The 2017 national football championship finals had the second leg took place in the stadium, the next in five years where Sporting Praia won their recent title, also its long-awaited celebrations made by Sporting Praia fans took place at the stadium. The 2018 National Division has the first three of the six matches with Académica Praia in the stadium while Sporting played its first match in the stadium and will play the last six inside Várzea.
The 2017 national football championship finals took place at the stadium, where Sporting Praia won their recent title. The celebrations for that victory were held at the stadium. In 2018, the first three of the six matches in the National Division were played at the stadium, with Académica Praia playing there. Sporting then played its first match in the stadium and will play the last six matches inside Várzea.