Cooperage Ground

Cooperage Football Ground
Cooperage Football Ground on a matchday of the I-League in 2015
Map
LocationMumbai, India
OwnerBrihanmumbai Municipal Corporation[1]
Capacity5,000[2][3]
Field size105×68 metres
SurfaceArtificial grass
Construction
Opened1904[1]
Renovated2017
Tenants
Mumbai Football League
MFA Elite Corporate League
Kenkre FC
Maharashtra Oranje FC

The Cooperage Football Ground is a football stadium located in Nariman Point, Mumbai, Maharashtra.[4][5][6][7] It is predominantly home to multiple Mumbai Football League clubs.[8][9]

The Western India Football Association has operated from the Cooperage Ground since 1969,[1] and the Mumbai District Football Association holds a small office. It was a venue for one of India's premier national leagues, the I-League.[10][11]Mahindra United FC, Kenkre FC, and Mumbai FC used the stadium as home ground in both the NFL and the I-League, while Ambernath United Atlanta FC hosted its I-League 2nd Division games.[12][13][14][15]

  1. ^ a b c "Jamshed Kanga & Others vs The State Of Maharashtra & Ors on 10 June, 2011". Indian Kanoon. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  2. ^ Vasavda, Mihir (15 April 2011). "FIFA sanctions 2 million grant for Cooperage". dnaindia.com. DNA India. Archived from the original on 21 June 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  3. ^ Rosy Sequeira (11 June 2011). "A Shot in the arm for Cooperage Ground". DNA. Archived from the original on 21 June 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  4. ^ Mumbai FC returns to Cooperage Football Stadium. Archived 27 September 2021 at the Wayback Machine. the-aiff.com. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
  5. ^ Mehta, Rutvick (25 December 2021). "Newcomers Kenkre FC put Mumbai back on the I-League map". hindustantimes.com. Mumbai: Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 6 December 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  6. ^ Media Team, AIFF (23 November 2022). "Mumbai Kenkre gear up for homecoming, Churchill Brothers seek first win". i-league.org. Mumbai: Hero I-League. Archived from the original on 1 December 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  7. ^ Tarafdar, Veronica (30 March 2023). "In the last matchday of the I-League season, teams compete for improved Super Cup qualifying ranking". footballexpress.in. Football Express India. Archived from the original on 7 April 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  8. ^ Yadav, Siddharth (12 November 2016). "MFA Elite Division 2016–17: The Big Preview". footballcounter.com. Mumbai: Football Counter. Archived from the original on 4 August 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  9. ^ Dias, Anil (8 December 2021). "Kenkre FC's I-League dreams: 21 years in the making". freepressjournal.in. Mumbai: The Free Press Journal. Archived from the original on 8 December 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  10. ^ Rahul Bali (12 November 2008). "India: Goalless Between Dempo And Mumbai". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  11. ^ "Kenkre FC split points with Lonestar Kashmir in 1-1 draw". www.footballcounter.com. Football Counter. 20 April 2017. Archived from the original on 28 April 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  12. ^ Majumder, Raunak (3 April 2020). "Reliving the title run of Mumbai's only national champions – Mahindra United 2005–06 season". footballcounter.com. The Football Counter. Archived from the original on 18 May 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  13. ^ Bhutkar, Prasad (13 April 2017). "10-men Kenkre FC pay the penalty as they slump to a 1–0 defeat". footballcounter.com. Mumbai: Football Counter India. Archived from the original on 12 February 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  14. ^ Sarkar, Sattyik (28 December 2021). "All you need to know about new I-League entrant Kenkre FC". khelnow.com. Khel Now. Archived from the original on 28 December 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  15. ^ Media Team, AIFF (5 March 2023). "TRAU aim for full points vs relegated Mumbai Kenkre". i-league.org. Mumbai. Archived from the original on 11 March 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2023.

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