Drigh Road Union Football Stadium is a football ground in

Shah Faisal Colony Shah Faisal Colony ( ur, ), founded as Drigh Colony (Drigh Village Refugee Colony) is a residential and commercial area in Karachi, Sindh province of Pakistan. History It is founded in 1952. It is located in Shah Faisal town of Korangi distri ...

Karachi Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former cap ...

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

. Constructed in 1958, it hosts local and domestic matches, including those of

Pakistan Premier League The Pakistan Premier League (PPL; ur, پاکستان پریمیئر لیگ) is a Pakistani professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the Pakistan football league system, it is the country's primary football compe ...

and the PPF League. It was named after the nearby Drigh Road, which was later renamed to

Shahrah-e-Faisal Shahrah-e-Faisal, founded as Drigh Road, is a boulevard in Karachi that runs , from the Bhutto Underpass near Hotel Metropole in central Karachi, to Star Gate near Jinnah International Airport, where it becomes N-5 National Highway.

. The ground is home to Drigh Road Union Football Club.

Events

The ground has hosted both local and domestic matches since its construction. It hosted seven group stage fixtures of the ninth edition of the

Karachi Football League The Karachi Football League is a semi-professional football league based in Karachi, Sindh province. It is currently the most popular semi-professional football league in Pakistan. The 40,000-capacity Peoples Football Stadium in Karachi is used ...

2011-12 hosted by

Karachi United Karachi United Football Club is a Pakistani professional football club based in Clifton, Karachi. Karachi United competed in the Karachi Football League, one of the top leagues of Karachi. It currently competes in the Pakistan Premier League, th ...

and organized by the KU Football Foundation (KUFF). It also hosted all Group A and the Final Round Departmental Leg fixtures (17 in total) of the 12th Pakistan Football Federation League ‘B’ Division 2020.

Transport

The ground is a five-minute walk away from the Drigh Road Railway Station, which is also to be the final stop of the

Karachi Circular Railway Karachi Circular Railway (abbreviated as KCR) ( ur, , Sindhi: ڪراچي سرڪيولر ريلوي) is a partially active regional public transit system in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, which serves the Karachi metropolitan area. KCR was fully ...

. The Drigh Road bus stop is a four-minute drive away.

References

{{Reflist Football venues in Pakistan Stadiums in Karachi