Barasat Stadium

Summary

Barasat District Sports Stadium (or simply Barasat Stadium;[3] also known as Vidyasagar Krirangan)[4] is a football stadium located 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, air conditioned function and changing rooms.[5] The artificial turf at the stadium has achieved a two-star rating from FIFA.[6]

Barasat District Sports Stadium
বিদ্যাসাগর ক্রীড়াঙ্গন
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LocationBarasat, Greater Kolkata,[1] West Bengal, India
Coordinates22°43′03.687″N 88°28′43.12″E / 22.71769083°N 88.4786444°E / 22.71769083; 88.4786444
OwnerBarasat Municipality
OperatorIndian Football Association
Capacity20,000
Field size105 x 68 metres
SurfaceAstro-turf[2]
Tenants
Calcutta Football League
West Bengal football team
Rainbow AC
White gate with stone pillars and a tree
Entrance of the Barasat Stadium

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

  1. ^ "North 24 Parganas district". Archived from the original on 8 June 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  2. ^ "SPO Bengal's Barasat stadium gets two star grading from FIFA". chennaionline.com. Retrieved 17 November 2013.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "Vidyasagar Krirangan likely to host I-League matches next season". indiansoccerlive.com. Archived from the original on 27 March 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
  6. ^ "Barasat Turf granted Two-star grading". the-aiff.com. Archived from the original on 28 March 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2013.