Pune District Football Association Stadium

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Pune District Football Association Stadium
Full namePune District Football Association Stadium
Location Ghorpari, Pune, India
OwnerPune District Football Association
OperatorPune District Football Association
Capacity n/a
Construction
Broke ground2009
Built2014
Opened2014
Construction costRs. 75 Lakhs
Tenants
Pune District Football Association

Pune District Football Association Stadium is a new football ground in Ghorpari area of Pune, Maharashtra. The Pune District Football Association announced that the 3.5 acres land was leased in 2009 for the development of ground into a football venue. [1]

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The ground had been leased for 30 years and could have had the turf in the India program started by FIFA in 2007. The project would cost 75 lakhs with the facilities including compound walls around the ground, the stands, dressing rooms and turf field. [2]

Competitions

PFL League structure

Pune Football League
TierDivision
1
(5 on Indian Football Pyramid)
PFL Super Division
↑promote (to 3rd Division League) ↓relegate
2
(6 on Indian Football Pyramid)
Division One
↑promote ↓relegate
3
(7 on Indian Football Pyramid)
Division Two
↑promote ↓relegate
4
(8 on Indian Football Pyramid)
Division Three
↑promote

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