Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa
Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa is a stadium in Leiria, Portugal that opened in 2003. Its recorded capacity is 23,888.
Key facts
Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa is a stadium in Leiria, Portugal that opened in 2003. Its recorded capacity is 23,888. It is owned by Leiria. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are Portugal men's national football team, U.D. Leiria, UEFA Euro 2004, 2018 European Throwing Cup.
- Location
- Leiria, Portugal
- Type
- Stadium
- Capacity
- 23,888
- Opened
- 2003
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- Leiria
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
- Playing surface
- Natural grass
Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa is at latitude 39.748611, longitude -8.813056, in Leiria, Portugal. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.
Data table for this chart
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Latitude | 39.748611 |
| Longitude | -8.813056 |
| City | Leiria |
| Region | Leiria |
| Country | Portugal |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Technology
| Feature | Recorded as | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface | Natural grass | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
See the venue technology guides for how these work.
Naming rights
Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa has carried 1 recorded name. Estádio Municipal de Leiria (no sponsor) ran Present.
Data table for this chart
| Name | Sponsor | Period | Deal value | Term | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estádio Municipal de Leiria | None | Present | Not published | Not published | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Leiria | 1958 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal men's national football team | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| U.D. Leiria | Not mapped | 1958 to present | Current | Source |
| UEFA Euro 2004 | Not mapped | 1958 to present | Current | Source |
| 2018 European Throwing Cup | Not mapped | 1958 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
20 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.
| Date | Table | Field | From | To | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 October 2026 | venue_features | (created) | not set | 1844 | 2026-10 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_names | source_date | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09-28 | 2026-09 |
| 24 September 2026 | org_aliases | (deleted) | União de Leiria | not set | 2026-09 |
| 24 September 2026 | org_aliases | (deleted) | Municipality of Leiria | not set | 2026-09 |
| 24 September 2026 | venue_roles | (deleted) | 34130 | not set | 2026-09 |
| 24 September 2026 | venue_roles | (deleted) | 34129 | not set | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 34130 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 34129 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | org_aliases | (created) | not set | 2397 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | org_aliases | (created) | not set | 2396 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_names | source_date | 2026-09-20 | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | opened_year | 1958 | 2003 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372150085 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Estádio_Dr._Magalhães_Pessoa | Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | Estádio Municipal de Leiria | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 20446 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 9905 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 9904 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 9903 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 9902 | 2026-09 |
Sources and licenses
Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The site as a whole is built from these sources:
- Wikidata: CC0 1.0. Data from Wikidata, released under CC0 1.0 Universal.
- OpenStreetMap: ODbL 1.0. © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0). See https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright.
- Wikipedia: CC BY-SA 4.0. Text from Wikipedia, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.
Row-level sources used for this venue: