List of football stadiums in India

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This is a list of football grounds in India that have been used for major international football matches.

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{{location map~|India|label=Kolkata|position=left|mark=Green pog.svg|lat=22.58|long=88.41}}

{{location map~|India|label={{nowrap|South East Delhi}}|position=bottom|mark=Green pog.svg|lat=28.58|long=77.23}}

{{location map~|India|label=Thiruvananthapuram|position=right|mark=Green pog.svg|lat=8.571|long=76.884}}

{{location map~|India|label=Kozhikode|position=right|mark=Green pog.svg|lat=11.2588|long=75.7804}}

{{location map~|India|label=Navi Mumbai|position=top|mark=Green pog.svg|lat=19.04|long=73.02}}

{{location map~|India|label=Kochi|position=right|mark=Green pog.svg|lat=9.9946|long=76.2854}}

{{location map~|India|label=Chennai|position=right|mark=Green pog.svg|lat=13.07|long=80.27}}

{{location map~|India|label=Siliguri|position=left|mark=Green pog.svg|lat=26.73|long=88.43}}

{{location map~|India|label=Imphal|position=right|mark=Green pog.svg|lat=24.82|long=93.94}}

{{location map~|India|label=Central Delhi|position=top|mark=Green pog.svg|lat=28.64|long=77.24}}

{{location map~|India|label=Guwahati|position=right|mark=Green pog.svg|lat=26.14|long=91.73}}

{{location map~|India|label=Hyderabad|position=right|mark=Green pog.svg|lat=17.4614|long=78.3729}}

{{location map~|India|label=Bengaluru|position=left|mark=Green pog.svg|lat=12.9716|long=77.5946}}

{{location map~|India|label=Ahmedabad|position=right|mark=Green pog.svg|lat=23.03|long=72.58}}

{{location map~|India|label=Margao|position=right|mark=Green pog.svg|lat=15.2736|long=73.9581}}

{{location map~|India|label=Pune|position=right|mark=Green pog.svg|lat=18.58|long=73.75}}

{{location map~|India|label=Mumbai|position=left|mark=Green pog.svg|lat=19.1189|long=72.8426}}

{{location map~|India|label=Shillong|position=left|mark=Green pog.svg|lat=25.582222|long=91.894444}}

{{location map~|India|label=Bhubaneswar|position=left|mark=Green pog.svg|lat=20.27|long=85.84}}

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Stadiums

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! NameCityStateCapacityImage
| Salt Lake StadiumBidhannagarWest Bengal85,000

|150px

| Jawaharlal Nehru StadiumDelhiDelhi60,254

|150px

|Greenfield International Stadium

|Thiruvananthapuram

|Kerala

|50,000

|150px

|EMS StadiumKozhikodeKerala50,000

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|DY Patil StadiumNavi MumbaiMaharastra45,300

|150px

|Jawarhalal Nehru International Stadium, KaloorKochiKerala41,000

|150px

|Birsa Munda Football StadiumRanchiJharkhand40,000

|150px

|Jawaharlal Nehru StadiumChennaiTamil Nadu40,000

|150px

|Lal Bahadur Shastri StadiumKollamKerala40,000

|150px

|Mangala StadiumMangaloreKarnataka40,000

|150px

| Kanchenjunga StadiumSiliguriWest Bengal40,000

|150px

| Khuman Lampak Main StadiumImphalManipur35,285

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| Ambedkar StadiumDelhiDelhi35,000

|150px

|Birsa Munda Athletics StadiumRanchiJharkhand35,000

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|Indira Gandhi Athletic StadiumGuwahatiAssam32,844

|150px

|GMC Balayogi Athletic StadiumHyderabadTelangana30,000

|150px

|Chhatrapati Shahu StadiumKolhapurMaharashtra30,000

|150px

|Guru Nanak StadiumLudhianaPunjab30,000

|150px

| Baichung StadiumNamchiSikkim30,000

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| Bakhshi StadiumSrinagarJammu and Kashmir30,000

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|Malappuram District Sports Complex Stadium

|Malappuram

|Kerala

|30,000

|150px

| Paljor StadiumGangtokSikkim30,000

|150px

|Jawaharlal Nehru StadiumCoimbatoreTamil Nadu30,000

|150px

| Lal Bahadur Shastri StadiumHyderabadTelangana30,000

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| Yashwant StadiumNagpurMaharashtra30,000

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| Sree Kanteerava StadiumBangaloreKarnataka25,810

|150px

| Naihati StadiumNaihatiWest Bengal25,000

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| KD Singh Babu StadiumLucknowUttar Pradesh25,000

|150px

| JRD Tata Sports ComplexJamshedpurJharkhand24,424

|150px

| East Bengal GroundKolkataWest Bengal23,500

|150px

|Guru Gobind Singh StadiumJalandharPunjab22,000

|150px

|Rabindra Sarobar StadiumKolkataWest Bengal22,000

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|Ekana Football StadiumLucknowUttar Pradesh20,000

|150px

| The Arena by TranstadiaAhmedabadGujarat20,000

|150px

|Fatorda StadiumMargaoGoa20,000

|150px

| Indira Gandhi StadiumKohimaNagaland20,000

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| Mohun Bagan GroundKolkataWest Bengal20,000

|150px

| Rajiv Gandhi StadiumAizawlMizoram20,000

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| Silli StadiumSilliJharkhand20,000

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| Lal Bahadur Shastri StadiumAkolaMaharastra20,000

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| Jawaharlal Nehru StadiumShillongMeghalaya17,000

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| Bangalore Football StadiumBangaloreKarnataka15,000

|150px

| Vidyasagar KriranganBarasatWest Bengal15,000

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| Kalinga StadiumBhubaneswarOdisha15,000

|150px

| Calicut Medical College StadiumKozhikodeKerala15,000

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| Golden Jubilee StadiumYupiaArunachal Pradesh15,000

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| Mulna StadiumBalaghatMadhya Pradesh15,000

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| |Nehru StadiumGuwahatiAssam15,000

|150px

| Rajendra StadiumSiwanBihar15,000

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| Sailen Manna StadiumHowrahWest Bengal15,000

|150px

| Sumant Moolgaokar StadiumJamshedpurJharkhand15,000

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|Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium

|Thrissur

|Kerala

|15,000

|150px

| Mohammedan Sporting GroundKolkataWest Bengal14,000

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|SAI StadiumKokrajharAssam12,000

|150px

| Jorhat StadiumJorhatAssam12,000

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| Kishore Bharati KriranganJadavpurWest Bengal12,000

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| Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports ComplexPuneMaharashtra11,900

|150px

| Dr. Rajendra Prasad Football StadiumNeemuchMadhya Pradesh10,000

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| Duler StadiumMapusaGoa10,000

|150px

| Jorethang GroundJorethangSikkim10,000

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| Kalyani StadiumKalyaniWest Bengal10,000

|150px

|Kottappadi Football Stadium

|Malappuram

|Kerala

|10,000

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| Mela GroundKalimpongWest Bengal10,000

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| TRC Turf GroundSrinagarJammu & Kashmir10,000

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| KASA StadiumDiphuAssam9,000

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| Mumbai Football ArenaAndheri, MumbaiMaharashtra7,000

|150px

|Cooperage Football StadiumMumbaiMaharashtra5,000

|150px

| Fr. Agnel StadiumNavi MumbaiMaharashtra5,000

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| Lammual StadiumAizawlMizoram5,000

|150px

| Santipur Municipality StadiumSantipurWest Bengal5,000

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| Tilak Maidan StadiumVasco da GamaGoa5,000

|150px

| Oil India GroundDuliajanAssam4,000

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| GMC Athletic StadiumBambolimGoa3,000

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| Nehru MaidanMangaloreKarnataka2,000

| 150px

|Padukone – Dravid Centre for Sports Excellence

|Bengaluru

|Karnataka

|250

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Note.denotes stadiums that have hosted international football matches.

