Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, locally known as Fatorda Stadium, is a

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situated in

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. The venue has been used to host both international football as well as International cricket matches.However after the emergence of

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in 2007 and

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in 2014, the stadium is turned into football only stadium. It is Goa's only international stadium and has a seating capacity of 19000 with additional 1000 in reserve. It has hosted 9 ODIs in Cricket and hosted various football tournaments including multiple Indian Super League finals and

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. The venue was established in 1989 and is owned and operated by the

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. It is currently the home stadium of

club

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club

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. In the

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, it was used as one of the centralized home grounds because of the

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History

Beginning

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Fatorda was built in a record six months by the then Sports Minister Monte (D') Cruz. It was opened in 1989 as a

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only stadium but in less than a year was redeveloped to include

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. On 25 October 1989 the first cricket ODI was played between

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and

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Football clubs using the stadium

In 2006, before the 2007–08 I-League, all four Goan clubs ( Dempo S.C., Churchill Brothers S.C., Salgaocar S.C., and

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) announced that The Fatorda would be used as the home for all four teams'

matches. In the next season of I-League,

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too used the stadium as home ground. The

club

have been tenants of the stadium since 2014.

Facilities

In 2014 it was upgraded according to the latest

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specifications. It is designed with a 20,000 seating capacity. The stadium complex provides two levels of fan seating arrangement along with a VIP area. Facilities include arena lighting, natural turf, broadcast room, TV studio, player dressing rooms, match delegates area, doping control rooms, medical rooms for players and spectators, VIP lounge, corporate boxes, media tribune and media working stations, press conference area, mixed zone area, CCTV cameras, a swimming pool, multipurpose gymnasium and parking facilities. It is regarded as one of the most well maintained football grounds in the Indian subcontinent. On 1st October 2022, it was announced that India's First Hybrid Pitch will be installed in this Stadium ahead of Fifa U-17 Women's World Cup 2022.

List of centuries

Key

* * denotes that the batsman was

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. * Inns. denotes the number of the innings in the match. * Balls denotes the number of balls faced in an innings. * NR denotes that the number of balls was not recorded. * Parentheses next to the player's score denotes his century number at Edgbaston. * The column title Date refers to the date the match started. * The column title Result refers to the player's team result.

One Day Internationals

International cricket five-wicket hauls

Key

ODIs

Football

This venue has long been a mainstay of Indian football, having played host to many international games, including India's qualifiers for both the

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and

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. The stadium has also been used as a home venue for the Goan clubs in AIFF competitions: Churchill Brothers S.C., Dempo S.C.,

, Salgaocar S.C.,

and

It hosted the semifinals and final of the football event during the

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. The matches of 2016 BRICS U-17 Football Cup, the first edition of the tournament, were played at the stadium and Brazilian U-17 team won the trophy. It was chosen one of the six stadiums to host the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup matches in India. It has hosted the finals of

twice in

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and

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. In

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, the stadium hosted the Group E matches of the

, in which

competed.

Cricket

Although the stadium was originally built to be a football venue, over the past few years it has been increasingly used to host international cricket matches. Since hosting its first ever international in 1989 between

and

, it has played host to seven further One Day Internationals, the most recent being between

and Sri Lanka in 2007. The allocation of cricket matches to the stadium has often upset the Goan football community as it renders them unable to use the venue for hosting football.

Lusofonia Games

The Stadium was renovated for the

, which was conducted in

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. The opening and closing ceremonies of these Games were held at this venue. Football matches of the

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were also held here.

References

External links

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History

Beginning

Football clubs using the stadium

Facilities

List of centuries

Key

One Day Internationals

International cricket five-wicket hauls

Key

ODIs

Football

Cricket

Lusofonia Games

See also

References

External links