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Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, locally known as Fatorda Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium situated in
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,
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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
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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
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club
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,
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club
Churchill Brothers FC Goa Churchill Brothers FC Goa, or simply known as Churchill Brothers, is an Indian professional football club based in Margao, Goa, that competes in the I-League, alongside Goa Professional League. Founded in 1988 in Margao, the club usually par ...
. 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
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was played between
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and
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in Nehru Cup.


Football clubs using the stadium

In 2006, before the
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, all four Goan clubs (
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, Churchill Brothers S.C.,
Salgaocar S.C. Salgaocar Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Vasco, Goa, that competes in the Goa Professional League. They have also played in the I-League, then top flight of Indian football league system. Founded in 1956, the ...
, and Sporting Clube de Goa) announced that The Fatorda would be used as the home for all four teams'
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matches. In the next season of I-League,
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too used the stadium as home ground. The
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club
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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. Dempo Sports Club, or simply known as Dempo, is an Indian professional football club based in Panjim, Goa, that competes in the Goa Professional League. The club is owned and sponsored by the Dempo Mining Corporation Limited. Popularly known as ...
,
FC Goa Football Club Goa is an Indian professional football club based in Goa, that competes in the Indian Super League, the top flight of Indian football. The club was established on 26 August 2014. Nicknamed as '' Gaurs'', the club plays their h ...
,
Salgaocar S.C. Salgaocar Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Vasco, Goa, that competes in the Goa Professional League. They have also played in the I-League, then top flight of Indian football league system. Founded in 1956, the ...
, Sporting Clube de Goa and
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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
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matches in India. It has hosted the finals of
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twice in
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and
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. In
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, the stadium hosted the
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matches of the
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, in which
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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
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and
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, it has played host to seven further One Day Internationals, the most recent being between
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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
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, which was conducted in Goa. The opening and closing ceremonies of these Games were held at this venue. Football matches of the Lusofonia Games were also held here.


See also

*
List of football stadiums in India This is a list of football grounds in India that have been used for football matches. Stadiums ''Note.'' † ''denotes stadiums that have hosted international football matches.'' 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup venues The initial shortlist of ...


References


External links


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