Estádio do Marítimo
Estádio do Marítimo (formerly and often still referred to as Estádio dos Barreiros) is a football stadium in Funchal, Portugal. It is the home stadium of Club Sport Marítimo and although much larger in its heyday, the stadium can now hold 10,932 spectators.
O Caldeirão (The Cauldron) | |
| Full name | Estádio do Marítimo |
|---|---|
| Former names | Campo dos Barreiros (1927–1957) Estádio dos Barreiros (1957–1969) Estádio do Professor Marcelo Caetano (1969–1970) Estádio dos Barreiros (1970–2013) |
| Location | Rua Dr. Pita 9000, Funchal Madeira, Portugal |
| Coordinates | 32°38′44.02″N 16°55′41.99″W |
| Owner | Club Sport Marítimo |
| Executive suites | 42 |
| Capacity | 10,932 |
| Field size | 105 m × 68 m (344 ft × 223 ft) |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 1925 |
| Opened | 5 May 1957 |
| Renovated | 20 July 2009 until 2 December 2016 |
| Construction cost | (1957) 12,000,000 escudos (2016) 35,000,000 euros |
| Architect | Couto Martins (1957) Pedro Araújo (2016) |
| Tenants | |
| Marítimo (1957–present) Nacional (1957–1998) União (1957–2008, 2011–2012) Portugal national football team (selected matches) | |
The old stadium itself was rather distinctive in design and shape. Built into a Funchal hillside, the stadium offered and still offers views of the bay, city, and the rising Madeiran mountains from its two "banana-shaped" stands that stretch the entire length of the field and curve around most of the running rack, but not entirely. The two stands were both all seated with the bancada nascente being totally uncovered and considerably smaller than the main bancada lateral. Because it was built into the ground, the top of the main stand, complete with its roof was actually only at street level, which required walking down several stairways to reach the stand from the main road. Since 2016 the stadium has stands on every side of the pitch totally covered.