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Kalyani Stadium is a stadium in Kalyani, West Bengal, India. The stadium holds 20,000 spectators.[1] Currently the stadium has been re-modelled with full-fledged modern structure and 5 storied gallery with added facilities.[2] It now hosts matches of I-League.[3][4][5][6] The stadium also hosted CAB run Bengal T20 Cricket tournaments.[7]

Kalyani Stadium
The stadium on a matchday of I-League in 2020
Full nameKalyani Municipal Stadium
LocationKalyani, West Bengal, India
Public transit Kalyani and Kalyani Silpanchal
OwnerKalyani Municipality
OperatorMunicipal Corporation
Capacity20,000
SurfaceGrass
ScoreboardYes (manual)
Tenants
United SC
Mohun Bagan
East Bengal
Mohammedan

About


Outside view of the stadium
Outside view of the stadium

It is the home stadium of Mohun Bagan A.C., East Bengal F.C of the I-League. It has emerged as an alternative location to Kolkata for holding numerous I-League, Calcutta Football League football matches and other sporting events. Kalyani Stadium hosts national and international level football matches.

The Kolkata-based clubs like Mohun Bagan, East Bengal FC and Mohammedan S.C. use Kalyani Stadium as their home ground in some national level matches.

A swimming pool and well-equipped gymnasium are attached with the said Stadium. The stadium also has floodlights to support night matches.[1]

Presently the stadium has been re-modelled with full-fledged modern structure and 5 storied gallery with added facilities.[2]

Kalyani Stadium Swimming Pool
Kalyani Stadium Swimming Pool

Position


Kalyani Stadium situated near the Kalyani Lake and almost in the middle portion of Kalyani city. The main gate of it is just opposite of the Kalyani Sub Divisional Court Building. A swimming pool and gymnasium are attached with the Stadium.[2]


Transportation


10 minutes away from Kalyani railway station and 5 minutes away from Kalyani Silpanchal railway station from the stadium.

There are numerous autos, totos and buses are available.


Football matches


The Kalyani Stadium hosts the home games of the local clubs Mohun Bagan AC and SC East Bengal  in the Calcutta Football League. It also hosts the games of Mohammedan Sporting, that currently competes in the I-League.

East Bengal supporters at the stadium on a matchday of I-League
East Bengal supporters at the stadium on a matchday of I-League

The stadium has also hosted domestic association football tournaments like the Durand Cup in 2019, IFA Shield, Santosh Trophy, 2019 SAFF U-15 Championship, Calcutta Football League, U-17 Women's Championship in 2019 and many others Indian and international tournaments.


References


  1. "World Stadiums - Stadiums in India". worldstadiums.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  2. TIMES NEWS NETWORK (21 January 2015). "Kalyani municipality, Chinese firm set to remodel stadium". Times of India. Archived from the original on 8 October 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  3. Ritabrata Banerjee. "Aizawl FC ride Matias Veron strike to sink East Bengal". www.goal.com. Goal. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  4. "I-League: Defending champs Gokulam Kerala begin campaign with solid win". siasat.com. The Siasat Daily. 26 August 2021. Archived from the original on 26 December 2021. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  5. Media Team, AIFF (4 March 2022). "Real Kashmir and Kenkre FC play out thrilling 1-1 draw". www.the-aiff.com. Kalyani, West Bengal: All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 28 March 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  6. Das Sharma, Amitabha (7 March 2022). "I-League: Gokulam Kerala thrashes Real Kashmir 5-1, Mohammedan Sporting beats Sreenidi Deccan 3-1". sportstar.thehindu.com. Sportstar. Archived from the original on 8 March 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  7. "Bengal Women's T20 Blast: রাজস্থান ক্লাবকে ৭ উইকেটে হারিয়ে মেয়েদের টি২০ প্রতিযোগিতা জিতল মহমেডান". www.anandabazar.com (in Bengali). Anandabazar Patrika. 23 February 2022. Archived from the original on 23 February 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2022.






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