The Estádio Nacional (), also known as Estádio do Jamor, Estádio Nacional do Jamor or Estádio de Honra (English: Stadium of Honour), is a multi-purpose stadium located within the Centro Desportivo Nacional do Jamor (). Located in the municipality of Oeiras some 12 kilometres from the centre of the national capital Lisbon, the stadium has a capacity of 37,593 spectators.
The spiritual home of Portuguese football, it has hosted the Taça de Portugal final since 1946 and the women's cup final since 2010 almost uninterrupted as well as the national team in over 50 occasions, primarily between 1945 and 1987 with sporadic matches in five other occasions since, most recently in 2026. Domestically, the venue has also been used by clubs in the absence of another ground, namely by Benfica in 2002-03, B-SAD from 2018 to 2022 and Casa Pia A.C. in 2022–23, both as a temporary home ground in the Primeira Liga.
Internationally, the stadium hosted the first ever UEFA club game on 4 September 1955 in a 3-3 tie between Primeira Divisão's third-placed team, Sporting CP, and the Yugoslav champions, Serbian side Partizan. It had previously been the stage for the 1953 Latin Cup won by French side Stade de Reims and later on repeated the duty for the 1967 European Cup Final in a match between Celtic against Inter Milan, earning the winning side the moniker of "Lisbon Lions". Aside from sports, it is occasionally used for concerts, in part due to its bowl shape.
History In 1933, the decision was made to construct the national stadium alongside the Jamor valley. The original design was authored by Francisco Caldeira Cabral and Konrad WeisnerDo Estádio Nacional ao Jardim Gulbenkian, Francisco Caldeira Cabral e a Primeira Geração de Arquitectos Paisagistas, de Teresa Andresen and Jacobetty Rosa, with works beginning in 1939.
It was inaugurated on 10 June 1944 (Portugal Day) by the Council president António Oliveira Salazar.
Work was complete in the Quinta da Graça (in 1953), to install the Comissão Administrativa do Estádio Nacional (National Stadium Administrative Commission).
In 1961, construction on the hippodrome began, in addition to the first phase of work on the shooting range, by the Serviços de Construção e de Conservação (Construction and Conservation Services).
The Plano de Ordenamento do Complexo Desportivo da Jamor (Jamor Sports Complex Development Plan) was issued in July 1982, ordered by the DGEMN (Direção-Geral de Edifícios e Monumentos Nacionais, in English, the Directorate-General for Buildings and National Monuments), authored by the architects Vasco Croft (coordinator), Nuno Bártolo and Joaquim Cadima, and by the landscape firm Professor Caldeira Cabral, Associados, Estudos e Projectos, Ld. (under the direction of landscape architects Francisco Caldeira Cabral and agronomist engineer João Caldeira Cabral. During this phase, diagnostic studies were performed to reformulate and re-evaluate the strategic importance of the complex.
In May 1985, the study Estabelecimento de zona de protecção (to establish a protection zone) was ordered by the DGEMN, by architects Vasco Croft and Nuno Bártolo, to limit the sports complex zone, providing a buffer for military access, a non ædificandi zone and urban growth, in addition to expansion for green spaces and support areas for nautical sports.
In 1993, a project to construct a sporting pavilion in Jamor was issued.
In September 2012, the Portuguese Football Federation announced that the stadium would undergo renovation in which work would begin in 2014.
It was announced by the Rugby governing body ERC on 2 September that the Portuguese team would hold their home games at the Estádio Nacional. However, all their home games were played at the Portuguese national rugby teams home stadium of Estádio Universitário de Lisboa.
On 6 February 2015, a tender was issued to cover the western edge of the audience seating for the rugby field.
Architecture Architecturally the stadium is noteworthy for its open east side, unusual for a stadium otherwise featuring a typical oval configuration. Its current capacity is 37,593 and it is the venue for the Portuguese football cup final.
Sport Football See also: Taça de Portugal finals, Taça de Portugal Feminina finals
Since 1946, the stadium has traditionally hosted the final of the Portuguese Cup final; only on seven occasions has this game been played in other venues and in total, 52 Cup finals have been played on the grounds and since the 2010 so has the women's final. Cup finals at the national stadium feature a festival-like atmosphere on matchday, commonly referred to as Jamor's Party or the Cup's Party (Festa do Jamor, Festa da Taça), exhibiting family gatherings and picnics and more recently even organized events. Despite this positive attitude toward the ground, Portuguese football fans have also criticized the historic stadium due to a lack of amenities - following Euro 2004, there was a movement to move the event to one of the grounds built for the Euro football championships.
In recent years, other domestic matches have been held at the ground - after the national pyramid was restructured in 2021-22, the first two editions of the new third-tier Liga 3 featured a championship final, played at Jamor (won by Torreense and União de Leiria, respectively). The now fourth-division Campeonato de Portugal also holds its final at the venue since 2017-18, with the exception of the 2019-20 (abandoned) and 2020-21 (Coimbra) editions.
Jamor has, particularly, early on in its history, held international matches. One early example played here occurred on 3 May 1949, when Benfica won a testimonial to their captain Francisco Ferreira against Torino by 4-3 which turned out to be the last one played by the Grande Torino due to the Superga air disaster the following day. In 1953 it held a semi-final and the finals of the Latin Cup and in 1955 the inaugural European Cup match. The most prestigious international game ever staged at the Estádio Nacional, however, was the 1967 European Cup Final, played between Celtic and Internazionale with the former winning 2-1 and thus becoming the first British, Northern Europe or non-Latin team to win the European Cup/Champions League. They became known and celebrated as the Lisbon Lions and the stadium has since become a stop in Celtic fans travels to Lisbon.
