Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi)

The Kaloor Stadium was originally constructed as a cricket stadium. But considering that Kerala is one of the few regions in India where football enjoys considerable popularity it was used for football matches also. Indeed, in a match between India and Iraq in 1997, approximately 100,000 spectators filled up the venue, thus overcrowding it, which remains a record at this place. This was in the Nehru Cup International Football Tournament in 1997, which was the first tournament at the venue.

The stadium won several laurels for being constructed in a timely manner.{{cite web | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/New-Stadium-Stand-in-K-Karunakarans-Name/2015/07/14/article2918800.ece | title=Cochin Stadium | publisher=Official Website | date=10 May 2016 | access-date=10 May 2016 | archive-date=3 June 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603124544/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/New-Stadium-Stand-in-K-Karunakarans-Name/2015/07/14/article2918800.ece | url-status=dead }} The stadium was completed under the watchful eyes of late V. Joseph Thomas IPS who was the head of the Greater Cochin Development Authority. He was a huge fan of football from his college days at St. Thomas College, Palai and also served as the patron of the Kerala State Athletics Association.{{cite web | url=http://keralaathletics.org/officebearers.html | title=Office Bearers of Kerala State Athletics Association | publisher=Official Website of Kerala State Athletics Association | date=10 May 2016 | access-date=10 May 2016 | archive-date=11 February 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211072055/http://www.keralaathletics.org/officebearers.html | url-status=live }} The stadium was inaugurated by then President of India Shankar Dayal Sharma in 1996. It has 1.3 kilometres in outer circle.

After 1998, football went down and cricket took the centre-stage for many years, drawing sell-out and high money grossing games. In fact, the highest money grosser at the venue was made in a cricket ODI match between India and its arch-rival Pakistan in April 2005. The first ODI played on this ground was between India and Australia on 1 April 1998.

Kaloor stadium hosted the first match India played after Sachin Tendulkar's retirement. The pavilion was renamed as Sachin Tendulkar pavilion as an honour to him before this match between India and West Indies on 21 November 2013 which India won by 6 wickets.

The stadium underwent a massive renovation including a modern turf, an aesthetic modern roofing and a four-lane road from the south side of the stadium.

The first Indian Premier League game at the stadium was on 9 April 2011, when the Kochi Tuskers Kerala hosted the Royal Challengers Bangalore. It was the first IPL match for the Kochi Tuskers. Five of their 2011 home games were played in this stadium, and the other two were played at the Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore. The stadium hosted the semi-final and final of the 2013 Duleep Trophy.

File:Jewaharlal Nehru Stadium Kochi ISL.jpg match]]

In 2011, Chirag United claimed the tenancy of the venue. However, the premier football club of India was still not able to fill up the stadium's massive capacity.{{Cite web|url = http://stadiumdb.com/stadiums/ind/jawaharlal_nehru_stadium_kochi|title = StadiumDB|access-date = 12 October 2015|archive-date = 23 July 2019|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190723134206/http://stadiumdb.com/stadiums/ind/jawaharlal_nehru_stadium_kochi|url-status = live}} Football returned to prominence at the venue after the launch of Indian Super League in 2014. The stadium is the home ground to Kerala Blasters, one of the teams with the most fanbases in the ISL. Some of the games involving the home team drew crowds in excess of 55,000 in the inaugural edition.{{Cite web|url = https://www.deccanchronicle.com/141201/nation-current-affairs/article/kochi-stadium-record-crowd-welcomes-football-again|title = Kochi Stadium record crowd welcomes football again|date = December 2014|access-date = 12 October 2015|archive-date = 30 March 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200330092329/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/141201/nation-current-affairs/article/kochi-stadium-record-crowd-welcomes-football-again|url-status = live}}

The first Indian Super League game at the stadium was on 6 November 2014, when the Kerala Blasters FC hosted the FC Goa. It was the first ISL match for the Kerala Blasters. The stadium had an average attendance of over 40,000 for the Indian Super League matches in 2014. The game between Kerala Blasters FC and Chennaiyin FC saw 61,323 spectators on 30 November 2014.

The stadium was the venue for 2013 Santosh Trophy finals.

The famous "Maro Maro" song composed by A.R. Rahman for the Tamil movie Boys directed by Shankar, climax scenes of the Tamil movie Velayudham starring Vijay, Malayalam movie Run Baby Run starring Mohanlal and many other Indian Films were shot in the stadium.

