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{{infobox stadium<br />
| name = Cooperage Football Ground<br />
| image = Kunal Sawant (4).JPG<br />
| image_size = 270px<br />
| caption = Cooperage Football Ground on a matchday of [[I-League]] in 2015<br />
| location = [[Mumbai]], [[India]]<br />
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| opened = 1993<br />
| renovated = 2014<br />
| owner = [[Western India Football Association]]<br />
| surface = [[Artificial grass]]<br />
| dimensions = 105×68 metres<br />
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| capacity = 5,000<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/sports/report-fifa-sanctions-2-million-grant-for-cooperage-1532025|title=FIFA sanctions 2 million grant for Cooperage|publisher=DNA India|website=dnaindia.com|date=15 April 2011|first=Mihir|last=Vasavda|access-date=20 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621094538/http://www.dnaindia.com/sports/report-fifa-sanctions-2-million-grant-for-cooperage-1532025|archive-date=21 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Rosy Sequeira|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/sports/report-a-shot-in-the-arm-for-cooperage-ground-in-mumbai-1553688|title=A Shot in the arm for Cooperage Ground|publisher=DNA|date=11 June 2011|access-date=20 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621071505/http://www.dnaindia.com/sports/report-a-shot-in-the-arm-for-cooperage-ground-in-mumbai-1553688|archive-date=21 June 2018}}</ref><br />
| tenants = [[Mumbai Football League]] <br/> [[Ambernath United Atlanta FC]] ([[I-League 2nd Division]])<br />
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The '''Cooperage Football Ground''' is a [[association football|football]] stadium located in [[Nariman Point]], [[Mumbai]], [[India]].<ref>[https://www.the-aiff.com/article/mumbai-fc-returns-to-cooperage-football-stadium Mumbai FC returns to Cooperage Football Stadium]. ''the-aiff.com''. Retrieved 13 September 2021.</ref> It is currently home to multiple [[Mumbai Football League]] clubs.<br />
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The [[Western India Football Association]] also operates from the Cooperage Ground, 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]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Rahul Bali|url=https://www.goal.com/en/news/1263/india-south-central-asia/2008/11/12/959995/india-goalless-between-dempo-and-mumbai|title=India: Goalless Between Dempo And Mumbai|date=12 November 2008|website=Goal.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105190559/https://www.goal.com/en/news/1263/india-south-central-asia/2008/11/12/959995/india-goalless-between-dempo-and-mumbai|archive-date=5 November 2012|url-status=dead|access-date=13 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.footballcounter.com/2017/kenkre-fc-split-points-lonestar-kashmir-1-1-draw/|title=Kenkre FC split points with Lonestar Kashmir in 1-1 draw|publisher=Football Counter|website=www.footballcounter.com|date=20 April 2017|access-date=25 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170428074823/https://www.footballcounter.com/2017/kenkre-fc-split-points-lonestar-kashmir-1-1-draw/|archive-date=28 April 2017}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
[[File:Cooperage Football Ground.jpg|thumb|300px|Cooperage Football Ground before renovation]]<br />
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.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/sports/report-fifa-sanctions-2-million-grant-for-cooperage-1532025 | title=FIFA sanctions 2 million grant for Cooperage | publisher=DNA | date=15 April 2011 | first=Mihir | last=Vasavda | access-date=20 June 2018}}</ref> On 12 June 2011, it was announced in the [[Mumbai High Court|Bombay High Court]] that the West India Football Association would be given the right to renovate the Cooperage Ground.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/sports/report-a-shot-in-the-arm-for-cooperage-ground-in-mumbai-1553688 | title=A Shot in the arm for Cooperage Ground | publisher=DNA | date=11 June 2011 | first=Rosy | last=Sequeira | access-date=20 June 2018}}</ref><br />
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[[File:Mumbai Fitness.jpg|thumb|[[Mumbai City FC]] players in practice at the stadium in December 2015]]<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of football stadiums in India]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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* [http://www.wifa.in/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/DSC_0072.jpg Stadium picture]<br />
* [http://www.mid-day.com/imagedata/2010/dec/land2.jpg Aerial stadium picture]<br />
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* [http://stadiumdb.com/stadiums/ind/cooperage_football_stadium Stadium pictures]<br />
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