Fatorda Stadium: Difference between revisions

| nickname      = ''The Fatorda''<br/>''The Fortress''

| image        = East Stand of Fatorda Stadium.jpg

| image_size    = 260px

| caption      = The stadium on a matchday

| surface      = Grass

| tenants      = {{unbulleted list| [[India national football team]] (1989–present) <br> [[Churchill Brothers S.C.|Churchill Brothers]] (2007–present) <br> [[FC Goa]] (2014–present) }}

The '''Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium''' is a [[multi-purpose stadium]] used mostly for football matches situated in [[Margao, Goa]], [[India]]. The venue has been used to host both [[association football|international football]] as well as [[Cricket|cricket matches]]. It is Goa's only international stadium and has a seating capacity of 19,000 people. In cricket, it has hosted 9 [[One Day International|ODIs]]. The venue was established in 1989 and is owned and operated by the [[Sports Authority of Goa]]. It is currently the home stadium of [[Indian Super League]] club [[FC Goa]].

In the [[2020–21 Indian Super League]], it was used as the home ground of [[ATK Mohun Bagan]] and [[Bengaluru FC]] as well as [[FC Goa]] because of the [[COVID-19 pandemic|CoViD-19 pandemic]].

[[File:Fatorda stadium exterior 1.jpg|thumb|centre|The exterior of the stadium]]

In 2006, before the [[2007–08 I-League]], all four Goan clubs ([[Dempo S.C.]], [[Churchill Brothers S.C.]], [[Salgaocar S.C.]], and [[Sporting Clube de Goa]]) announced that The Fatorda would be used as the home for all four teams' [[I-League]] matches. In the next season of I-League, [[Vasco S.C.]] too used the stadium as home ground. In 2014 [[Indian Super League]] club [[FC Goa]] announced it as their home ground.

In 2014 it was upgraded according to the latest [[FIFA]] specifications. It is designed with a 20,000 seating capacity. The stadium complex provides two levels of fan seating arrangement along with a VIP area. Facilities include arena lighting, natural turf, broadcast room, TV studio, player dressing rooms, match delegates area, doping control rooms, medical rooms for players and spectators, VIP lounge, corporate boxes, media tribune and media working stations, press conference area, mixed zone area, CCTV cameras, a swimming pool, multipurpose gymnasium and parking facilities. It is regarded as one of the most well maintained football grounds in the Indian subcontinent.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://indiansuperleaguefootball.in/indian-super-league-stadiums-a-walkthrough-part-2/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-10-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011023953/http://indiansuperleaguefootball.in/indian-super-league-stadiums-a-walkthrough-part-2/ |archive-date=11 October 2014}}</ref>{{Panorama|image=File:Fatorda Stadium, Goa.jpg|height=347|width=1158|alt=|caption=<center>A [[panoramic]] view of the stadium</center>}}

|| No result<ref>http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65998.html</ref>

|| India won<ref>http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/267715.html</ref>

[[File:Fatorda Stadium.jpg|260px|thumb|South side of the Stadium]]

|access-date=2010-01-10}}</ref> The stadium is also used as a home venue for the Goan clubs: [[Churchill Brothers S.C.]], [[Dempo S.C.]], [[FC Goa]], [[Salgaocar S.C.]], [[Sporting Clube de Goa]] and [[Vasco S.C.]].<ref>{{cite web

It has hosted the finals of [[Indian Super League]] twice in [[2015 Indian Super League Final|2015]] and [[2020 Indian Super League Final|2020]]. In [[2021 AFC Champions League|2021]], the stadium hosted the [[2021 AFC Champions League #Group E|Group E]] matches of the [[AFC Champions League]], in which [[FC Goa]] competed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/edu-bedia-scores-fc-goas-first-afc-champions-league-goal-fc-goa-vs-persepolis-live-news-indian-football/article34370477.ece|title=Edu Bedia scores FC Goa's first AFC Champions League goal|website=sportstar.thehindu.com|access-date=20 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goal.com/en-in/news/live/persepolis-fc-goa-gaurs-suffer-first-afc-champions-league/1hqvcl1z75s6a1ni76ivx6e19b|title=Persepolis 2-1 FC Goa: Edu Bedia scores historic goal in Gaurs defeat|website=Goal.com|access-date=21 April 2021}}</ref>

The Stadium was renovated for the [[2014 Lusofonia Games]], which was conducted in [[Goa]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lusofoniagames2014.gov.in/sites/all/themes/universiade/files/Press%20Release-Inaugural-Fatorda%20Stadium.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-05-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140210061942/http://lusofoniagames2014.gov.in/sites/all/themes/universiade/files/Press%20Release-Inaugural-Fatorda%20Stadium.pdf |archive-date=10 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navhindtimes.in/sports/renovation-work-full-swing-nehru-stadium |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-05-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503210239/http://www.navhindtimes.in/sports/renovation-work-full-swing-nehru-stadium |archive-date=3 May 2014}}</ref><ref name="race time">{{cite web |url=http://www.thegoan.net/Sports/News/Race-against-time-at-Fatorda/02915.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-05-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503203539/http://www.thegoan.net/Sports/News/Race-against-time-at-Fatorda/02915.html |archive-date=3 May 2014}}</ref> The opening and closing ceremonies of these Games were held at this venue.<ref name="race time"/> Football matches of the [[Lusofonia Games]] were also held here.<ref name="race time"/>

*http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/ground/58301.html Fatorda Stadium, Cricinfo

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