List of football stadiums in India

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This is a list of football grounds in India that have been used for football matches.

Stadiums[]

Name City State Capacity
Ambedkar Stadium † Delhi Delhi 25,000
The Arena by Transtadia † Ahmedabad Gujarat 20,000
Mumbai Football Arena † Andheri, Mumbai Maharashtra 18,000
Baichung Stadium Namchi Sikkim 30,000
Bakhshi Stadium Srinagar Jammu and Kashmir ~45,000 (under renovation)
Bangalore Football Stadium Bangalore Karnataka 15,000
Vidyasagar Krirangan Barasat West Bengal 22,000
Birsa Munda Athletics Stadium Khelgaon, Ranchi Jharkhand 35,000
Birsa Munda Football Stadium Indarwa, Ranchi Jharkhand 40,000
Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium Thiruvananthapuram Kerala 25,000
Cooperage Football Stadium Mumbai Maharashtra 5,000
Dr. Rajendra Prasad Football Stadium Neemuch Madhya Pradesh
Duler Stadium Mapusa Goa 10,000
East Bengal Ground Maidan (Kolkata) West Bengal 23,500
EMS Stadium † Kozikode Kerala 53,000
Faizabad Sports Complex Faizabad Uttar Pradesh
Fatorda Stadium † Margao Goa 19,000
GMC Athletic Stadium Bambolim Goa 3,000
Fr. Agnel Stadium Navi Mumbai Maharashtra
G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium Hyderabad Telangana 30,000
Gandhi Ground Udaipur Rajasthan
Guru Gobind Singh Stadium Jalandhar Punjab 22,000
Guru Nanak Stadium Ludhiana Punjab 30,000
Sailen Manna Stadium Howrah West Bengal 15,000
Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium † Guwahati Assam 32,844
Indira Gandhi Stadium Kohima Nagaland 20,000
Jawahar Municipal Stadium Kannur Kerala
Nehru Commonwealth Stadium Delhi † Delhi Delhi 60,254
Marina Arena † Chennai Tamil Nadu 40,000
Kaloor Stadium † Kochi Kerala 60,500
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Shillong Meghalaya 30,000
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Coimbatore Tamil Nadu 30,000
Jorethang Ground Jorethang Sikkim
Jorhat Stadium Jorhat Assam 12,000
JRD Tata Sports Complex Jamshedpur Jharkhand 24,424
Judges Field Guwahati Assam
Kalinga Stadium Bhubaneswar Odisha 15,000
Kalyani Stadium Kalyani West Bengal 10,000
Kanchenjunga Stadium † Siliguri West Bengal 30,000
KASA Stadium Diphu Assam
Khuman Lampak Main Stadium Imphal Manipur 35,285
Kishore Bharati Krirangan Jadavpur West Bengal 12,000
Lajwanti Stadium Hoshiarpur Punjab
Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium Hyderabad Telangana 30,000
Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium Kollam Kerala 40,000
Lammual Stadium Aizawl Mizoram 5,000
Madan Mohan Malviya Stadium Allahabad Uttar Pradesh
Mahabir Stadium Hissar Haryana
Maharaja College Stadium Ernakulam Kerala
Malappuram District Sports Complex Stadium Manjeri Kerala
Calicut Medical College Stadium Kozikode Kerala
Mela Ground Kalimpong West Bengal
Mohammedan Sporting Ground Kolkata West Bengal 14,000
Mohun Bagan Ground Maidan (Kolkata) West Bengal 20,000
Mulna Stadium Balaghat Madhya Pradesh
Naihati Stadium Naihati West Bengal 25,000
Nehru Maidan Mangalore Karnataka
Netaji Stadium Port Blair Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Nehru Stadium Durgapur West Bengal
Nehru Stadium Guwahati Assam 15,000
Oil India Ground Duliajan Assam 4,000
Paljor Stadium Gangtok Sikkim 30,000
Patliputra Sports Complex Patna Bihar
Polo Field Tezpur Assam
Pune District Football Association Stadium Pune Maharashtra
Pune FC Training Ground Pune Maharashtra
Punjab Agricultural University Stadium Ludhiana Punjab
Rabindra Sarobar Stadium Kolkata West Bengal 22,000
Rajarshi Shahu Stadium Kolhapur Maharashtra 24,000
Rajendra Stadium Siwan Bihar
Rajiv Gandhi Stadium Aizawl Mizoram 20,000
Ravishankar Shukla Stadium Jabalpur Madhya Pradesh
Satindra Mohan Dev Stadium Silchar Assam
Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex † Pune Maharashtra 9,110
Silli Stadium Silli Jharkhand
Sports Stadium Jalalabad Punjab
Sree Kanteerava Stadium † Bangalore Karnataka 25,810
Sri Venkateswara University Ground Tirupati Andhra
SSB Ranidanga Stadium Golaghat Assam
Sumant Moolgaokar Stadium Jamshedpur Jharkhand
Tau Devi Lal Stadium Gurgaon Haryana
Thangmeiband Athletic Union Ground Thangmeiband Manipur
Tilak Maidan Stadium Vasco da Gama Goa 5,000
TRC Turf Ground Srinagar Jammu & Kashmir 10,000
University Stadium Thiruvananthapuram Kerala
VO Chidambaram Park Stadium Erode Tamil Nadu
Victory Playground Hyderabad Telangana
Vivekananda Yubabharati Krirangan † Kolkata metropolitan area West Bengal 85,000
Yashwant Stadium Nagpur Maharashtra

