The Estádio das Antas was the third (and longest occupied) stadium of the Portuguese

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 side FC Porto. It was in use from 1952 to 2004, replacing the earlier Campo da Constituição

Campo da Constituição

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 and later replaced by Estádio do Dragão

Estádio do Dragão

The Estádio do Dragão is a football stadium located in Porto, Portugal, with an all-seated capacity of 50,399. Inaugurated on November 16, 2003, it is the current home ground of F.C. Porto, having replaced the club's old venue, the Estádio das Antas...

. As well the stadium, it had an indoor arena and three training grounds. The club's offices were also split between the inside of the stadium and the Torre das Antas, built in front of the stadium during the 90's. It was demolished in 2004.

Layout

The stadium was split with six different areas. The Poente and Maratona being the best seats, while the most financially accessible remained both Superior Norte, Superior Sul and Arquibancada. between the Norte and Poente were the seats for the away supporters.
Each stand was split into different sectors. While the Poente had 4, both Maratona and Arquibancada had 5, and both Superiores had 9, but two in Norte were reserved for away supporters. In games there wasn't expected much turnout from away fans, but high from Porto supporters, the away fan sector was often reduced to the half.
In the past there were other divisions, such as splitting the Superior stands between the original and the new terraces built after the 1986 capacity increase.

Milestones

• 28 May 1952 - Inaugurated with the presence of Portuguese President General Craveiro Lopes
• 1 September 1962 - Floodlights
• 1973 - all-purpose arena completed
• 30 April 1976 - Construction of Maratona stand, on the opposite of the main stand, and start of the Arquibancada.
• 16 December 1986 - capacity increased to 95'000 places (rebaixamento). Athletics track removed
• Summer 1997 - all-seater (capacity reduced to 48'297 seats)
• 24 January 2004 - final game. Ironically, though the succeeding Estádio do Dragão
  Estádio do Dragão
  The Estádio do Dragão is a football stadium located in Porto, Portugal, with an all-seated capacity of 50,399. Inaugurated on November 16, 2003, it is the current home ground of F.C. Porto, having replaced the club's old venue, the Estádio das Antas...
  
   had opened in November 2003, the replanting of the turf resulted in some games returning to Estádio das Antas.
• March 2004 - demolition began

Portugal national football team

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 first played in the stadium in 1952 and had its last game in 2003.

#	Date	Score	Opponent	Competition
1.	23 November 1952	1–1		Friendly Exhibition game An exhibition game is a sporting event in which there is no competitive value of any significant kind to any competitor regardless of the outcome of the competition...
2.	22 May 1955	3–1		Friendly
3.	28 June 1959	3–2		Euro 1960 First Round
4.	15 November 1964	2–1		Friendly
5.	24 June 1965	0–0		Friendly
6.	31 October 1965	0–0		World Cup 1966 qualification 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification A total of 74 teams entered the 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds, competing for a total of 16 spots in the final tournament. , as the hosts, and , as the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 14 spots open for competition....
7.	3 July 1966	1–0		Friendly
8.	12 November 1967	2–1		Euro 1968 qualifying
9.	4 May 1969	2–2		World Cup 1970 qualification 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification A total of 75 teams entered the 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds, competing for a total of 16 spots in the final tournament. Hosts and defending champions qualified automatically, leaving 14 spots open for competition....
10.	12 May 1971	5–0		Euro 1972 qualifying
11.	12 November 1975	1–1		Euro 1976 qualifying
12.	16 October 1976	0–2		World Cup 1978 qualification 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) Listed below are the dates and results for the 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the European zone . For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification....
13.	15 April 1981	1–1		Friendly
14.	20 June 1981	2–0		Friendly
15.	14 October 1984	2–1		World Cup 1986 qualification 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) Listed below are the dates and results for the 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the European zone . For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification....
16.	11 November 1987	0–0		Euro 1988 qualifying
17.	17 October 1990	1–0		Euro 1992 qualifying
18.	20 February 1991	5–0		Euro 1992 qualifying
19.	4 September 1991	1–1		Friendly
20.	11 September 1991	1–0		Euro 1992 qualifying
21.	24 February 1993	1–3		World Cup 1994 qualification 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) Listed below are the dates and results for the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the European zone . For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification....
22.	13 October 1993	1–0		World Cup 1994 qualification
23.	3 June 1995	3–2		Euro 1996 qualifying
24.	3 September 1995	1–1		Euro 1996 qualifying
25.	21 February 1996	1–2		Friendly
26.	9 November 1996	1–0		World Cup 1998 qualification 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) Listed below are the dates and results for the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the European zone .A total of 50 UEFA teams entered the competition. The European zone was allocated 15 places in the final tournament...
27.	7 June 1997	2–0		World Cup 1998 qualification
28.	10 October 1998	0–1		Euro 2000 qualifying
29.	28 March 2001	2–2		World Cup 2002 qualification 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) Listed below are the dates and results for the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the European zone . For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification....
30.	29 March 2003	2–1		Friendly