History and description
• Estádio Municipal de Braga, since 2007 unofficially renamed Estádio AXA, was built to serve as a playing venue for the Euro 2004 Championships.
• Estádio Municipal de Braga officially opened on the 30th of December 2003 with a friendly match between Braga and Celta de Vigo.
• The stadium hosted two first round group matches during the Euro 2004 tournament.
• Estádio Municipal de Braga was designed by Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto de Moura and has received many plaudits for its daring design. It has been carved out of a rock at the site of a former quarry and only consists of two lateral stands, which are connected to each other by a number of steel strings.