{"id":667,"date":"2011-12-05T15:52:30","date_gmt":"2011-12-05T15:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stadiumguide.nl\/?p=667"},"modified":"2017-05-30T19:45:47","modified_gmt":"2017-05-30T19:45:47","slug":"municipaldebraga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stadiumguide.com\/municipaldebraga\/","title":{"rendered":"Est\u00e1dio Municipal de Braga"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Estadio<\/p>\n

Key facts<\/h3>\n

Club: SC Braga | Opening: 2003 | Capacity: 30,154 seats<\/p>\n

History and description<\/h3>\n

Est\u00e1dio Municipal de Braga, since 2007 unofficially renamed Est\u00e1dio AXA, was built to serve as a playing venue for the Euro 2004<\/a> Championships.<\/p>\n

Estadio Municipal de Braga officially opened on 30 December 2003 with a friendly match between Braga and Celta de Vigo.<\/p>\n

The stadium hosted two first round group matches during the Euro 2004 tournament.<\/p>\n

Est\u00e1dio Municipal de Braga\u00a0was designed by Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto de Moura and has received many plaudits for its daring design. It has been\u00a0carved out of a rock at the site of a former quarry and only consists of two lateral stands, which are connected to each other by a number of steel strings.<\/p>\n

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