Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Delhi)

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
	The stadium during an Indian Super League match of Delhi Dynamos in October 2014
Location	New Delhi
Public transit	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium metro
Owner	Sports Authority of India
Capacity	60,254
Field size	106 m × 68 m (116 yd × 74 yd)
Surface	Grass
Scoreboard	Yes
Construction
Built	1982
Opened	1983
Renovated	2010
Construction cost	INR ₹ 961 crores
Architect	Gerkan, Marg and Partners; Schlaich Bergermann Partner
Tenants
	India national football team (2011–present); Athletics Federation of India; Delhi football team; Delhi Football League; FD Women's League; RoundGlass Punjab FC (proposed);

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium is a multi-sports stadium located in New Delhi, India. It is named after the first first Prime Minister of India. Primarily a venue for football and athletics, it is an all-seater 60,254-capacity stadium, designed and constructed to meet the international standards set by the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). It is the fourth largest stadium in India, 27th largest stadium in Asia and the 103rd largest stadium in the world, in terms of seating capacity.

The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium was originally constructed by the Government of India to host the athletic events and ceremonies of the 1982 Asian Games.^[3] It also hosted the 1989 Asian Championships in Athletics.^[4] The stadium was substantially renovated and modernied for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, hosting all the track and field events and opening and closing ceremonies.^[5] In 2010, the final cost of the renovation was announced, which was ₹961 crore (US$210.16 million), making it as the most expensive stadium ever built in India and South Asia.^[6] The stadium was redesigned by the German architectural companies Gerkan, Marg and Partners and Schlaich Bergermann Partner.^[7]^[8]

The stadium is a part of the Jawaharlal Nehru sports complex in central Delhi, which also houses the headquarters of the Sports Authority of India.^[9] The stadium is used by the India national football team for international competition and Indian Athletics. From 2014 to 2019, it was the home ground of the former Indian Super League football club Delhi Dynamos. The stadium can also hold music concerts with up to 100,000 spectators, and due to its oval shape, it is suitable to host other sporting events such as cricket.^[10] The stadium hosted some matches of the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.^[11] It was scheduled to be used as one of the venues for the 2020 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.^[12]

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[1] "Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium". Archived from the original on 14 November 2014.

[2] AFC Asian Cup 2027 Bidding Nation India. All India Football Federation. 28 December 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2023.

[:2-3] "Olympic Council of Asia : 1982 Asian Games, New Delhi". www.ocasia.org. Archived from the original on 6 October 2015. Retrieved 15 September 2017.

[:4-4] "Indian Athletics – News – 20th Asian Athletics Championships – Looking back at DELHI-1989/ By Ram. Murali Krishnan /". German Road Races (in German). Archived from the original on 5 September 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2021.

[:3-5] "Jawaharlal Nehru Sports Complex. XIX Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi". d2010.thecgf.com. Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2017.

[:5-6] Cite error: The named reference :5 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[:1-7] "Jawaharlal Nehru Stadion in New Delhi - Projects - gmp Architekten". www.gmp.de. Archived from the original on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2021.

[:7-8] Cite error: The named reference :7 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[:6-9] "HEAD OFFICE". Sports Authority of India (SAI). Archived from the original on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2021.

[10] "Delhi Dynamos FC Stadium - Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Delhi)". Football Tripper. 23 June 2015. Archived from the original on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2021.

[11] "Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (JLNS), New Delhi". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 4 November 2021.

[12] "India set to host FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in 2020". India Today. 15 March 2019. Archived from the original on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2021. {{cite magazine}}: Unknown parameter |agency= ignored (help)

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