Mohammedan Sporting Ground (also known as Mohammedan Sporting–Howrah Union Ground)[3] is a multi-use stadium in Kolkata, West Bengal.[4] It is used mostly for football matches and is mainly the home stadium of Mohammedan.[5] The ground has a natural grass turf.[6][7] Having facilities such as commentary boxes for radio and TV, press box and air conditioned changing rooms, the stadium holds 15,000 people.[2] It is also the home ground of Howrah Union,[8] which it shares with Mohammedan.
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| Address | Mohammedan Sporting Club, Maidan Tent, Red Road, Kolkata 700021 |
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| Location | Kolkata, West Bengal |
| Coordinates | 22°33′44″N 88°20′45″E / 22.562342°N 88.345871°E |
| Public transit | Red Road Esplanade Bus Terminus Eden Gardens  Esplanade |
| Owner | Eastern Command (India) |
| Operator | Indian Football Association |
| Capacity | 15,000[2] |
| Surface | Grass |
| Scoreboard | Manual |
| Opened | 1929[1] |
| Tenants | |
| Mohammedan S.C. (1929–present) Howrah Union (1962–present) Mohammedan SC Women (2022–present) | |
About
editThe stadium has galleries on three sides and a rampart on the fourth side. The north side gallery is the member's gallery. The east side and south side galleries are still made of a temporary iron structure and are designated for non-member supporters. The playing pitch is about 100 x 60 meters.[citation needed] The club tent and main office are located adjacent to the stadium. The club tent consists of a maintained lawn, with benches.
Upgrade work
editIn July 2023 second phase upgrade and improvement works started.
- Installing floodlight
- electronic scoreboard
- increase seating capacity from 15,000 to 25,000
- upgrade member gallery with White-Black (club's home colour) bucket chairs
- air conditioned press room
- ultra-modern gymnasium
References
edit- ^ Mohammedan Sporting club ground Archived 19 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine. khelnow.com. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ a b "Moh. Sporting Ground". Retrieved 31 May 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "CALCUTTA FOOTBALL LEAGUE – OFFICER'S CHOICE BLUE TO BE THE TITLE SPONSOR". Football News India. Kolkata. 4 August 2015. Archived from the original on 10 October 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ^ "Stadiums in India". World Stadiums. Archived from the original on 24 September 2011. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
- ^ Mohammedan Sporting club ground Archived 19 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine khelnow.com. Retrieved 1 July 2021
- ^ "Mohammedan S.C. beat Kalighat Milan Sangha in the CFL". react.etvbharat.com (in Bengali). Kolkata, West Bengal: ETV Bharat Bangla. 7 September 2019. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- ^ Sarkhel, Ujjal (9 August 2016). "Mohammedan SC suffers first loss; go down 1–2 to Tollygunge". Kolkata: Thif-Live.com. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
- ^ "Howrah Union - at a glance". Howrah Union. Archived from the original on 25 April 2008. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
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