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    Estádio da Luz (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɨˈʃtaðiu ðɐ ˈluʃ], Stadium of Light), officially named Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, was a multi-purpose...
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    three goals and was on the play of the remaining three in a 6–3 win at the Estádio José Alvalade; this result proved to be decisive for the club's clinching...
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    award for 2007. Costa played his final match on 11 May 2008 at the Estádio da Luz against Vitória de Setúbal. He was substituted in the 86th minute to...
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    António; Pereira, Mário. Nuno Gomes, o menino querido da luz [Nuno Gomes, the apple of Estádio da Luz's eye] (First ed.). Cofina Media Books. ISBN 978-972-8996-98-7...
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  • overall totals of 577 games and 361 goals, he became a youth coach at the Estádio da Luz. Nené earned 66 caps for Portugal, ranking joint-ninth (with Simão Sabrosa)...
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    spell from the penalty spot on his debut on 21 January in a 4–0 win at the Estádio das Antas in the last 16 of the national cup, eventually losing the final...
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  • Manuel Fernandes (footballer, born 1951) (category C.F. Estrela da Amadora managers)
    player and manager. In December 2020, Sporting dedicated Gate 7 of the Estádio José Alvalade to him. In May 2024, Sporting chairman Frederico Varandas...
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  • Jorge Cadete (category C.F. Estrela da Amadora players)
    managed one Serie A goal during his stint, returning subsequently to the Estádio José Alvalade and featuring in the first leg of the Supertaça Cândido de...
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    juče u Budimpešti promovisan u novog selektora reprezentacije Mađarske – Da li je Efenberg bio u pravu?" (in Serbian). Glas javnosti. 15 December 2003...
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  • was abandoned for over 3 years. It was closed in 1954 when the original Estádio da Luz opened. "Estádio do Campo Grande". slbenfica.pt (in Portuguese)....
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    quer hoje nada com o futebol, mas está no lote dos cinco maiores avançados da história do futebol português" [He started out as Eusébio's thought-of successor...
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    2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018. "António Folha rende Rui Barros no comando da equipa B do F. C. Porto" [António Folha takes over from Rui Barros at the...
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  • Balatonring 140,000 Sávoly, Hungary Motor racing (opening in TBD) 7 Estádio da Luz (1954) 135,000 Lisbon, Portugal Football 8 Wembley Stadium (1923) 127,000...
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    "Contratava Jorge Mendes"" [Humberto Coelho: "I would sign Jorge Mendes"]. Correio da Manhã (in Portuguese). 25 April 2010. Retrieved 12 December 2018. "Coelho...
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    League final. A FC Porto trainee since he was 13, Domingos was born in Leça da Palmeira, Matosinhos, and proved to be an above-average scorer despite being...
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  • Abel Xavier (category C.F. Estrela da Amadora players)
    Abel Luís da Silva Costa Xavier (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐˈβɛl ʃɐviˈɛɾ]; born 30 November 1972) is a Portuguese football manager and former professional...
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    Oceano Andrade da Cruz (born 29 July 1962), known simply as Oceano, is a Portuguese former professional footballer, currently a manager. A defensive midfielder...
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  • Rui Águas (footballer) (category C.F. Estrela da Amadora players)
    Already 34, he moved clubs but stayed in Lisbon, joining lowly C.F. Estrela da Amadora. His career ended after an abroad spell which was his first and only...
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    24 February 1993 Estádio das Antas, Porto, Portugal  Italy 1–2 1–3 1994 World Cup qualification 2 18 December 1994 Estádio da Luz (1954), Lisbon, Portugal...
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  • Since 2003, their home ground has been the Estádio da Luz, which replaced the larger, original one, built in 1954. Benfica is the most supported Portuguese...
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  • 2015-08-15 at archive.today. Record. 31 March 2007. ""O Artur Quaresma não é da minha família, mas é irmão de todos nós"" ["Artur Quaresma is not a member...
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    between Barcelona and Bayern Munich was played on 14 August 2020 at the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, Portugal. Bayern, who later went on to win the competition...
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  • úti Stadium. On 24 October 1973, Újpest drew with Benfica at the Estádio da Luz (1954) in Lisbon, Portugal. The only Portuguese goalscorer was Eusébio...
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  • promotion. After three years, which also brought a runner-up place in the Taça da Liga, Alves replaced former national teammate Abel Xavier at the helm of S...
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    qualification for the tournament. List of FIFA World Cup hat-tricks "Eusébio Ferreira da Silva – Goals in International Matches". RSSSF. "Pauleta beats Eusebio's Portugal...
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  • professionalisation of the football team in 1954 with the signing of coach Otto Glória, and the construction of the original Estádio da Luz and the Centro de Estágio (Training...
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    2006. On 12 October 2005, he scored twice in a 3–0 win over Latvia at the Estádio do Dragão in Porto in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification phase. This...
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    the 2019–20 National Championship. Benfica beat Sporting 3–0 at the Estádio da Luz, and the overall attendance record for a women's match in Portugal was...
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  • Maia 27 June - Taça de Portugal Final 1 December - Opening of the Estádio da Luz, in Lisbon Star World Championships, in Cascais Opening of the Pavilhão...
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  • Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria  Austria 1–2 1–2 Euro 1980 qualifying 2 29 November 1978 Estádio da Luz (1954), Portugal  Scotland 1–0 1–0 Euro 1980 qualifying...
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