Estádio da Várzea
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 Estádio da Várzea
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Avenida Cidade de Lisboa Praia on Santiago Island, Cape Verde |
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| Coordinates | 14°54′58″N 23°30′44″W / 14.9161°N 23.5121°W |
| Owner | Câmara Municipal da Praia |
| Operator | ARFSS (Santiago South Regional Football Association) |
| Capacity | 8,000 |
| Opened | 2006 |
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Académica da Praia ADESBA Benfica da Praia Boavista FC Desportivo da Praia Sporting Clube da Praia CD Travadores Vitória FC da Praia |
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Estádio da Várzea is a multi-purpose stadium in Praia, Cape Verde just west of the city center's plateau in the subdivision of Várzea and on Avenida Cidade de Lisboa on its east side. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 8,000 people. The stadium is owned by the city of Praia and is operated by the Santiago South Regional Football Association, one of two, the other is Calabaceira. The entrance is on the west side of the stadium where most of the seat is. The stadium has seat rows in the left and right sides, 200 meters east is the Plateau of Praia. Its size is 108 by 69 m, the longest part of the field goes north to south with a 15 degree angle facing east at the top. Its elevation is about 4 meters above sea level. A smaller practice field lies due south. The stadium is home to the four best football clubs in Cape Verde, Sporting, CD Travadores, Académica and Boavista FC the Santiago Island first division alongside Vitória FC, one of the region's best, it also home of Desportivo da Praia which is a military club and the lesser club Benfica Praia. Other teams that base in another part include ADESBA located in the nearby neighborhood of Craveiro Lopes some hundreds of meters north but play in the stadium.
The regional Premier Division matches are played in the afternoon and the early evening hours starting at 16:00 (2 PM). Four regional Second Division matches are played in the morning hours starting at 8:00 (8 AM), the other match are played at nearby Calabaceira further northwest.
Southwest of the stadium is a small training ground. The clubs mainly train at that part of the stadium, some like Sporting Praia, Travadores, Académca da Praia, Desportivo Praia, ADESBA and Celtic Praia train there. The size is 69 x 43 meters. It was built on a former concrete basketball court in 2004.
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