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Estádio da Luz

A Catedral O Inferno da Luz
UEFA
Full name	Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica
Location	Lisbon, Portugal
Coordinates	Coordinates: 38°45′10″N 9°11′05″W / 38.752678°N 9.184681°W / 38.752678; -9.184681
Public transit	Azul  at Colégio Militar/Luz
Owner	S.L. Benfica - Futebol, SAD
Operator	S.L. Benfica
Executive suites	156
Capacity	64,642
Record attendance	Official match: 64,591[1] (13 May 2017) All-time: 65,400 (25 October 2003)
Field size	105 x 68 m
Surface	Grass
Scoreboard	Yes
Construction
Broke ground	2003
Opened	25 October 2003
Construction cost	€162 million[2]
Architect	HOK Sport (now Populous)
Tenants
S.L. Benfica (2003–present) S.L. Benfica B (2003–2006, 2012–2013) Portugal national football team (selected matches)
Website
slbenfica.pt

The Estádio da Luz (Portuguese pronunciation: [(ɨ)ˈʃtaðju ðɐ ˈluʃ]), officially named Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, is a multi-purpose stadium located in Lisbon, Portugal. It is used mostly for association football matches, hosting the home games of Portuguese club S.L. Benfica. It is owned by the club's SAD.

Opened on 25 October 2003 with an exhibition match between Benfica and Uruguayan club Nacional, it replaced the original Estádio da Luz, which had 120,000 seats. The seating capacity was decreased to 65,647^[3][4] and is currently set at 64,642.^[5] The stadium was designed by HOK Sport Venue Event and had a construction cost of €162 million.^[2]

A UEFA category four stadium and one of the biggest stadiums by capacity in Europe (the biggest of Portugal), Estádio da Luz hosted several matches of the UEFA Euro 2004, including its final, and the 2014 UEFA Champions League Final. Moreover, it was the venue for the New7Wonders of the World announcement ceremony in 2007.^[6] In 2014, it was elected as the most beautiful stadium of Europe in an online poll by L'Équipe.^[7][8][9]

As of its fifteenth birthday, Estádio da Luz has welcomed more than 17 million spectators.^[10]

Naming

The previous stadium, which was also officially named "Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica", was named in honour of Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Luz (Church of Our Lady of the Light), and the people of Lisbon used to call it a Luz ("the Light"). Therefore, the stadium's common name became "Estádio da Luz", which is usually anglicised to "Stadium of Light".^[11] This translation, however, is inaccurate because Luz refers not to "light" but to the original address of the stadium: Estrada da Luz.^[12][13] Moreover, like its predecessor, the current stadium is also referred to as a Catedral (the Cathedral) or as o Inferno da Luz.^[14]

Characteristics

Architect Damon Lavelle, from HOK Sport Venue Event (now Populous), designed the stadium to focus on light and transparency. Its polycarbonate roof allows the sunlight to penetrate the stadium in order to illuminate it. The roof, which is supported by tie-beams of four steel arches, seems to float on the underlying tribunes. The arches are 43 metres high and help define the look of the stadium, after having been shaped to be similar to the wavy profile of its three tiers.

Notable matches

Opening game

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In the opening match, Benfica beat Uruguayan side Nacional 2–1 with goals from Nuno Gomes, who became the first scorer in the history of Estádio da Luz.

UEFA Euro 2004

UEFA Euro 2004 - Quarter-finals

In the first quarter-final ever between England and Portugal, the English side opened the scoring after only two minutes through Michael Owen. Portugal's constant attacking pressure from then on resulted in Hélder Postiga's 83rd-minute equaliser. A controversial incident came in the dying minutes when Michael Owen hit the Portuguese crossbar, resulting in a Sol Campbell header, which appeared to have given England the lead again, but the header was ruled out for what referee Urs Meier deemed a foul on the Portuguese goalkeeper Ricardo. The sides exchanged goals in extra-time, sending the match to penalty kicks, which Portugal eventually won 6–5. Ricardo saved the penalty from Darius Vassell and then scored the winning goal.

UEFA Euro 2004 - Final

2014 UEFA Champions League Final

Portugal national football team matches

The following national team matches were held in the stadium.

#	Date	Score	Opponent	Competition
1.	16 June 2004	2–0	Russia	Euro 2004 Group Stage
2.	24 June 2004	2–2[16]	England	Euro 2004 Quarter-Finals
3.	4 July 2004	0–1	Greece	Euro 2004 Final
4.	4 June 2005	2–0	Slovakia	2006 World Cup qualification
5.	8 September 2007	2–2	Poland	Euro 2008 qualifying
6.	10 October 2009	3–0	Hungary	2010 World Cup qualification
7.	14 November 2009	1–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2010 World Cup UEFA play-offs
8.	17 November 2010	4–0	Spain	Friendly
9.	4 June 2011	1–0	Norway	Euro 2012 qualifying
10.	15 November 2011	6–2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Euro 2012 qualifying play-offs
11.	2 June 2012	1–3	Turkey	Friendly
12.	7 June 2013	1–0	Russia	2014 World Cup qualification
13.	15 November 2013	1–0	Sweden	2014 World Cup UEFA play-offs
14.	29 March 2015	2–1	Serbia	Euro 2016 qualifying
15.	8 June 2016	7–0	Estonia	Friendly
16.	25 March 2017	3–0	Hungary	2018 World Cup qualification
17.	10 October 2017	2–0	Switzerland	2018 World Cup qualification
18.	7 June 2018	3–0	Algeria	Friendly
19.	10 September 2018	1–0	Italy	2018–19 UEFA Nations League
20.	22 March 2019	0–0	Ukraine	Euro 2020 qualifying
21.	25 March 2019	1–1	Serbia	Euro 2020 qualifying

