Estadio Marcelo Leitão
Estádio Marcelo Leitão from Monte Curral
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 Estádio Marcelo Leitão
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| Location | Espargos on Sal Island, Cape Verde |
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| Coordinates | 16°45′12″N 22°56′20″W / 16.7533°N 22.9388°W |
| Owner | Municipality of Sal |
| Operator | Sal Regional Football Association (ARFS) Sal Regional Athletics Association (ARAS) |
| Capacity | 8,000 |
| Opened | 1980s |
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Football clubs: Académico do Aeroporto Académica do Sal Juventude Verdun Gaviões Chã de Matias Jovens Unidos GDRC Pretória All clubs from other parts of Sal |
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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, one of the two main features on the island, the other is a square located in Santa Maria. The stadium is owned by the municipality of Sal and still does as the municipality has yet to split into two. The stadium are operated by the Sal Regional Football (Soccer) and Athletic associations. It is the home stadium of Espargos teams, Académico do Aeroporto and others based in a neighborhood Juventude and recently Chã de Matias, Gaviões, Jovens Unidos of Ribeira Funda (the three since 2014) and Pretória (since 2017), it is also home to the island's club Académica do Sal. The ground is made of artificial grass, its area is 105 x 68 meters. 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 (EN2-SL01) 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.
Despite that Estádio Municipal de Santa Maria expanded in around 2012 or 2014, clubs based in Santa Maria, SC Santa Maria and GD Palmeira continues to play at the stadium in Espargos in the middle of the island.
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