Flamengo unveil new stadium for home matches

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·28 April 2026

Flamengo unveil new stadium for home matches

Flamengo’s debut takes place this Wednesday (29)

The Ninho do Urubu Training Center, home of Flamengo, will start hosting matches for the club’s youth teams. The debut will be this Wednesday (29), with the under-15 and under-17 teams facing Madureira. The matches will be played on field 6 at the training center and are valid for the seventh round of the Taça Guanabara.

Flamengo’s youth teams usually host matches at Gávea, but the Rubro-Negro wants to bring the games to the training center, where the club trains every day. In other words, the idea is for the boys to gain a technical edge by playing where they are already used to being. In addition, those at Ninho will be able to make use of the gym, medical department, a dedicated nutrition area, and the cafeteria, among other facilities, before and after the matches.

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WHAT IS THE OTHER ADVANTAGE FLAMENGO SEES?

Logistics are also considered another major benefit. Before each match, players, coaching staff, and support staff report to Ninho do Urubu and, according to the schedule, need to arrive at Gávea around an hour and a half before kickoff.

The trip from the training center to the stadium, made by bus, takes an average of an hour and a half, but it can be a few minutes shorter depending on traffic conditions and also the day of the week, since vehicle flow is lighter on Saturdays and Sundays. This travel time will now be built into the schedule.

The idea of hosting matches at Ninho do Urubu began to take shape after Alfredo Almeida took over as head of youth football in April last year. Some friendlies involving younger age groups had already been held there previously, with the aim of fine-tuning the details for more important matches.

WILL THERE BE FANS AT MATCHES AT NINHO?

As this is still a project under development, in principle the matches played at the training center will not be open to the public. The idea is to assess the needs after each match in order to improve whatever still needs work and move forward with what still needs to be implemented.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.