2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup venues

{{Main|2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup}}

The initial shortlist of nine host cities was New Delhi, Pune, Mumbai, Margao, Bangalore, Kolkata, Kochi, Guwahati, and Navi Mumbai.{{cite web |title=India to host 2017 Under-17 FIFA World Cup |url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/articles/527845/20131206/india-2017-u-17-fifa-world-cup.htm |publisher=ibtimes.co.in |access-date=5 December 2013 |date=5 December 2013}} Following the reception of FIFA's technical report, the AIFF cleared Kochi, Delhi, Navi Mumbai, Guwahati, Margao and Kolkata as the venues for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.{{cite web |url=http://www.newsnation.in/article/63714-minister-discusses-u-17-world-cup-progress-fifa-officials.html |title=Minister discusses U-17 World Cup progress with FIFA officials |publisher=Newsnation.in |date=13 December 2014 |access-date=23 December 2014}}{{cite web |url=http://footballnewsindia.in/fifa-team-inspects-kochi-jn-stadium-training-grounds-2017-u-17-world-cup/ |title=FIFA Team Inspects Kochi JN Stadium and Training Grounds for 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup |publisher=Football News India |date=11 December 2014 |access-date=23 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170321130509/http://footballnewsindia.in/fifa-team-inspects-kochi-jn-stadium-training-grounds-2017-u-17-world-cup/ |archive-date=21 March 2017 |url-status=dead }} The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi) was the first venue to be announced.{{cite news|title=Kochi to host U-17 FIFA World Cup matches |url=http://english.manoramaonline.com/sports/football/kochi-to-host-u-17-fifa-world-cup-matches.html |publisher=Manoramaonline |date=6 April 2015 |access-date=13 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150408234845/http://english.manoramaonline.com/sports/football/kochi-to-host-u-17-fifa-world-cup-matches.html |archive-date=8 April 2015 }}

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Stadium

! City/State

! Capacity

Vivekananda Yubabharati Krirangan

| Kolkata, West Bengal

| style="text-align:center"| {{Nts|85,000}}

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

| Delhi

| style="text-align:center"| {{Nts|60,000}}

DY Patil Stadium

| Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra

| style="text-align:center"| {{Nts|45,300}}

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

| Kochi, Kerala

| style="text-align:center"| {{Nts|41,000}}

Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium

| Guwahati, Assam

| style="text-align:center"| {{Nts|25,000}}

Fatorda Stadium

| Margao, Goa

| style="text-align:center"| {{Nts|19,500}}

2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup venues

{{Main|2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup}}

Kalinga Stadium in the city of Bhubaneswar got provisional clearance as the first venue for the 2020 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.{{cite web|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=9879|title=Bhubenswar is the first venue to get provisional clearance for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup India 2020|date=27 August 2019|publisher=AIFF|access-date=27 August 2019}}{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} In November 2019, FIFA local organising committee after second inspection of Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata, Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium in Guwahati and Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, expressed their satisfaction with the preparation of infrastructure and the training facilities as the provisional venues for the tournament.{{cite news|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=10050|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200514091051/https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=10050|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 May 2020|title=FIFA kicks of Women's World Cup India 2020 inspection in Kolkata|date=26 November 2019|access-date=29 November 2019|publisher=AIFF}}{{cite news|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=10054|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220322024609/https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=10054|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 March 2022|title=FIFA LOC delegation inspects Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium in Guwahati for FIFA U17 Women's World Cup India 2020|date=28 November 2019|access-date=29 November 2019|publisher=AIFF}} On 18 February 2020, all the five venues were finalised and announced together with the official schedule. Ahmedabad, Bhubaneswar, Guwahati and Kolkata will host the group-stage matches, where as the knockout matches will be played in four cities except Guwahati.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/u17womensworldcup/news/match-schedule-and-host-cities-announced-for-fifa-under-17-women-s-world-cup-ind|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218213132/https://www.fifa.com/u17womensworldcup/news/match-schedule-and-host-cities-announced-for-fifa-under-17-women-s-world-cup-ind|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 February 2020|title=FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 2020™ - News - Match schedule and host cities announced for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup India 2020™ |last=FIFA.com|website=www.fifa.com|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-03-14}}

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Stadium

! City/State

! Capacity

Kalinga Stadium

|Bhubaneswar, Odisha

| style="text-align:center" | 15,000

DY Patil Stadium

|Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra

| style="text-align:center" | 45,300

Fatorda Stadium

| Margao, Goa

| style="text-align:center"| {{Nts|19,500}}

See also

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