Euro 2004 matches

Date		Result		Round
13 June 2004	France	2–1	England	Group B
16 June 2004	Russia	0–2	Portugal	Group A
21 June 2004	Croatia	2–4	England	Group B
24 June 2004	Portugal	2–2 (6–5 on pen.)	England	Quarter-finals
4 July 2004	Portugal	0–1	Greece	Final

Benfica matches in European competitions

As of match played 14 March 2019

• 
  2003–04 (UEFA Cup)


• 3–1 Molde
  


• 1–0 Rosenborg
  


• 0–0 Inter Milan
  


• 2004–05


• 1–0 Anderlecht (UEFA Champions League)


• 2–0 Dukla Banská Bystrica (UEFA Cup)


• 4–2 Heerenveen
  


• 2–0 Dinamo Zagreb
  


• 1–1 CSKA Moscow
  


• 
  2005–06 (UEFA Champions League)


• 1–0 Lille
  


• 0–1 Villarreal
  


• 2–1 Manchester United
  


• 1–0 Liverpool
  


• 0–0 Barcelona
  


• 2006–07


• 3–0 Austria Wien (UEFA Champions League)


• 0–1 Manchester United


• 3–0 Celtic
  


• 3–1 Copenhagen
  


• 1–0 Dinamo București (UEFA Cup)


• 3–1 Paris Saint-Germain
  


• 0–0 Espanyol
  


• 2007–08


• 2–1 Copenhagen (UEFA Champions League)


• 0–1 Shakhtar Donetsk
  


• 1–0 Celtic


• 1–1 Milan
  


• 1–0 Nürnberg (UEFA Cup)


• 1–2 Getafe
  


• 
  2008–09 (UEFA Cup)


• 2–0 Napoli
  


• 0–2 Galatasaray
  


• 0–1 Metalist Kharkiv
  


• 
  2009–10 (UEFA Europa League)


• 4–0 Vorskla
  


• 2–0 BATE Borisov
  


• 5–0 Everton
  


• 2–1 AEK Athens
  


• 4–0 Hertha Berlin
  


• 1–1 Marseille
  


• 2–1 Liverpool


• 2010–11


• 2–0 Hapoel (UEFA Champions League)


• 4–3 Lyon
  


• 1–2 Schalke 04
  


• 2–1 Stuttgart (UEFA Europa League)


• 2–1 Paris Saint-Germain


• 4–1 PSV Eindhoven
  


• 2–1 Braga
  


• 
  2011–12 (UEFA Champions League)


• 2–0 Trabzonspor
  


• 3–1 Twente
  


• 1–1 Manchester United


• 1–1 Basel
  


• 1–0 Oțelul Galați
  


• 2–0 Zenit
  


• 0–1 Chelsea
  


• 2012–13


• 0–2 Barcelona (UEFA Champions League)


• 2–0 Spartak Moscow
  


• 2–1 Celtic


• 2–1 Bayer Leverkusen (UEFA Europa League)


• 1–0 Bordeaux
  


• 3–1 Newcastle United
  


• 3–1 Fenerbahçe
  


• 2013–14


• 2–0 Anderlecht (UEFA Champions League)


• 1–1 Olympiakos
  


• 2–1 Paris Saint-Germain


• 3–0 PAOK (UEFA Europa League)


• 2–2 Tottenham
  


• 2–0 AZ Alkmaar
  


• 2–1 Juventus
  


• 
  2014–15 (UEFA Champions League)


• 0–2 Zenit


• 1–0 Monaco
  


• 0–0 Bayer Leverkusen


• 
  2015–16 (UEFA Champions League)


• 2–0 Astana
  


• 2–1 Galatasaray


• 1–2 Atlético Madrid
  


• 1–0 Zenit


• 2–2 Bayern Munich
  


• 
  2016–17 (UEFA Champions League)


• 1–1 Beşiktaş
  


• 1–0 Dynamo Kyiv
  


• 1–2 Napoli
  


• 1–0 Borussia Dortmund
  


• 
  2017–18 (UEFA Champions League)


• 1–2 CSKA Moscow


• 0–1 Manchester United


• 0–2 Basel


• 
  2018–19 (UEFA Champions League)


• 1–0 Fenerbahçe


• 1–1 PAOK


• 0–2 Bayern Munich


• 1–1 Ajax
  


• 1–0 AEK Athens


• 0–0 Galatasaray (UEFA Europa League)


• 3–0 Dinamo Zagreb


• All-time statistics

86 matches: 54 wins, 16 draws, 16 losses

134 goals scored, 63 goals conceded

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Estádio da Luz.

• Official website


• 
  Estádio da Luz at Structurae
  

Preceded by Feijenoord Stadion Rotterdam	UEFA European Football Championship Final Venue 2004	Succeeded by Ernst Happel Stadion Vienna
Preceded by Wembley Stadium London	UEFA Champions League Final Venue 2014	Succeeded by Olympic Stadium Berlin