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Cooperage Ground Location Mumbai, India Opened 1993 Owner West India Football Federation Surface Grass Capacity 12,000 Field dimensions 105 × 68 metres Tenants Mumbai (2006–)
Air India (2006–)The Cooperage Ground is a football stadium in Mumbai, India. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Mumbai F.C. and FC Air India. The stadium holds 12,000 people. The Western India Football Association also operates from the Cooperage Ground. The Mumbai District Football Association also hold a small office. It is a venue for India's premier national league, the I-League, as well as the Mumbai Football League.
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Stadium
The stadium is a one-tier stadium with roofing only under the main stand.
History
Amateur Football
The Cooperage Ground has been around since 1993 but has not really been used to a real extent till 2007 when the I-League was created.
Future Plans
In April 2011 plans were announced for the Cooperage Ground to be renovated when FIFA announced that they would give the West India Football Federation two million dollars in order to renovate that stadium. [1] On the 12th of June 2011 it was announced in the Bombay High Court that the West India Football Association would be given the right to renovate the Cooperage Ground. [2] Then in August 2011 it was rumored that the Cooperage would not be fully renovated till the end of the fifth round during the 2011–12 I-League season. This would mean that the teams that play at the Cooperage Ground would need to look for a temporary ground. [3]
External links
References
- ^ http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report_fifa-sanctions-2-million-grant-for-cooperage_1532025
- ^ http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report_a-shot-in-the-arm-for-cooperage-ground-in-mumbai_1553688
- ^ http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/1064/i-league/2011/08/17/2623412/i-league-mumbai-clubs-hopeful-that-cooperage-should-be-ready
Coordinates: 18°55′28″N 72°49′43″E / 18.924449°N 72.828734°ESalt Lake Stadium • Fatorda Stadium • Kaloor International Stadium • Cooperage Ground • Bangalore Football Stadium • Khuman Lampak Main Stadium • Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports ComplexCategories:- Football venues in India
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