Note. † denotes stadiums that have hosted international football matches.

2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup venues[]

Main article: 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup

The initial shortlist of nine host cities was New Delhi, Pune, Mumbai, Margao, Bangalore, Kolkata, Kochi, Guwahati, and Navi Mumbai.[1] Following the reception of FIFA's technical report, the AIFF cleared Kochi, Delhi, Navi Mumbai, Guwahati, Margao and Kolkata as the venues for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[2][3] The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi) was the first venue to be announced.[4]

Stadium City/State Capacity
Vivekananda Yubabharati Krirangan Kolkata, West Bengal 85,000
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Chennai, Tamil Nadu 40,000
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Delhi 60,000
Fatorda Stadium Margao, Goa 19,500
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Kochi, Kerala 41,000
DY Patil Stadium Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra 55,000
Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Guwahati, Assam 25,000

2020 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup venues[]

Main article: 2020 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

Kalinga Stadium in the city of Bhubaneswar got provisional clearance as the first venue for the 2020 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.[5] In November 2019, FIFA local organising committee after second inspection of Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata, Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium in Guwahati and Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, expressed their satisfaction with the preparation of infrastructure and the training facilities as the provisional venues for the tournament.[6][7] On 18 February 2020, all the five venues were finalised and announced together with the official schedule. Ahmedabad, Bhubaneswar, Guwahati and Kolkata will host the group-stage matches, where as the knockout matches will be played in four cities except Guwahati.[8]

Stadium City/State Capacity
Vivekananda Yubabharati Krirangan Kolkata, West Bengal 85,000
Kalinga Stadium Bhubaneswar, Odisha 15,000
EKA Arena Ahmedabad, Gujarat 25,000
DY Patil Stadium Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra 55,000

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "India to host 2017 Under-17 FIFA World Cup". ibtimes.co.in. 5 December 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
  2. ^ "Minister discusses U-17 World Cup progress with FIFA officials". Newsnation.in. 13 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  3. ^ "FIFA Team Inspects Kochi JN Stadium and Training Grounds for 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup". Football News India. 11 December 2014. Archived from the original on 21 March 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  4. ^ "Kochi to host U-17 FIFA World Cup matches". Manoramaonline. 6 April 2015. Archived from the original on 8 April 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  5. ^ "Bhubenswar is the first venue to get provisional clearance for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup India 2020". AIFF. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "FIFA kicks of Women's World Cup India 2020 inspection in Kolkata". AIFF. 26 November 2019. Archived from the original on 14 May 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  7. ^ "FIFA LOC delegation inspects Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium in Guwahati for FIFA U17 Women's World Cup India 2020". AIFF. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ FIFA.com. "FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 2020™ - News - Match schedule and host cities announced for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup India 2020™ - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 18 February 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.

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