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Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa is a football
Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
 stadium
Stadium

A modern stadium is a place, or venue, for outdoor sports, concerts or other events, consisting of a field or stage partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event....
 in Leiria
Leiria

Leiria is a city and a municipalities of Portugal in the Centro region, Portugal. It is the capital of the District of Leiria. The city proper has 50,200 inhabitants and the entire municipality has nearly 120,000....
, Portugal
Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
, built as a venue for the Euro 2004 finals and as a new home for the city's main football club, U.D. Leiria. It was designed by Tomás Taveira
Tomás Taveira

Tom?s Taveira is a Portugal architect. He is among Portugal's most highly-acclaimed architects born in the 20th century. He owns a post-graduation from MIT ....
.

It also hosted the Portuguese Supercup
SuperCup Cândido de Oliveira

The SuperCup C?ndido de Oliveira , also known as Portuguese SuperCup, is a association football trophy contested in an annual match between the champions of the Portuguese Liga and the winners of the Cup of Portugal....
 of 2006 in a game where FC Porto won against Vitória Setúbal
Vitória FC

Vit?ria Futebol Clube is a Portugal sports club from Set?bal. Popularly known as Vit?ria de Set?bal...
.

During the Euro 2004 finals, the stadium hosted Croatia
Croatia national football team

The Croatia national football team represents the Republic of Croatia in international Association football . The team is controlled by the Croatian Football Federation, the governing body for football in the country, and has been managed since 2006 by Slaven Bilic....
's matches against Switzerland
Switzerland national football team

The Swiss national football team is the national football team of Switzerland and is controlled by the Swiss Football Association.Its best performances in the Football World Cup have been reaching the quarter-finals three times, in Football World Cup 1934, Football World Cup 1938 and when the country hosted the event in Football World Cup...
 and France
France national football team

The France national football team represents the nation of France in international football . It is fielded by the French Football Federation and competes as a member of UEFA....
 in the Group B.









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Estadio De Leiria
Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa is a football
Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
 stadium
Stadium

A modern stadium is a place, or venue, for outdoor sports, concerts or other events, consisting of a field or stage partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event....
 in Leiria
Leiria

Leiria is a city and a municipalities of Portugal in the Centro region, Portugal. It is the capital of the District of Leiria. The city proper has 50,200 inhabitants and the entire municipality has nearly 120,000....
, Portugal
Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
, built as a venue for the Euro 2004 finals and as a new home for the city's main football club, U.D. Leiria. It was designed by Tomás Taveira
Tomás Taveira

Tom?s Taveira is a Portugal architect. He is among Portugal's most highly-acclaimed architects born in the 20th century. He owns a post-graduation from MIT ....
.

It also hosted the Portuguese Supercup
SuperCup Cândido de Oliveira

The SuperCup C?ndido de Oliveira , also known as Portuguese SuperCup, is a association football trophy contested in an annual match between the champions of the Portuguese Liga and the winners of the Cup of Portugal....
 of 2006 in a game where FC Porto won against Vitória Setúbal
Vitória FC

Vit?ria Futebol Clube is a Portugal sports club from Set?bal. Popularly known as Vit?ria de Set?bal...
.

During the Euro 2004 finals, the stadium hosted Croatia
Croatia national football team

The Croatia national football team represents the Republic of Croatia in international Association football . The team is controlled by the Croatian Football Federation, the governing body for football in the country, and has been managed since 2006 by Slaven Bilic....
's matches against Switzerland
Switzerland national football team

The Swiss national football team is the national football team of Switzerland and is controlled by the Swiss Football Association.Its best performances in the Football World Cup have been reaching the quarter-finals three times, in Football World Cup 1934, Football World Cup 1938 and when the country hosted the event in Football World Cup...
 and France
France national football team

The France national football team represents the nation of France in international football . It is fielded by the French Football Federation and competes as a member of UEFA....
 in the Group B.