The stadium was created as part of the
Cidade Universitária de Lisboa, the university campus promoted by the Estado Novo to house (most) faculties of the University of Lisbon. It was built following a plan by architects
João Simões and
Norberto Correia and was inaugurated on May 7, 1956. In 1962 the stadium was one of the main stages of the
Academic Crisis that would eventually lead to the resignation of the then-Rector of the university (and later
Prime Minister of Portugal)
Marcello Caetano. In 2024, the board of directors of
Sporting CP headed by
Frederico Varandas renewed the protocol with the
University of Lisbon, thus continuing the link that had been in place since 2007, and announced an investment of 3 million euros in the modernisation of the EUL Pole (Lisbon University Stadium Pole) in Lisbon, the home of the club's academy for under-13 football players,
athletics and other sports. The improvements included the construction of new football pitches, the remodelling of the synthetic turf, the construction of new stands and nine changing rooms, as well as the use of the EUL swimming pool at specific times for
Sporting CP's swimming teams and the remodelling and expansion of the administrative building, thus, in addition to men's and women's football, Sporting CP's swimming and
rugby departments would also benefit from the works. ==Venues==