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| date = 1 April 1998

| team1 = {{cr|IND}}

| score1 = 309/5 (50 overs)

| score2 = 268 (45.5 overs)

| team2 = {{cr|AUS}}

| runs1 = A Jadeja 105 * (109)

| wickets1 = MS Kasprowicz 3/50 (8.2 overs)

| runs2 = AC Gilchrist 61 (45)

| wickets2 = Sachin Tendulkar 5/32 (10 overs)

| result = India won by 41 runs

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/engine/match/66137.html Scorecard]

| umpires =SK Bansal and AV Jayaprakash

| motm = Sachin Tendulkar (India)

| toss = India won the toss and elected to bat first.

}}

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| date = 9 March 2000

| team1 = {{cr|IND}}

| score1 = 302/7 (49.4 overs)

| score2 = 301/3 (50 overs)

| team2 = {{cr|RSA}}

| runs1 = Ajay Jadeja 92 (109)

| wickets1 =WJ Cronje 2/48 (8 overs)

| runs2 = G.Kirsten 115 (123)

| wickets2 = Rahul Dravid 2/43 (9 overs)

| result = India won by 3 wickets

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/engine/match/64657.html Scorecard]

| umpires =MR Singh and CR Vijayaraghavan

| motm = A Jadeja (India)

| toss = South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first.

}}

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| date = 13 March 2002

| team1 = {{cr|IND}}

| score1 = 191 (48.3 overs)

| score2 = 197/4 (44.2 overs)

| team2 = {{cr|ZIM}}

| runs1 = Mohammad Kaif 56 (78)

| wickets1 = Douglas Hondo 4/37 (8.3 overs)

| runs2 = ADR Campbell 71 (119)

| wickets2 = Ajit Agarkar 2/28 (10 overs)

| result = Zimbabwe won by 6 wickets

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/engine/match/64755.html Scorecard]

| umpires = Vijay Chopra and Devendra Sharma

| motm = Douglas Hondo

| toss = India won the toss and elected to bat first.

}}

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| date = 2 April 2005

| team1 = {{cr|IND}}

| score1 = 281/8 (50 overs)

| score2 = 194 (45.2 overs)

| team2 = {{cr|PAK}}

| runs1 = Virender Sehwag 108 (95)

| wickets1 = Arshad Khan 4/33 (6 overs)

| runs2 =Mohammad Hafeez 42 (75)

| wickets2 = Sachin Tendulkar 5/50 (10 overs)

| result = India won by 87 runs

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/engine/match/64938.html Scorecard]

| umpires = Billy Bowden (New Zealand) and AV Jayaprakash

| motm = Virender Sehwag

| toss = India won the toss and elected to bat first.

}}

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| date = 6 April 2006

| team1 = {{cr|IND}}

| score1 = 238/6 (47.2 overs)

| score2 = 237 (48.4 overs)

| team2 = {{cr|ENG}}

| runs1 = Rahul Dravid 65* (73)

| wickets1 = Ian Blackwell 2/41 (10 overs)

| runs2 = Geraint Jones 49 (66)

| wickets2 = Yuvraj Singh 2/34 (8 overs)

| result = India won by 4 wickets

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/engine/match/238191.html Scorecard]

| umpires = K Hariharan (India) and RE Koertzen (South Africa)

| motm = Yuvraj Singh

| toss = England won the toss and elected to bat first.

}}

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| date = 2 October 2007

| team1 = {{cr|IND}}

| score1 = 222 (47.3 overs)

| score2 = 306/6 (50 overs)

| team2 = {{cr|AUS}}

| runs1 = MS Dhoni 58 (88)

| wickets1 = George Hogg 3/40 (9.3 overs)

| runs2 =Bradley Haddin 87* (69)

| wickets2 = S Sreesanth 3/67 (9 overs)

| result = Australia won by 84 runs

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/engine/match/297794.html Scorecard]

| umpires = SA Bucknor (West Indies) and SL Shastri

| motm = Bradley Haddin

| toss = India won the toss and elected to field first.

}}

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| date = 17 October 2010

| team1 = {{cr|IND}}

| score1 =

| score2 =

| team2 = {{cr|AUS}}

| result = Match abandoned without a ball bowled due to rain.

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/engine/match/464528.html Scorecard]

| umpires = Billy Bowden (New Zealand) and AM Saheba (India)

}}

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| date = 15 January 2013

| team1 = {{cr|IND}}

| score1 = 285/6 (50 overs)

| score2 = 158/10 (36 overs)

| team2 = {{cr|ENG}}

| runs1 = MS Dhoni 72 (66)

| wickets1 = ST Finn 2/51 (10 overs)

| runs2 = Kevin Pietersen 42 (44)

| wickets2 = B Kumar 3/29 (10 overs)

| result = India won by 127 runs

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/india-v-england-2012/engine/current/match/565813.html Scorecard]

| umpires = Vineet Kulkarni and Steve Davis

| motm = Ravindra Jadeja (India)

| toss = India won the toss and elected to bat first.

