Mohammedan Sporting Ground, also known as Mohammedan Sporting–Howrah Union Ground, is a multi-use stadium in
Kolkata, India
Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, commerci ...
. It is currently used mostly for
football matches and is mainly the home stadium of
Mohammedan Sporting. The ground has a natural grass turf. Having facilities such as commentary boxes for radio and TV, press box and air conditioned changing rooms, the stadium holds 15,000 people.
It is also the home ground of
Howrah Union
Howrah Union is an Indian multisports club based in the city of Kolkata, whose football team competes in the Calcutta Football League. The club previously competed in Super Division of CFL. Their cricket team plays in the CAB tournaments.
Histo ...
,
which it shares with Mohammedan Sporting.
About
The stadium has galleries on three sides and a rampart on the fourth side. The north side gallery is the member's gallery. The east side and south side galleries are still made of a temporary iron structure and are designated for non-member supporters. The playing pitch is about 100 x 60 meters. The club tent and main office are located adjacent to the stadium. The club tent consists of a maintained lawn, with benches.
Upgrade work
In July 2017 second phase upgrade and improvement works started.
* Installing floodlight
* electronic scoreboard
* increase seating capacity from 15,000 to 25,000
* upgrade member gallery with ''White-Black'' (club's home colour) bucket chairs
* air conditioned press room
* ultra-modern gymnasium
References
Football venues in West Bengal
Sports venues in Kolkata
1929 establishments in India
Sports venues completed in 1929
20th-century architecture in India
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