It is a certified stadium by FIFA for international competition as well as friendly matches[1] It also has the island's only athletic field where it is slightly narrow and dirt.

Its location is at 12 de Setembro which is used as the main road connecting the northeast of the island and in the eastcenter part of the city just east of the city center (also Morada), rarely in the subdivision of Fontinha (formerly Fonte Francés), the stadium is inside the subdivision of Ribeira Bote as a stream is located whose overflows are flowed underneath as the stream remains to be mostly dry, but drier than the flows before the field and the stadium were built.

The final matches between the winners of the islands of Santiago and São Vicente before independence in 1975 took place at Estádio Fontinha, one of them was in 1972, they were held each year with the exceptions of 1955, 1957 to 1959 and in 1970.

Also in the final years of colonial rule, one of two matches of two Portuguese Cups were played at the field, first, the 1965-66 season where Mindelense lost to CS Marítimo of the Madeira Islands which was played on 9 March[3][4] and a single 6th round match around April in 1970-71 season where Mindelense lost to Sporting Lisbon 0-21.

On September 10, 2008, the US Navy soccer team of the European Region played a match with the Cape Verdean military team as part of the 11 day sports diplomacy tour which improved understanding and developed goodwill through sports, music and community relations in Cape Verde, Cameroon, and Gabon.

The island Super Cup competition took place in the stadium with Batuque defeating Derby on January 13, 2015, this was the first match after renovation.

The stadium can be viewed from the hills and the mountains to the north of Mindelo and northeast as well as the areas west of Monte Verde.