Cooperage Ground

Cooperage Football Ground
	Cooperage Football Ground on a matchday of the I-League in 2015
Location	Mumbai, India
Owner	Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation
Capacity	5,000
Field size	105×68 metres
Surface	Artificial grass
Construction
Opened	1904
Renovated	2017
Tenants
	Mumbai Football League ; MFA Elite Corporate League ; Kenkre FC ; Maharashtra Oranje FC ; Mumbai Knights FC ; WIFA Women's Football League ; Mumbai Women's Premier League

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]

History

Cooperage Ground before renovation

Cooperage Ground was the primary venue for Rovers Cup, the third oldest football tournament in India after Durand and Trades Cup.^[16] The stadium was occupied by the British Indian Army during the World War I.^[17] In April 2011, plans were announced for the Cooperage Football Ground to be renovated when FIFA announced that they would give the Western India Football Association US$2 million in order to renovate that stadium.^[18] On 12 June 2011, it was announced in the Bombay High Court that the West India Football Association would be given the right to renovate the Cooperage Ground.^[19]

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