Tangail Stadium
Tangail Stadium also called Tangail Zila Stadium ( Bengali: টাঙ্গাইল স্টেডিয়াম ) is located at Club Road, north side of Bhashani Hall and Tangail Eid-gah, 200 metres away and west side of Shaheed Sriti Poura Uddan in the district of Tangail, Bangladesh. It is a multipurpose stadium. football, Cricket, concerts and cultural programs take place here. Until 2013 the stadium was the home ground of Team BJMC which played in Bangladesh Premier League Football. It is the 3rd biggest stadium in Dhaka division
টাