Estádio Algarve

The stadium has a capacity of 30,305 and was purposely built for the UEFA Euro 2004 championship.

Since 2004, the Estádio Algarve has hosted several matches of the Portugal national football team.

The stadium hosted the inaugural Algarve Challenge Cup tournament on 22 and 24 July 2008 that saw Cardiff City, Celtic, Middlesbrough, and Vitória de Guimarães in action.

Cardiff City were the eventual winners of the tournament with victories over Celtic and Vitória.

The Estádio Algarve was also the temporary home ground of the Gibraltar national football team around the mid-2010s.

Sébastien Loeb driving his Citroën C4 WRC at the 2007 Rally de Portugal won by him. The rally included super special stages performed at the stadium .
On 1 September 2021, in a Portugal and Republic of Ireland match played at Algarve Stadium, Cristiano Ronaldo became all-time leading goalscorer in men's international football with 111 goals, after surpassing Iranian legend Ali Daei 's long-standing record of 109. On 9 October, in a 3–0 friendly win over Qatar at Algarve Stadium Cristiano Ronaldo made his 181st international appearance overtaking Sergio Ramos 's record for the most international caps received by a European player . [ 6 ] On the following match, played also at Algarve Stadium on October 12, Ronaldo became the first player ever to score 10 hat-tricks in men's international football . [ 7 ] The image shows Cristiano Ronaldo playing for Portugal in an Iran and Portugal match at the FIFA World Cup 2018.
Gibraltar and Republic of Ireland national football teams playing a match in Algarve Stadium, 2015.