}}

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| date = 21 November 2013

| team1 = {{cr|IND}}

| score1 = 212–4 (35.2 overs)

| score2 = 211 (48.5 overs)

| team2 = {{cr|WIN}}

| runs1 = Virat Kohli 86 (84)

| wickets1 = J Holder 2/48 (8 overs)

| runs2 = DM Bravo 59 (77)

| wickets2 = R Jadeja 3/37 (10 overs)

| result = India won by 6 wickets

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/india-v-west-indies-2013-14/engine/match/676529.html Scorecard]

| umpires = VA Kulkarni( India) and RJ Tucker( Australia)

| motm = Virat Kohli (India)

| toss = West Indies won the toss and elected to bat first.

}}

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| date = 8 October 2014

| team1 = {{cr|IND}}

| score1 = 197

| score2 =321

| team2 = {{cr|WIN}}

| runs1 = Shikhar Dhawan 68 (92)

| wickets1 = Marlon Samuels 2/10 (3 overs)

| runs2 = Marlon Samuels 126 (116)

| wickets2 = Mohammed Shami 4/66 (9 overs)

| result = West Indies won by 124 runs

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/engine/match/770121.html Scorecard]

| umpires = IJ Gould( England) and S Ravi( India)

| motm = MN Samuels (West Indies)

| toss = India won the toss and elected to field first.

}}

The cricket stadium in Kochi was expected to serve the Chennai Super Kings or the Royal Challengers Bangalore as a home venue apart from Chennai and Bangalore for the initial IPL seasons. However both the franchises initially refused and later promised to reconsider the offer, fearing a decline in revenues. Eventually no matches of the first 3 IPL seasons were played in Kochi.

The auction for expanding the initial eight franchises to ten for the 2011 season was held on 22 March 2010. Rendezvous Sports World made the second highest bid of {{Indian Rupee}} 15333 million, and elected to base its team in Kochi.{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/8578606.stm |title=Pune and Kochi to join 2011 Indian Premier League, BBC Sport |date=21 March 2010 |access-date=24 April 2011 |archive-date=8 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110408075921/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/8578606.stm |url-status=live }}

The first IPL match held at the stadium was between Kochi Tuskers Kerala and Royal Challengers Bangalore on 9 April 2011. The match was also Kochi Tuskers first ever IPL match.

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| date = 9 April 2011

| team1 = Kochi Tuskers Kerala

| score1 = 161/5 (20 overs)

| score2 = 162/4 (18.4 overs)

| team2 = Royal Challengers Bangalore

| runs1 = B McCullum 45 (32)

| wickets1 = D Vettori 1–17 (4 overs)

| runs2 = AB de Villiers 54 (40)

| wickets2 = R Jadeja 1–28 (4 overs)

| result = Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 6 wickets

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2011/engine/match/501200.html (Scorecard)]

| umpires = Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Krishna Hariharan (Ind)

| motm = AB de Villiers (Royal Challengers Bangalore)

| toss = Kochi Tuskers Kerala won the toss and elected to bat

}}

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| date = 18 April 2011

| team1 = Kochi Tuskers Kerala

| score1 = 135/3 (15 overs)

| score2 = 131/4 (17 overs)

| team2 = Chennai Super Kings

| runs1 = B McCullum 47 (33)

| wickets1 = R Ashwin 2–31 (4 overs)

| runs2 = SK Raina 50 (40)

| wickets2 = RV Gomez 1–20 (2 overs)

| result = Kochi Tuskers Kerala won by 7 wickets (D/L method)

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2011/engine/current/match/501215.html (Scorecard)]

| umpires = Krishna Hariharan (Ind) and Tony Hill (NZ)

| motm = BB McCullum (Kochi Tuskers Kerala)

| toss = Kochi Tuskers won the toss and elected to field

| rain = Match reduced to 17 overs per side due to rain. Kochi's target was adjusted to 135 runs from 17 overs via the Duckworth–Lewis method.

}}

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| date = 27 April 2011

| team1 = Kochi Tuskers Kerala

| score1 = 74 (16.3 overs)

| score2 = 129/6 (20 overs)

| team2 = Deccan Chargers

| runs1 = Ravindra Jadeja 23 (35)

| wickets1 = Ishant Sharma 5/12 (3 overs)

| runs2 = Kumar Sangakkara 65 (47)

| wickets2 = Vinay Kumar 3/25 (4 overs)

| result = Deccan Chargers won by 55 runs

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2011/engine/match/501229.html (Scorecard)]

| umpires = Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Tony Hill (NZ)

| motm = Ishant Sharma (Deccan Chargers)

| toss = Kochi Tuskers Kerala won the toss and elected to field.

