The Cooperage Football Ground is a

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stadium located in

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. It is currently home to multiple

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clubs. The

Western India Football Association Western India Football Association (WIFA) is the state governing body for football in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is affiliated with the All India Football Federation, the sports national governing body. History The Bombay Football Assoc ...

has operated from the Cooperage Ground since 1969, and the Mumbai District Football Association holds a small office. It was a venue for one of India's premier national leagues, the

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. I-League club Kenkre is currently using the stadium as their home ground since their inception in 2000.

History

Cooperage Ground was the primary venue of the

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, the third oldest football tournament in India after Durand and

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. The stadium was occupied by the British Indian Army during the

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. In April 2011, plans were announced for the Cooperage Football Ground to be renovated when

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announced that they would give the

US$ 2 million in order to renovate that stadium. On 12 June 2011, it was announced in the

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that the West India Football Association would be given the right to renovate the Cooperage Ground. Mumbai Fitness

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