Estádio Municipal de Rio Maior

Stadium in Rio Maior, Portugal

39°20′40″N 8°56′07″W / 39.34444°N 8.93528°W / 39.34444; -8.93528

Estádio Municipal de Rio Maior
Construction


Location	Rio Maior, Portugal
Owner	Desmor, EM, SA
Capacity	7,000
Record attendance	6,981^[1] (18 August 2023) Casa Pia 1 x 2 Sporting
Field size	104 x 68 metres
Surface	Relva
Built	2002
Opened	2003
Architect	Antonio Domingues
Tenants
U.D. Rio Maior U.D. Vilafranquense (2019–2023) Sporting B (2012–2013) Portugal U21 (regularly) Casa Pia (2023–)

Estádio Municipal de Rio Maior is a multi-use stadium in Rio Maior, Portugal.It is currently used mainly for football matches and is the home of Rio Maior Sport Clube, the municipality's new football club and successor to UD Rio Maior.^[2] The stadium has a capacity for 7,000 people and opened in 2003.^[3]

The Rio Maior Sports Complex, in addition to the municipal stadium, contains several training football pitches, which the Portuguese youth teams use.^[4] It also has an Olympic swimming pool and pavilions for indoor sports. In fact, in 2024, it hosted 7 training camp games for the Portugal national futsal team.^[5]

Resident teams

It has been the venue of Casa Pia AC since 2023/24 in its second season in the Primeira Liga. This is due to the fact that the club does not have adequate infrastructure for the football spectacle.^[6]

UD Vilafranquense hosted games at this stadium in their debut season in the Segunda Liga in 2019/20, due to inadequate facilities at their own ground.^[7]

In 2012/13, it was home to Sporting CP B in its first season, before moving to Alcochete.^[8]

References

^ "Casa Pia X Sporting - AO MINUTO". Maisfutebol (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-09-03.
^ "Rio Maior Sport Clube é o novo clube de futebol do concelho". O MIRANTE | Rio Maior Sport Clube é o novo clube de futebol do concelho. (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-09-03.
^ iconO2. "Início Rio Maior Sports Centre - Complexo Desportivo, de Alto rendimento e de Preparação Olímpica de Rio Maior - Estádio, Piscinas, Pavilhão Gimnodesportivo e Multiusos". desmor.pt. Retrieved 2024-09-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ iconO2. "Seleções de futebol têm Centro de Treinos em Rio Maior Rio Maior Sports Centre - Complexo Desportivo, de Alto rendimento e de Preparação Olímpica de Rio Maior - Estádio, Piscinas, Pavilhão Gimnodesportivo e Multiusos". desmor.pt. Retrieved 2024-09-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Lusa (2024-06-19). "Rio Maior acolhe estágio da seleção nacional de futsal". Notícias do Sorraia (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-09-03.
^ Abola.pt (2023-10-30). "Casa Pia: Pina Manique talvez só em 2025 | Abola.pt". Abola.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-09-03.
^ "Vilafranquense não encontra alternativas ao Estádio Municipal de Rio Maior". O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-09-03.
^ "Sporting: equipa B vai jogar em Rio Maior". Maisfutebol (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-09-03.