In addition to hosting the Portugal national team since 1945, the site has held 50 international events for Portugal.
Match Date Score Opponent Competition 1. 11 March 1945 2–2 Friendly 2. 14 April 1946 2–1 Friendly 3. 16 June 1946 3–1 Friendly 4. 5 January 1947 2–2 Friendly 5. 26 January 1947 4–1 Friendly 6. 25 May 1947 0–10 Friendly 7. 23 November 1947 2–4 Friendly 8. 23 May 1948 2–0 Friendly 9. 20 March 1949 1–1 Friendly 10. 15 May 1949 3–2 Friendly 11. 9 April 1950 2–2 World Cup 1950 qualification 12. 14 May 1950 3–5 Friendly 13. 21 May 1950 2–2 Friendly 14. 8 April 1951 1–4 Friendly 15. 17 June 1951 1–1 Friendly 16. 14 December 1952 1–3 Friendly 17. 22 November 1953 3–1 Friendly 18. 29 November 1953 0–0 World Cup 1954 qualification 19. 28 November 1954 1–3 Friendly 20. 19 December 1954 0–3 Friendly 21. 20 November 1955 2–6 Friendly 22. 25 March 1956 3–1 Friendly 23. 8 April 1956 0–1 Friendly 24. 3 June 1956 3–1 Friendly 25. 9 June 1956 2–2 Friendly 26. 26 May 1957 3–0 World Cup 1958 qualification 27. 8 May 1960 2–1 Euro 1960 Quarter-finals 28. 19 March 1961 6–0 World Cup 1962 qualification 29. 21 May 1961 1–1 World Cup 1962 qualification 30. 4 June 1961 0–2 Friendly 31. 21 April 1963 1–0 Friendly 32. 17 May 1964 3–4 Friendly 33. 24 January 1965 5–1 World Cup 1966 qualification 34. 13 June 1965 2–1 World Cup 1966 qualification 35. 12 June 1966 4–0 Friendly 36. 26 June 1966 3–0 Friendly 37. 13 November 1966 1–2 Euro 1968 qualifying 38. 17 December 1967 0–0 Euro 1968 qualifying 39. 27 October 1968 3–0 World Cup 1970 qualification 40. 6 April 1969 0–0 Friendly 41. 10 May 1970 1–2 Friendly 42. 1 November 1979 3–1 Euro 1980 qualifying 43. 2 June 1984 2–3 Friendly 44. 24 February 1985 1–2 World Cup 1986 qualification 45. 12 October 1986 1–1 Euro 1988 qualifying 46. 14 February 1987 0–1 Euro 1988 qualifying 47. 18 August 1999 4–0 Friendly 48. 10 June 2003 4–0 Friendly 49. 31 May 2014 0–0 Friendly 50. 8 June 2024 1–2 Friendly 51. 6 June 2026 2–1 Friendly
Rugby The Rugby governing body ERC announced on 2 September 2014 that the Portuguese club Lusitanos XV would hold their home games of the 2013-14 Amlin Challenge Cup at National Stadium. However, all their home games of the 2013-14 Amlin Challenge Cup were played at the Portuguese national rugby teams home stadium of Estádio Universitário de Lisboa.
Since 2017, the Portuguese national rugby team has played selected matches at the Estádio Nacional. Several other matches were played at the rugby fields directly east of the ground (Campo de Treino de Râguebi/Rugby, registered in match reports as CAR Jamor) particularly in 2021 and 2022, including matches from those editions of the Rugby Europe Championship and the inaugural Rugby Europe Super Cup final, in which Lusitanos XV lost to the georgian development team, Black Lion.
Match Date Score Opponent Competition 1. 18 February 2017 35-10 2016-17 Rugby Europe Trophy 2. 11 March 2017 59-0 2016-17 Rugby Europe Trophy 3. 18 November 2017 45-12 2017-18 Rugby Europe Trophy/2019 Rugby World Cup Qualifiers - Europe, R4 Final 4. 4 February 2023 54-17 2023 Rugby Europe Championship Pool B 5. 10 February 2024 54-7 2024 Rugby Europe Championship Pool B 6. 1 March 2025 31-42 2025 Rugby Europe Championship SF 7. 16 March 2025 7-21 2025 Rugby Europe Championship 3rd Place Play-off 8. 12 July 2025 7-106 Test match (Friendly) 9. 8 November 2025 8-26 Test match (Friendly) 10. 15 November 2025 58-12 Test match (Friendly) 11. 22 February 2026 44-7 2024 Rugby Europe Championship Pool B
Concerts and Events There have been notable concerts at the stadium, including The Police on 25 September 2007, as part of their The Police Reunion Tour and the Black Eyed Peas on 30 May 2010, during their The E.N.D. World Tour. Iron Maiden played a post-pandemic show at the stadium on 31 July 2022, on the final date of their Legacy of the Beast Tour.
Over the last few decades, Jamor has occasionally also been host to concerts and other cultural events, using it's natural bowl shape and environs to its advantage. In 1999, organisers Tournée held a three-day hard rock festival called at the stadium called T-99. Despite having several large names for the time and genre, it wasn't a commercial success and so plans for a return the following year, a "T-2000", were effectively shelved. During the 2000s The Police also gave a concert at the venue and the Black Eyed Peas gave a concert in 2010, supported the Portuguese Football Federation among others, celebrating the national team's departure to South Africa for the upcoming 2010 FIFA World Cup for which the band's hit "I Gotta Feeling" had become the squad's unofficial song for the tournament. Alongside the hip-hop lineup, due to the national nature of the concert's purpose, fado singer Ana Moura sang the national anthem before the main event.