The Barasat District Sports Stadium, also known as Vidyasagar Krirangan, is an
association football stadium located in
Barasat,
North 24 Parganas,
West Bengal
West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fou ...
. It is used mostly for
Calcutta Football League
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matches. It is also used for several district-level, state-level and sometimes national level tournaments. The stadium currently holds around 15,000 spectators, has four
floodlight towers,
air conditioned
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function and changing rooms. The
artificial turf at the stadium has achieved a two-star rating from
FIFA.
Since the 2014–15 season, the stadium has hosted the home matches of
Mohun Bagan A.C. and
East Bengal
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in the
I-League
The I-League (known as Hero I-League for sponsorship ties with Hero MotoCorp) is the second-tier men's professional football competition of the Indian football league system. It is currently contested by 12 clubs across the country with the w ...
.
References
Football venues in West Bengal
Sports venues in Kolkata
Barasat
Year of establishment missing
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