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{{infobox stadium | {{infobox stadium | ||
| name = | | name = Cooperage Football Ground | ||
| image = | | image = Kunal Sawant (4).JPG | ||
| image_size = 270px | | image_size = 270px | ||
| caption = Cooperage Football Ground on a matchday | | caption = Cooperage Football Ground on a matchday of [[I-League]] in 2015 | ||
| location = [[Mumbai]], [[India]] | | location = [[Mumbai]], [[India]] | ||
| coordinates = | | coordinates = | ||
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| renovated = 2014 | | renovated = 2014 | ||
| owner = [[Western India Football Association]] | | owner = [[Western India Football Association]] | ||
| surface = Artificial grass | | surface = [[Artificial grass]] | ||
| dimensions = 105×68 metres | | dimensions = 105×68 metres | ||
| architect = | | architect = | ||
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| construction_cost = | | construction_cost = | ||
| former_names = | | former_names = | ||
| capacity = 5,000 | | capacity = 5,000<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/sports/report-fifa-sanctions-2-million-grant-for-cooperage-1532025|title=FIFA sanctions 2 million grant for Cooperage|publisher=DNA India|website=dnaindia.com|date=15 April 2011|first=Mihir|last=Vasavda|access-date=20 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621094538/http://www.dnaindia.com/sports/report-fifa-sanctions-2-million-grant-for-cooperage-1532025|archive-date=21 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Rosy Sequeira|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/sports/report-a-shot-in-the-arm-for-cooperage-ground-in-mumbai-1553688|title=A Shot in the arm for Cooperage Ground|publisher=DNA|date=11 June 2011|access-date=20 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621071505/http://www.dnaindia.com/sports/report-a-shot-in-the-arm-for-cooperage-ground-in-mumbai-1553688|archive-date=21 June 2018}}</ref> | ||
| tenants = [[Mumbai Football League | | tenants = [[Mumbai Football League]] <br/> [[Ambernath United Atlanta FC]] ([[I-League 2nd Division]]) | ||
}} | }} | ||
The '''Cooperage Football Ground''' is | The '''Cooperage Football Ground''' is a [[association football|football]] stadium located in [[Nariman Point]], [[Mumbai]], [[India]].<ref>[https://www.the-aiff.com/article/mumbai-fc-returns-to-cooperage-football-stadium Mumbai FC returns to Cooperage Football Stadium]. ''the-aiff.com''. Retrieved 13 September 2021.</ref> It is currently home to multiple [[Mumbai Football League]] clubs. | ||
The [[Western India Football Association]] also operates from the Cooperage Ground, and the [[Mumbai District Football Association]] holds a small office. It was a venue for one of India's premier national leagues, the [[I-League]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Rahul Bali|url=https://www.goal.com/en/news/1263/india-south-central-asia/2008/11/12/959995/india-goalless-between-dempo-and-mumbai|title=India: Goalless Between Dempo And Mumbai|date=12 November 2008|website=Goal.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105190559/https://www.goal.com/en/news/1263/india-south-central-asia/2008/11/12/959995/india-goalless-between-dempo-and-mumbai|archive-date=5 November 2012|url-status=dead|access-date=13 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.footballcounter.com/2017/kenkre-fc-split-points-lonestar-kashmir-1-1-draw/|title=Kenkre FC split points with Lonestar Kashmir in 1-1 draw|publisher=Football Counter|website=www.footballcounter.com|date=20 April 2017|access-date=25 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170428074823/https://www.footballcounter.com/2017/kenkre-fc-split-points-lonestar-kashmir-1-1-draw/|archive-date=28 April 2017}}</ref> | |||
The [[Western India Football Association]] also operates from the Cooperage Ground, and the [[Mumbai District Football Association]] holds a small office. It was a venue for one of India's premier national leagues, the [[I-League]]. | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
[[File:Cooperage Football Ground.jpg|thumb|300px|Cooperage Football Ground before renovation]] | [[File:Cooperage Football Ground.jpg|thumb|300px|Cooperage Football Ground before renovation]] | ||
In April 2011 plans were announced for the Cooperage Football | In April 2011 plans were announced for the Cooperage Football Ground to be renovated when [[FIFA]] announced that they would give the [[Western India Football Association]] US$ 2 million in order to renovate that stadium.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/sports/report-fifa-sanctions-2-million-grant-for-cooperage-1532025 | title=FIFA sanctions 2 million grant for Cooperage | publisher=DNA | date=15 April 2011 | first=Mihir | last=Vasavda | access-date=20 June 2018}}</ref> On 12 June 2011, it was announced in the [[Mumbai High Court|Bombay High Court]] that the West India Football Association would be given the right to renovate the Cooperage Ground.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/sports/report-a-shot-in-the-arm-for-cooperage-ground-in-mumbai-1553688 | title=A Shot in the arm for Cooperage Ground | publisher=DNA | date=11 June 2011 | first=Rosy | last=Sequeira | access-date=20 June 2018}}</ref> | ||
[[File:Mumbai Fitness.jpg|thumb|[[Mumbai City FC]] players in practice at the stadium in December 2015]] | |||
==See also== | |||
* [[List of football stadiums in India]] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist}} | |||
{{ | {{Football stadiums in India}} | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||