Estádio Municipal de Braga
| A Pedreira | |
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| Full name | Estádio Municipal de Braga |
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| Location |
 , Braga, Real, Dume e Semelhe
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| Coordinates | 41°33′45.1″N 8°25′47.6″W / 41.562528°N 8.429889°W |
| Owner | Câmara Municipal de Braga |
| Capacity | 30,286 |
| Field size | 105 m × 68 m (344 ft × 223 ft) |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Built | 2003 |
| Opened | December 30, 2003 |
| Construction cost | €83.1 million |
| Architect | Eduardo Souto de Moura |
| Structural engineer | AFA Associates |
| General contractor | ACE |
| Main contractors | Tensoteci, Soares da Costa, ASSOC, ACE, DMI, Rodrigues Gomes & Associados, AFA Associados, Cêgê, Gerisco, RWDI |
| Tenants | |
| Sporting Clube de Braga | |
The Municipal Stadium of Braga (Portuguese: Estádio Municipal de Braga) is a Portuguese football stadium in civil parish of Real, Dume e Semelhe in the municipality of Braga, in the district of the same name. Also known as A Pedreira (The Quarry), since it was carved from the face of Monte do Castro, it was built in 2003 as the home pitch for the Sporting Clube de Braga and a venue for the 2004 UEFA European championships.
The project to build a stadium was developed in 2000 by architect Eduardo Souto Moura. On 5 June, the program to build the new municipal stadium, promoted by the municipal council of Braga, for the European championships in 2004.
Between 2002 and 2003 the municipal stadium was built. The enormous rock moving process contributed heavily to the final €83.1 million cost, the fourth most expensive of the ten new stadia built for Euro 2004, after Estádio da Luz (capacity: 65,647) and Estádio José Alvalade (capacity: 50,049), both in Lisbon, and Estádio do Dragão (capacity: 50,399) in Porto. A football game between Sporting of Braga and Celta Vigo inaugurated the opening of the stadium on 30 December 2003.
The stadium became an UEFA-approved to host for the UEFA Europa League final, as well as participate in the elite competition for Europe's top clubs, the UEFA Champions League. During the UEFA European Championship it was the centre of various matches including: the 13th game, between Group C teams Bulgaria and Denmark (18 June 2004) and the 23rd match between Group D teams Netherlands and Latvia (22 June 2004). This match marked the last event during the UEFA championship in 2004, even as in October of the same year, the public work along the Avenida do Estádio was concluded.
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