}}

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| date = 30 April 2011

| team1 = Kochi Tuskers Kerala

| score1 = 119 (18.5 overs)

| score2 = 157/7 (20 overs)

| team2 = Delhi Daredevils

| runs1 = Ravindra Jadeja 31 (22)

| wickets1 = Morné Morkel 3/18 (4 overs)

| runs2 = Virender Sehwag 80 (47)

| wickets2 = Sreesanth 2/10 (4 overs)

| result = Delhi Daredevils won by 38 runs

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2011/engine/match/501233.html (Scorecard)]

| umpires = Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Tony Hill (NZ)

| motm = Virender Sehwag (Delhi Daredevils)

| toss = Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to bat.

}}

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| date = 5 May 2011

| team1 = Kochi Tuskers Kerala

| score1 = 156/5 (20 overs)

| score2 = 139/7 (20 overs)

| team2 = Kolkata Knight Riders

| runs1 = Mahela Jayawardene 55 (41)

| wickets1 = Jaydev Unadkat 2/25 (4 overs)

| runs2 = Eoin Morgan 66 (51)

| wickets2 = Raiphi Gomez 2/14 (4 overs)

| result = Kochi Tuskers Kerala won by 17 runs

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2011/engine/match/501242.html (Scorecard)]

| umpires = Rod Tucker (Aus) and S. Ravi (Ind)

| motm = Brad Hodge (Kochi Tuskers Kerala)

| toss = Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.

}}

Batting

• Highest Total: 321/6 (50 overs) by West Indies vs. India on 8 October 2014.
• Lowest Total: 191 (48.3 overs) by India vs. Zimbabwe on 13 March 2002.
• Most Runs : Rahul Dravid (223 runs from 292 balls in 5 matches)
• Highest Score: Marlon Samuels (West Indies) 126* runs from 116 balls vs. India on 8 October 2014.
• Average 1st innings total : 273
• Average 2nd innings total : 225

Bowling

• Most Wickets : Sachin Tendulkar (10 Wickets, 33 Overs, 4 Matches)
• Best Bowling : Sachin Tendulkar 5/32 (India vs. Australia on 1 April 1998)

• * denotes that the batsman was not out.
• 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

• Most Runs : Brendon McCullum (Kochi)
• Most Wickets : Vinay Kumar (Kochi) (6)
• Highest total in an innings : Royal Challengers Bangalore (162/4)
• Lowest total in an innings : Kochi Tuskers Kerala (74/10)
• Highest Score: Virender Sehwag (Delhi Daredevils) vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala (80 runs from 47 balls)
• Best Bowling : Ishant Sharma (5/12) vs. Kochi Tuskers Kerala
• Highest partnership : Sangakkara and Cameron White (90 runs off 69 balls)

The stadium is the official home ground for the Kerala Blasters FC in Indian Super League since 2014. Kerala Blasters had won their first ISL home match against FC Goa for 1–0 conducted on 6 November 2014.

The game between Kerala Blasters FC and Chennaiyin FC saw 61,234 spectators on 30 November 2014. Kerala Blasters had the highest average attendance (47,427) for football clubs outside of Europe in domestic league matches, at that time.{{cite news|title=Kerala Blasters has the highest average attendance|url=http://www.worldfootball.net/attendance/ind-indian-super-league-2014/1/|date=2014-12-15|access-date=11 December 2014|archive-date=7 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200907035600/https://www.worldfootball.net/attendance/ind-indian-super-league-2014/1/|url-status=live}}

{{wide image|Kochi_Jawaharlal_Nehru_Stadium_Panorama.jpg|1024px|Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Blasters Matchday}}

In the inaugural season of Indian Super League, Kerala Blasters finished fourth in the group stages with 19 points from 14 games and qualified for Semi-final after beating Pune City FC. Kerala Blasters FC was unbeaten in six of their seven home games.

