Hello,

Welcome to the "The Quiquest Guide to Groundhopping in Lisbon". This website tries to contain useful info about the top clubs and stadiums in and around the Portuguese capital. For all clubs in contains a "Birds eye View" from Live Maps, a very brief description about the club and their stadium, some indications how to get there and, because life isn't only football some suggestions about spending an enjoyable day around.

Usually there are no programmes published for games, but the top clubs publish a weekly newspaper or a magazine.

For the majority of clubs to get a ticket is easy, the exception is if one of the big Three are involved. Usually it's cheaper if you buy the ticket with one day of advance.

You can also find here a couple of useful links about football, groundhopping and Lisbon.

The Portuguese Pyramid for the top 4 divisions is 1+1+4+7 with one of them being from Azores Islands only. Both clubs from Azores and Madeira islands play in the national competitions (League and Cup). If you want to know in which division a club plays in 2008/09 season click here.There is also a link for a website if available and is updated regularly. Many Portuguese clubs doesn't yet discovered the advantages of having a website and many of them only update it in the first months.

The main stadiums in and around Lisbon are:

If you want to visit a classic Portuguese non-league stadium then Gaio Rosário stadium is a worth a visit.

If you have another question about a stadium in Portugal, feel free of e-mailing me. I'll do my best to answer it.

Enjoy it

Cheers,

Pedro Ramalhete