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The National Stadium of East Timor (Portuguese: Estádio Nacional de Timor-Leste, Tetum: Stadion Nasional Timor Lorosa'e), also known as the Municipal Stadium of Dili (Portuguese: Estádio Municipal de Díli, Tetum: Estadiu Munisipal Díli), is a multi-purpose stadium in Dili, East Timor.

• National Stadium of East Timor
• Municipal Stadium of Dili

Estádio Nacional de Timor-Leste Estádio Municipal de Díli  (Portuguese) Stadion Nasional Timor-Leste Estadiu Munisipal Díli  (Tetum)
Full name	National Stadium of East Timor (or Municipal Stadium of Dili)
Address	Avenida Xavier do Amaral [de] Dili, East Timor
Coordinates	8°33′29″S 125°34′50″E
Operator	Federação de Futebol de Timor-Leste
Capacity	5,000
Field size	105 × 68 m
Surface	Grass
Current use	Association football
Construction
Renovated	1980
Expanded	2011
Tenants
Timor Leste national football team

The stadium has a capacity of 5,000 and is used mostly for association football matches.

History

In 1999-2000, during the 1999 East Timorese crisis and its aftermath, the stadium was used as a makeshift refugee camp and emergency relief distribution point.[1][2][3]

On 21 December 1999, the stadium hosted the Tour of Duty – Concert for the Troops, featuring Kylie Minogue and John Farnham, for the Australian troops serving with the International Force for East Timor (INTERFET).[4][5][6]

Since 2004, the stadium has been home to the finals of the Super Liga Timorense, the Taça Digicel, and, more recently, the Taça 12 de Novembro and the Liga Futebol Amadora / Timor-Leste.

In 2005, world-renowned soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo visited Dili stadium and had a picture with the President, Xanana Gusmão.[7][8][9][10]

In 2006, the stadium once again housed a refugee camp, for over 1,000 displaced people.[11]

A tournament held between East Timorese national teams, a UN Police team and Australian and New Zealand combined teams was held in May 2007.^{[citation needed]}

On 12 March 2015, the stadium hosted the first international home match of the Timor-Leste national football team in the first round 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification against Mongolia with Timor winning 4–1.[12][13]

On 20 September 2019, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the formation of INTERFET task force, friendly football matches were played at the stadium between teams of Falintil and Interfet veterans, and between the Timor-Leste national team and an Australian Defence Force team.[14]

Facilities

The stadium has a capacity of 5,000 people.[15] During the 2010s, it was renovated in two separate projects, commenced in 2011 and 2016, respectively. The 2011 renovations were inaugurated in April 2012 by the then Prime Minister of East Timor, Xanana Gusmão.[16]

The 2016 renovations were valued at US$1.64 million, and included the renovation of the grandstand, construction of bathrooms, electricity rooms, and lighting poles, and adding seats to the grandstand. As of mid-2019, those renovations had not yet been completed.[17] In February 2021, the Board of Directors of the Infrastructure Fund (Portuguese: Conselho da Administração do Fundo das Infraestruturas (CAFI)) approved an additional budget of more than US$300,000 to complete the renovations.[18]

The stadium has an athletics track,[13] which has been used for training for the Summer Olympic Games.[19] There are two grandstands on the Eastern and Western sides of the field.[13] The main grandstand has a roof.[20][21]

Due to problems with the stadium's infrastructure, the national football team must sometimes play its home games in other countries.[22]

Major matches

References

External links

Media related to National Stadium of East Timor at Wikimedia Commons

На других языках

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[de] Nationalstadion von Osttimor

Das Nationalstadion von Osttimor (portugiesisch Estádio Nacional de Timor-Leste, auch: Estádio Municipal de Dili) ist ein Mehrzweckstadion in Osttimors Landeshauptstadt Dili. Es befindet sich an der Avenida Xavier do Amaral (ehemals Avenida Bispo Medeiros) im Stadtteil Audian (Suco Santa Cruz, Verwaltungsamt Nain Feto) und gehört der Federação Futebol Timor-Leste.

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- [en] National Stadium (East Timor)

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[fr] Stade national du Timor oriental

Le Stade national du Timor oriental (en portugais : Estádio Nacional de Timor-Leste), est un stade de football timorais basé à Audian, quartier de la ville de Dili, la capitale du pays.

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[ru] Национальный стадион (Восточный Тимор)

Национальный стадион Восточного Тимора (порт. Estadio Nacional de Timor-Leste) — спортивное многофункциональное сооружение в Восточном Тиморе, располагающееся в столице страны, Дили. Стадион вмещает 13 000 зрителей[1]. Используется в основном для проведения футбольных матчей. На стадионе проходят матчи футбольного чемпионата супер-лиги Восточного Тимора и финал Taca Digicel. Владельцем стадиона является управляющая организация восточно-тиморского футбола, Федерация футбола Восточного Тимора (ФФВТ).

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