), the Institute of Sports and Youth (IPDJ) General Directorate of Cultural Heritage (DGPC) and Municipality of Oeiras.
The rehabilitation of the Estádio Nacional aims to modernise the stadium, and its surroundings, to better enable its usage by the stakeholders and its staging of national and international sporting events.
The project has been given a price tag of €25m (£21.3m/$27.1m), with the tender split into two phases. The initial phase that has been launched calls for proposals to be lodged by March 7. The five best entries will then be selected to move to the next stage.
June’s game will be Portugal’s 51st at the Estádio Nacional, with the first having come on April 14, 1946, resulting in a 2-1 victory against France. Commenting on the return, FPF president, Fernando Gomes, said: “It has always been a desire to see the Seleção play at Jamor again and we now have the opportunity to achieve that goal.
“The Estádio Nacional also has a symbolic meaning for the national team. There were many games held there that built a special bond. The return to Jamor had to be big and that’s why I’m grateful to the Croatian federation for accepting our invitation.”
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