Mohammedan Sporting Ground

Mohammedan Sporting Ground, also known as Mohammedan Sporting–Howrah Union Ground,[3] is a multi-use stadium in Kolkata, India. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is mainly the home stadium of Mohammedan Sporting.[4] The ground has a natural grass turf.[5][6] Having facilities such as commentary boxes for radio and TV, press box and air conditioned changing rooms, the stadium holds 15,000 people.[1] It is also the home ground of Howrah Union,[7] which it shares with Mohammedan Sporting.

Mohammedan Sporting Ground
AddressMohammedan Sporting Club, Maidan Tent, Red Road, Kolkata 700021
LocationKolkata, West Bengal
Coordinates22°33′44″N 88°20′45″E
Public transitRed Road
Esplanade Bus Terminus
Eden Gardens
Esplanade
OwnerEastern Command (India)
OperatorIndian Football Association
Capacity15,000[1]
SurfaceGrass
ScoreboardManual
Opened1929[2]
Tenants
Mohammedan S.C. (1929–present)
Howrah Union (1962–present)
Mohammedan SC Women (2022–present)
Mohammedan Sporting Ground pitch after renovation in 2023.

About
The brand new club tent of Mohammedan SC

The stadium has galleries on three sides and a rampart on the fourth side. The north side gallery is the member's gallery. The east side and south side galleries are still made of a temporary iron structure and are designated for non-member supporters. The playing pitch is about 100 x 60 meters. The club tent and main office are located adjacent to the stadium. The club tent consists of a maintained lawn, with benches.

Upgrade work

In July 2023 second phase upgrade and improvement works started.

  • Installing floodlight
  • electronic scoreboard
  • increase seating capacity from 15,000 to 25,000
  • upgrade member gallery with White-Black (club's home colour) bucket chairs
  • air conditioned press room
  • ultra-modern gymnasium

References
  1. "Moh. Sporting Ground". Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  2. Mohammedan Sporting club ground Archived 19 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine. khelnow.com. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  3. "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.
  4. Mohammedan Sporting club ground Archived 19 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine khelnow.com. Retrieved 1 July 2021
  5. "Mohammedan S.C. beat Kalighat Milan Sangha in the CFL". react.etvbharat.com (in Bengali). Kolkata, West Bengal: ETV Bharat Bangla. 7 September 2019. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  6. Sarkhel, Ujjal (9 August 2016). "Mohammedan SC suffers first loss; go down 1–2 to Tollygunge". Kolkata: Thif-Live.com. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  7. "Howrah Union - at a glance". Howrah Union. Archived from the original on 25 April 2008. Retrieved 8 October 2022.


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