Estádio Marcelo Leitão
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| Location | Espargos on Sal Island, Cape Verde |
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| Owner | Camara Municipal de Sal |
| Capacity | 8,000 |
| Opened | March 10, 2003 |
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| Académico do Aeroporto Académica do Sal Juventude Verdun | |
Estádio Marcelo Leitão is a multi-use stadium in Sal Island, Cape Verde. It is used mostly for football matches and now track and field and has a capacity of 8,000 people. It is named for Marcelo Leitão. It is the home stadium of Espargos teams and of Juventude and the ground is made of artificial grass, its area is 105 x 68 meters. A track and field was completed in April 5, 2010.[1] Its location is south of the road connecting the east of the city with the road encircling most of the city. The stadium also had recently constructed parking lots.
Its location is over 1 km east of the city center. Nearby areas includes the urban area to the north which continues to expand, the Espargos-Pedra de Lume road in the south and the University of Sal and the hill in the west.
Two finals were held in the stadium, the first was the second match of the 2003 Cape Verdean Football Championships where Acadèmico do Aeroporto do Sal won their only title after winning over FC Ultramarina 3-2, all goals were scored by Dixa. The most recent was the 2006 Cape Verdean Football Championships where Académico of Sal Airport lost to Sporting Clube da Praia 0-1 in its first match, in the following week, Académico of Sal Airport lost the championships and Sporting Praia won their fifth title.
Until around 2012 or 2014, clubs based in Santa Maria, SC Santa Maria and GD Palmeira from the south of the island played in the stadium, they currently play at Estádio Municipal de Santa Maria not far from the center.
References
- ^ "Sal: Marcelo Leitão vai receber pista de tartan". A Semana (in Portuguese). 5 April 2010. Retrieved 3 December 2014.