Estádio José Alvalade/import

Estádio José Alvalade is a football stadium in Lisbon, Portugal, home of Sporting Clube de Portugal, one of the country's biggest clubs. Having replaced the former Estádio José Alvalade (1956), it is the center of a complex called Alvalade XXI
 (which includes a mall called Alvaláxia with a 12-screen movie theater,
 a health club, the club's museum, a sports pavilion, a clinic, and an 
office building), designed by Portuguese architect Tomás Taveira. It was classified by UEFA
 as a 5-star stadium, enabling it to host finals of major UEFA events. 
This stadium – originally projected to hold only 40,000 spectators at 
any given time – has a capacity of 50,095[1]
 and was acoustically engineered as a venue for major concerts. The 
stadium has also a total of 1,315 underground parking spaces, including 
30 for disabled spectators. Its official opening was on 6 August 2003 
when Sporting played and beat Manchester United 3–1. It also hosted the 2005 UEFA Cup Final between Sporting and CSKA Moscow,
 which CSKA Moscow won 3–1. On the exterior, the stadium features 
multi-coloured tiles. Seats are also arranged in a random-looking colour
 mix.
The stadium hosted five matches of UEFA Euro 2004, one of them being the semi-final between Portugal and the Netherlands, which Portugal won 2–1. This match won the title of Best Organized in the whole competition.[citation needed]
The complex, officially known as Alvalade XXI, cost a total of
 €162 million, with the stadium accounting with almost €121 million and 
was built adjacent to the site of the now demolished Estádio José Alvalade (1956).
After years of coping with a poor playing surface, the Sporting board
 initially decided to install synthetic turf for the 2011-12 season, but
 this decision was later abandoned for the use of artificial lighting by
 Stadium Grow Lighting.
== Contents ==
* 1 First match
* 2 Internationals hosted
* 3 2005 UEFA Cup Final
* 4 Seating distribution
* 5 Transport
* 6 References
* 7 External links
== First match ==
Team #1 		Score		Team #2 	Date
Sporting CP		3 – 1		Manchester United	06/08/2003
== Internationals hosted ==
Team #1 		 		Team #2 	Date 	Attendance	Competition 	Notes
Sweden 		5 – 0		Bulgaria 	14/06/2004	31,652 	UEFA Euro 2004 	Group Stage
Spain 		0 – 1		Portugal 	20/06/2004	47,491 	UEFA Euro 2004 	Group Stage
Germany 		1 – 2		Czech Republic	23/06/2004	46,849 	UEFA Euro 2004 	Group Stage
France 		0 – 1		Greece 	25/06/2004	45,390 	UEFA Euro 2004 	Quarter-Finals
Portugal		2 – 1		Netherlands 	30/06/2004	49,679 	UEFA Euro 2004 	Semi-finals
Portugal		7 – 1		Russia 	13/10/2004	44,258 	2006 World Cup qualification	Russia's biggest ever defeat
Portugal		4 – 0		Belgium 	24/03/2007	48,009 	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying 	First ever competitive win over Belgium
Portugal		1 – 1		Serbia 	12/09/2007	47,000 	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying 	
Portugal		2 – 3		Denmark 	10/09/2008	43,000 	2010 World Cup qualification	First ever competitive loss against Denmark
Portugal		1 - 1		Israel 	11/10/2013	48,317 	2014 World Cup qualification	
== 2005 UEFA Cup Final ==
Team #1 		Score		Team #2 	Date 	Attendance
Sporting CP		1 – 3		CSKA Moscow	18/05/2005	48,500
== Seating distribution ==
* Disabled Seats – 50
* Skybox Seats – 1,542
* VIP and Business Seats – 1,968
* Tribune Seats – 100
* Public Seats (Level A) – 24,261
* Public Seats (Level B) – 21,970
* Press Seats – 204
== Transport ==
The Stadium is served by the Campo Grande station[2] of the Lisbon Metro and a bus terminal served by several companies. The Segunda Circular,
 a major ring road of Lisbon, runs close by and the stadium can be 
reached via the exit Estádio de Alvalade. There are several car parks 
around the stadium.