A multidisciplinary FIFA team visited the José Alvalade and Luz stadiums in Lisbon on Thursday, March 12, in a first round of inspections following the selection of Portugal, Spain and Morocco as hosts of the 2030 World Cup.
In a note published on the official website, the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) indicates that the delegation was received by the entity’s general secretary, Rui Caeiro, starting the day at the José Alvalade Stadium, where Sporting’s vice-president, André Bernardo, presented the projects and improvements planned for the site.
During the afternoon, “the team of 11 FIFA members” went to Estádio da Luz, where Nuno Catarino, vice-president of Benfica, detailed the “updates made and the project that the ‘eagles’ club” has for the stadium, called Benfica Distrit.
“The FIFA delegation, always accompanied by the FPF team led by António Laranjo, executive director of the FPF and coordinator of the bid committee for the 2030 World Cup, also had meetings with the Lisbon City Council and the Government”, he says.
The FPF adds that the Secretary of State for Sport, Pedro Dias, received the FIFA delegation, which will be in Porto today.
The organization of the 2030 World Cup in Portugal, Spain and Morocco was ratified on December 11, 2024 at the FIFA Congress, in a competition that will also pass through South America, notably Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay, which will host three matches in the final phase, as a way of celebrating the centenary of the competition, whose first edition took place in Uruguay, in 1930.
Portugal, which hosted Euro2004, will organize the World Cup for the first time, as will Morocco, which this year hosted, for the second time, the African Cup of Nations (CAN), after the 1988 edition, while Spain has already hosted Euro1964 and the 1982 World Cup.
The three Portuguese stadiums that will host World Cup 2030 games will be Estádio da Luz, Estádio José Alvalade, both in Lisbon, and Estádio do Dragão, in Porto.
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