Fatorda Stadium

The Fatorda Stadium, officially known as the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium situated in Margao, Goa, India. The venue has been used to host both international football as well as cricket matches. It is Goa's only international stadium and has a seating capacity of 19,000 people. It has hosted 9 ODIs. The venue was established in 1989 and is owned and operated by the Sports Authority of Goa. It is currently the home stadium of FC Goa.

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
The Fatorda
South side of the stadium
LocationDon Bosco Road, Margao, Goa
Coordinates15°17′21″N 73°57′44″E
OwnerSports Authority of Goa
Capacity19,000
Field size106 m × 70 m (348 ft × 230 ft)
SurfaceGrass
Construction
Opened1989
Renovated2014
Tenants

History

Beginning

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Fatorda was built in a record six months by the then Sports Minister Monte (D') Cruz. It was opened in 1989 as a football only stadium but in less than a year was redeveloped to include cricket. On 25 October 1989 the first cricket ODI was played between Australia and Sri Lanka.

Football clubs using the stadium

In 2006, before the 2007–08 I-League, all four Goan clubs (Dempo S.C., Churchill Brothers S.C., Salgaocar S.C., and Sporting Clube de Goa) announced that The Fatorda would be used as the home for all four teams' I-League matches. In 2014 Indian Super League club FC Goa announced it as their home ground.

Facilities

In 2014 it was upgraded according to the latest FIFA specifications. It is designed with a 20,000 seating capacity. The stadium complex provides two levels of fan seating arrangement along with a VIP area. Facilities include arena lighting, natural turf, broadcast room, TV studio, player dressing rooms, match delegates area, doping control rooms, medical rooms for players and spectators, VIP lounge, corporate boxes, media tribune and media working stations, press conference area, mixed zone area, CCTV cameras, a swimming pool, multipurpose

gymnasium and parking facilities. It is regarded as one of the most well maintained football grounds in the Indian subcontinent.[1]

A panoramic photograph of the stadium

List of centuries

Key
  • * denotes that the batsman was not out.
  • Inns. denotes the number of the innings in the match.
  • Balls denotes the number of balls faced in an innings.
  • NR denotes that the number of balls was not recorded.
  • Parentheses next to the player's score denotes his century number at Edgbaston.
  • The column title Date refers to the date the match started.
  • The column title Result refers to the player's team result.

One Day Internationals
No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1101V. V. S. Laxman India1071 Australia6 April 2001Lost[2]
2103Yuvraj Singh India761 England3 April 2006Won[3]

International cricket five-wicket hauls

Key
Symbol Meaning
The bowler was man of the match
10 or more wickets taken in the match
One of two five-wicket hauls by the bowler in the match
Date Day the Test started or ODI was held
Inn Innings in which five-wicket haul was taken
Overs Number of overs bowled
Runs Number of runs conceded
Wkts Number of wickets taken
Econ Runs conceded per over
Batsmen Batsmen whose wickets were taken
Result Result of the match

ODIs
Five-wicket hauls in ODI matches at Fatorda Stadium
No. Bowler Date Team Opposing team Inn Overs Runs Wkts Econ Batsmen Result
1Matthew Hart26 October 1994 New Zealand West Indies1102252.20 No result[4]
2Zaheer Khan14 February 2007 India Sri Lanka1104254.20 India won[5]

Football

This venue has long been a mainstay of Indian football, having played host to many international games, including India's qualifiers for both the FIFA World Cup and AFC Asian Cup.[6] The stadium is also used as a home venue for the major Goan clubs Dempo S.C., Churchill Brothers S.C., FC Goa, Salgaocar S.C. and Sporting Clube de Goa.[7]

It was chosen one of the six stadiums to host the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup matches in India.[8]

It has hosted the finals of Indian Super League two times: in 2015 and 2019.

Cricket
See also: List of international cricket centuries on Indian cricket grounds

Although the stadium was originally built to be a football venue, over the past few years it has been increasingly used to host international cricket matches. Since hosting its first ever international in 1989 between Australia and Sri Lanka, it has played host to seven further One Day Internationals, the most recent being between India and Sri Lanka in 2007.[9] The allocation of cricket matches to the stadium has often upset the Goan football community as it renders them unable to use the venue for hosting football.[10]

Lusofonia Games

The Stadium was renovated for the 2014 Lusofonia Games which were conducted in Goa.[11][12][13] The opening and closing ceremonies of these Games were held at this venue.[13] Football matches of the Lusofonia Games were also held here.[13]

References
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  3. "3rd ODI: India v England at Margao, Apr 3, 2006 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  4. http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65998.html
  5. http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/267715.html
  6. "2010 FIFA World Cup Asia Group Playoffs Match Report". FIFA. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
  7. "1st Division I-League Venues". Indian Football. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
  8. "FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017 Goa Matches, schedule & match timings". 4 October 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
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  10. "I-League clubs oppose pitch work at Fatorda". Navhind Times. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
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