Estádio D. Afonso Henriques

Location	Guimarães, Portugal
Built	1930
Opened	2004
Renovated	2003
Owner	Municipality of Guimarães
Surface	Grass
Architect	Eduardo Guimarães
Capacity	30,165
Tenants
Vitória Guimarães

Estádio D. Afonso Henriques is a stadium in Guimarães, Portugal and was expanded and refurbished for Euro 2004 in Portugal were the host nation. The stadium is home of Guimarães's team Vitória Guimarães of the Portuguese Liga. The stadium was built in 1930 and was renovated in 2003 for Euro 2004 by Eduardo Guimarães. Estádio D. Afonso Henriques has a capacity of 30,165.It is named after the first King of Portugal and Guimarães native D. Afonso Henriques. It was formerly known as Estádio Municipal de Guimarães. It replaced by Estádio D. Afonso Henriques. The stadium has been renovated on three occasions in 1930 when it was initially made, 1965 were it contained a capacity of 33,000 and in 2004 for Euro 2004. Estádio D. Afonso Henriques hosted two games at Euro 2004.

[edit] Games Held

The Estádio D. Afonso Henriques hosted two games at Euro 2004. The opening fixture of Group C was between Denmark and Italy in which the match ended 0-0. The last fixture of Group was played at Estádio D. Afonso Henriques between Bulgaria and Italy in which it ended 2-1 to Italy with goals from Martin Petrov for Bulgaria and goals from Simone Perrotta and Antonio Cassano for Italy. Although Antonio Cassano's late 94th minute strike won the game for Italy 2-1 in the other game between Denmark and Sweden it ended 2-2 with a late 89th minute strike from Mattias Jonson which made Italy crash out of the tournament on goal scored in third place behind Sweden in second place and Denmark in first place.

[edit] Miki Feher's Death

This new stadium witnessed the death of S.L. Benfica player Miklos Feher. This occured during a league match in between Guimaraes and Benfica on January 25, 2004. Late in the second have Feher received a yellow card shortly after coming on as a substitute. He then collapsed and went into cardiac arrest. Feher later died in hospital. Every time Benfica play in Guimaraes there is a remembrance ceremony at the location where Feher died.

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Coordinates: 41°26′45″N 8°18′04″W / 41.44583°N 8.30111°W / 41.44583; -8.30111