Estádio da Machava
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Main other The Estádio da Machava is a multi-purpose stadium in Machava, a mainly residential subdivision of the city of Matola, in the outskirts of Maputo, Mozambique. It is used for football matches and can hold 45,000 spectators.[1][2]
The stadium was built by the Portuguese colonial government of Mozambique and inaugurated as Estádio Salazar, named after the Portuguese dictator António de Oliveira Salazar, on 30 June 1968, with a match between Portugal and Brazil, which the latter, formally the visitors, won 2:0.[3]
It was in Machava that the Declaration of National Independence of Mozambique took place, on June 25, 1975.[4]
It is now owned by Clube Ferroviário de Maputo.
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External links
- Photos at cafe.daum.net/stade
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- StadiumDB images
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