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Stadium

Estádio Francisco Vasques

Belém, Brazil

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Map detailing the administrative districts and neighborhoods of the city belém. Published as a annex to the law that made that division (Municipal Law nº 8.655/2008)
Map detailing the administrative districts and neighborhoods of the city belém. Published as a annex to the law that made that division (Municipal Law nº 8.655/2008) City Council of Belém. · CC0
Jesuit St Alexandre college and church in Belém, Brazil
Jesuit St Alexandre college and church in Belém, Brazil Celso Roberto de Abreu Silva from Belém, Brasil · CC BY 2.0
Teatro da Paz in Belém, Brazil
Teatro da Paz in Belém, Brazil Celso Roberto de Abreu Silva from Belém, Brasil · CC BY 2.0

Estádio Francisco Vasques sits in the Bairro Souza district of Belém, tucked behind Avenida Almirante Barroso. The ground does not hide its age. The capacity is small—around six thousand people—enough to feel every shout from the terraces.

There is no athletic track circling the pitch and no floodlights for night games. The stadium is the home of Tuna Luso Brasileira, a side that competes across the local Campeonato Paraense Série A1 and the national Brasileirão Série D. When the team travels for a match in the Copa do Brasil, they leave from this same patch of earth.

A major renovation is underway for the 2025 and 2026 seasons. The plan involves a complete replacement of the grass field with new drainage and irrigation systems, alongside painting the grandstands and building a VAR cabin. A training center is being constructed behind one of the stands. The work is meant to bring the ground up to date, though the basic shape remains unchanged.

The stadium is named after Francisco Vasques, a former club director who supported the creation and professionalisation of the football department at Tuna Luso Brasileira. It is still referred to by locals as 'Souzão' or 'Estádio do Souza', names that have stuck through decades of neglect and rebuilding. The only other club to call this ground home was Clube Municipal Ananindeua, which folded in 2014. The venue was updated with safety documentation for the first round of the Campeonato Paraense that same year.

Recent activity includes a Copa do Brasil Sub-20 quarterfinal in October 2024 and matches for the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A2 Feminino in 2021. For the people of Bairro Souza, it remains the only ground for football in the area.