In semi-final which happened to be the last home match of this year for Kerala Blasters FC, Kerala Blasters FC won in emphatic fashion by trouncing toppers Chennaiyin FC with scoreline 3–0. One of the goals was scored by Malayali midfielder Sushanth Mathew away from 30 yards through a curling long-ranger, shot over renowned footballers Alessandro Nesta and Mikaël Silvestre and it became a proud and memorable moment for sports fans in Kerala.{{cite news|title=Sushanth Mathew: 'I pulled off Cristiano trick'|url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/7083/isl/2014/12/15/7091472/sushanth-mathew-i-pulled-off-cristiano-trick?ICID=TP_NL_1|work=Nikhil Jitendran|publisher=Goal.com|date=2014-12-15|access-date=27 December 2014|archive-date=2 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150302013939/http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/7083/isl/2014/12/15/7091472/sushanth-mathew-i-pulled-off-cristiano-trick?ICID=TP_NL_1|url-status=live}} The opening ceremony of Hero Indian Super League 2017/18 was hosted in the stadium.

The former I-League football team Viva Kerala FC (Chirag United Club Kerala) played their home matches for the 2011–12 I-League season and also selected matches at the venue.

On 5 December 2013, the FIFA Executive Committee chaired by FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter decided that host of 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup will be India{{cite web|title=FIFA launches 2014 FIFA World Cup Legacy Trust|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2013/m=12/news=fifa-launches-2014-fifa-world-cup-legacy-trust-2239771.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415014333/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2013/m=12/news=fifa-launches-2014-fifa-world-cup-legacy-trust-2239771.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 April 2014|website=FIFA.com}} upon evaluation of bid sent by AIFF with Kochi as one of the eight possible venues.{{cite news|title=Official: India to host U-17 World Cup in 2017|url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/136/india/2013/12/05/4454372/official-india-to-host-u-17-world-cup-in-2017|publisher=Goal.com|access-date=19 December 2014|archive-date=10 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310225438/http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/136/india/2013/12/05/4454372/official-india-to-host-u-17-world-cup-in-2017|url-status=live}} Later, Chief Minister of Kerala Mr.Oommen Chandy stated that they will soon sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Sports Ministry in that regard after an exclusive cabinet meet on the issue.{{cite news|title=Kerala Government backs U-17 World Cup India bid|url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/136/india/2013/07/25/4141352/kerala-government-backs-u-17-world-cup-india-bid|publisher=Goal.com|access-date=19 December 2014|archive-date=6 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406123905/https://www.goal.com/en-india/news/136/india/2013/07/25/4141352/kerala-government-backs-u-17-world-cup-india-bid|url-status=live}} Government has appointed senior IAS officer Mr. APM Mohammed Hanish as Nodal Officer as per Fifa's direction.{{cite news|title=Hanish appointed Nodal Officer for 2017 Fifa U-17 World Cup|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/2017-u-17-world-cup/Hanish-appointed-Nodal-Officer-for-2017-Fifa-U-17-World-Cup/articleshow/37580425.cms|agency=PTI|work=The Times of India|access-date=19 December 2014|archive-date=21 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421100934/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/2017-u-17-world-cup/Hanish-appointed-Nodal-Officer-for-2017-Fifa-U-17-World-Cup/articleshow/37580425.cms|url-status=live}}

On 11 December 2014, FIFA team inspected the stadium and emphasised to improve the quality of pitch and need of bucket seats in the second tier of the stadium. With Kochi registering an average crowd of 47,000 for ISL, the city has gathered attention from the authorities in terms of attracting crowd.

On 6 April 2015, AIFF cleared Kochi as one of the venues after receiving FIFA's technical committee report. Delhi, Mumbai, Guwahati, Goa and Kolkata are the other venues.

The stadium is the home ground of the Super League Kerala club Forca Kochi FC since 2024.

The Celebrity Cricket League team Kerala Strikers played its home matches in the stadium since 2012 upon till 2016.

File:Stadium Link Road Kochi.jpg

The Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium is located in the heart of the city. It lies beside the Banerjee Road between Kaloor and Palarivattom, a common stretch among many city bus routes. The Stadium Link Road from the southern side allows access from Thammanam and Kathrikadavu, although there is no public transport along this route. The stadium is situated at {{cvt|2.5 and 5.2|km}} from the North (Town) and South (Junction) railway stations respectively.

All city buses passing through the Kaloor-Palarivattom stretch have a stop at the stadium. The JLN Stadium metro station of the Kochi Metro is situated right in front of the stadium. The presence of a prominent bus stop as well as a metro station makes it a prime location and one which can be easily accessed from any part of the city.

File:Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi, Kerala.png| Stadium before a FIFA U-17 World Cup Match.

File:Jewaharlal Nehru Stadium Kochi ISL.jpg| Stadium before an ISL Match.

File:Manjappada unfolding their tifo.jpg|Manjappada (Yellow Army) during a match in Kochi.

File:Jewharlal Nehru Stadium Kochi ISL 2016 Final.jpg| 2016 Indian Super League final between ATK and Kerala Blasters.

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