Cooperage Ground

The Cooperage Football Ground is a football stadium located in Nariman Point, Mumbai, Maharashtra.^[4][5][6][7] It is predominantly home to multiple Mumbai Football League clubs.^[8][9]

Cooperage Football Ground

Cooperage Football Ground on a matchday of the I-League in 2015
Location	Mumbai, India
Owner	Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation[1]
Capacity	5,000[2][3]
Field size	105×68 metres
Surface	Artificial grass
Construction
Opened	1904[1]
Renovated	2017
Tenants
Mumbai Football League MFA Elite Corporate League Kenkre FC Maharashtra Oranje FC

The Western India Football Association has operated from the Cooperage Ground since 1969,^[1] 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.^[10][11]Mahindra United FC, Kenkre FC, and Mumbai FC used the stadium as home ground in both the NFL and the I-League, while Ambernath United Atlanta FC hosted its I-League 2nd Division games.^{[12][13][14][15]}

History

Cooperage Ground before renovation

Cooperage Ground was the primary venue for Rovers Cup, the third oldest football tournament in India after Durand and Trades Cup.^[16] The stadium was occupied by the British Indian Army during the World War I.^[17] 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.^[18] On 12 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.^[19]

Mumbai City FC players practice at the stadium in December 2015

See also

• List of football stadiums in India
• Mumbai Football Arena

References

1. "Jamshed Kanga & Others vs The State Of Maharashtra & Ors on 10 June, 2011". Indian Kanoon. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
2. Vasavda, Mihir (15 April 2011). "FIFA sanctions 2 million grant for Cooperage". dnaindia.com. DNA India. Archived from the original on 21 June 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
3. Rosy Sequeira (11 June 2011). "A Shot in the arm for Cooperage Ground". DNA. Archived from the original on 21 June 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
4. Mumbai FC returns to Cooperage Football Stadium. Archived 27 September 2021 at the Wayback Machine. the-aiff.com. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
5. Mehta, Rutvick (25 December 2021). "Newcomers Kenkre FC put Mumbai back on the I-League map". hindustantimes.com. Mumbai: Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 6 December 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
6. Media Team, AIFF (23 November 2022). "Mumbai Kenkre gear up for homecoming, Churchill Brothers seek first win". i-league.org. Mumbai: Hero I-League. Archived from the original on 1 December 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
7. Tarafdar, Veronica (30 March 2023). "In the last matchday of the I-League season, teams compete for improved Super Cup qualifying ranking". footballexpress.in. Football Express India. Archived from the original on 7 April 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
8. Yadav, Siddharth (12 November 2016). "MFA Elite Division 2016–17: The Big Preview". footballcounter.com. Mumbai: Football Counter. Archived from the original on 4 August 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
9. Dias, Anil (8 December 2021). "Kenkre FC's I-League dreams: 21 years in the making". freepressjournal.in. Mumbai: The Free Press Journal. Archived from the original on 8 December 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
10. Rahul Bali (12 November 2008). "India: Goalless Between Dempo And Mumbai". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
11. "Kenkre FC split points with Lonestar Kashmir in 1-1 draw". www.footballcounter.com. Football Counter. 20 April 2017. Archived from the original on 28 April 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
12. Majumder, Raunak (3 April 2020). "Reliving the title run of Mumbai's only national champions – Mahindra United 2005–06 season". footballcounter.com. The Football Counter. Archived from the original on 18 May 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
13. Bhutkar, Prasad (13 April 2017). "10-men Kenkre FC pay the penalty as they slump to a 1–0 defeat". footballcounter.com. Mumbai: Football Counter India. Archived from the original on 12 February 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
14. Sarkar, Sattyik (28 December 2021). "All you need to know about new I-League entrant Kenkre FC". khelnow.com. Khel Now. Archived from the original on 28 December 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
15. Media Team, AIFF (5 March 2023). "TRAU aim for full points vs relegated Mumbai Kenkre". i-league.org. Mumbai. Archived from the original on 11 March 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
16. Caless, Kit (19 February 2017). "クリケットの街から眺めるインドサッカー界の未来" [The future of Indian football seen from the city of cricket]. vice.com (in Japanese). Vice Japan. Archived from the original on 28 January 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
17. Nirwane, Sarwadnya (18 January 2022). "Rovers Cup — the second oldest Football tournament in India". thesportslite.com. Mumbai: The Sports Lite. Archived from the original on 14 October 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
18. Vasavda, Mihir (15 April 2011). "FIFA sanctions 2 million grant for Cooperage". DNA. Archived from the original on 21 June 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
19. Sequeira, Rosy (11 June 2011). "A Shot in the arm for Cooperage Ground". DNA. Archived from the original on 21 June 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2018.

Further reading

• Choudhury, Arunava (16 August 2012). "125th Durand Cup: Problems at the start of India's oldest tournament". Sportskeeda. Archived from the original on 16 April 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
• Williams, Joe (25 September 2017). "The Goa and Maha Derby: A thing past in I-League". khelnow.com. Khel Now News. Archived from the original on 20 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.

External links

• Stadium picture^{[permanent dead link‍]}
• Aerial stadium picture

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• Stadium pictures