The Cooperage Football Ground is a football stadium located in Nariman Point,

Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the secon ...

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area, the List of countries and dependencies by population, second-most populous ...

. It is currently home to multiple

Mumbai Football League The Mumbai Football League, also known as the Harwood League, is organised by Mumbai Football Association (MFA) as a ladder-based competition involving a total of five divisions and over 300 teams. It is the top football league in Mumbai and ...

clubs. The

Western India Football Association Western India Football Association (WIFA) is the state governing body for football in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is affiliated with the All India Football Federation, the sports national governing body. History The Bombay Football Assoc ...

has operated from the Cooperage Ground since 1969, and the

Mumbai District Football Association Mumbai Football Association (MFA), formerly known as Mumbai District Football Association (MDFA), is an organisation that governs the football in and around the Indian city of Mumbai. It is a member of the Western India Football Association, ...

holds a small office. It was a venue for one of India's premier national leagues, the

I-League The I-League (known as Hero I-League for sponsorship ties with Hero MotoCorp) is the second-tier men's professional football competition of the Indian football league system. It is currently contested by 12 clubs across the country with the wi ...

. I-League club Kenkre is currently using the stadium as their home ground since their inception in 2000.

History

Cooperage Ground was the primary venue of the Rovers Cup, the third oldest football tournament in India after Durand and Trades Cup. The stadium was occupied by the British Indian Army during the

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, ...

. In April 2011, plans were announced for the Cooperage Football Ground to be renovated when

FIFA FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' (French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was found ...

announced that they would give the

US$ 2 million in order to renovate that stadium. On 12 June 2011, it was announced in the

Bombay High Court The High Court of Bombay is the high court of the states of Maharashtra and Goa in India, and the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. It is seated primarily at Mumbai (formerly known as Bombay), and is one of the ...

that the West India Football Association would be given the right to renovate the Cooperage Ground. Mumbai Fitness

References

External links

Stadium picture

Aerial stadium picture

Stadium pictures
Football venues in Maharashtra Sports venues in Mumbai Mumbai FC Air India FC 1933 establishments in India Sports venues completed in 1933 {{India-sports-venue-stub

History

See also

References

External links