Cooperage Ground

The Cooperage Football Stadium is a football stadium in Mumbai, India. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Mumbai F.C. and Kenkre FC.The Western India Football Association also operates from the Cooperage Ground. The Mumbai District Football Association also hold a small office. It is a venue for India's premier national league, the I-League, as well as the Mumbai Football League and Kenkre FC in the I-League 2nd DivisionStadiumThe stadium was a one-tier stadium with roofing only under the main stand. The seating was of wooden planks. The stadium was completely dismantled and as of May 2012 is undergoing renovation. The new stadium will have a capacity of around 30,000 people. There will be bucket seats installed unlike the previous wooden planks. One of the 10 FIFA sanctioned artificial turfs has been installed here.HistoryThe Cooperage Football Stadium has been around since 1993 but has not really been used to a real extent till 2007 when the I-League was created. The stadium was reopened in 2014 after renovation works were completed.