Barasat Stadium
বিদ্যাসাগর ক্রীড়াঙ্গন | |
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| Location | Barasat, Greater Kolkata,[1] West Bengal, India |
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| Coordinates | 22°43′03.687″N 88°28′43.12″E / 22.71769083°N 88.4786444°E |
| Owner | Barasat Municipality |
| Operator | Indian Football Association |
| Capacity | 20,000 |
| Field size | 105 x 68 metres |
| Surface | Astro-turf[2] |
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| Calcutta Football League West Bengal football team Rainbow AC | |
Barasat District Sports Stadium (or simply Barasat Stadium,[3] also known as Vidyasagar Krirangan),[4] is a football stadium in Barasat, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal. It is used mostly for Calcutta Football League matches. It is also used for several district-level, state-level and sometimes national-level tournaments. The stadium currently holds around 15,000 spectators, has four floodlight towers, as well as air conditioned function and changing rooms.[5] The artificial turf at the stadium has achieved a two-star rating from FIFA.[6]
Since the 2014–15 season, the stadium has hosted the home matches of Mohun Bagan A.C. and East Bengal in the I-League.
References
[edit]- ^ "North 24 Parganas district". Archived from the original on 8 June 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
- ^ "SPO Bengal's Barasat stadium gets two star grading from FIFA". chennaionline.com. Retrieved 17 November 2013.[dead link]
- ^ Parasar, Swapnaneel (5 August 2018). "Minerva Punjab win U-13 Youth League title". sportingnews.com. The Sporting News India. Archived from the original on 22 May 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
- ^ "CALCUTTA FOOTBALL LEAGUE – OFFICER'S CHOICE BLUE TO BE THE TITLE SPONSOR". Football News India. Kolkata. 4 August 2015. Archived from the original on 10 October 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ^ "Vidyasagar Krirangan likely to host I-League matches next season". indiansoccerlive.com. Archived from the original on 27 March 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
- ^ "Barasat Turf granted Two-star grading". the-aiff.com. Archived from the original on 28 March 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
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