Estádio da Machava

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]

Estádio da Machava

Former names	Estádio Salazar
Address	Matola Mozambique
Coordinates	25.9172°S 32.5263°E / -25.9172; 32.5263
Owner	Clube Ferroviário de Maputo
Type	Multi-purpose
Capacity	45,000
Current use	football matches
Opened	30 June 1968
Years active	1968–present

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.