Malappuram District Sports Complex Stadium, also known as Payyanad Stadium, is an

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Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...

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, located about 7km from Manjeri and 12km from

Malappuram Malappuram (also Malapuram) () is a city in the Indian state of Kerala, spread over an area of including the surrounding suburban areas. The first municipality in the district formed in 1970, Malappuram serves as the administrative headquarter ...

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Malappuram District Sports Complex & Football Academy Malappuram District Sports Complex is a sports complex owned by Malappuram District Sports Council, which is located between Payyanad,Manjeri and Malappuram, Kerala, India. The Malappuram District Sports Complex Stadium hosted 2013–14 Indian ...

, under the management of Malappuram District Sports Council. It was selected as one of two stadiums, along with the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, to host the group stages of the

2013–14 Indian Federation Cup The 2013–14 Indian Federation Cup was the 35th edition of the Federation Cup, the main domestic cup competition in Indian football. A total of 16 teams played in this edition of the tournament in which they all entered in the group stage cons ...

. The stadium hosted matches of group B and D. MDSC Stadium Manjeri

In 2017–18 season of Kerala Premier League, the stadium was used as home ground by Gokulam Kerala FC.

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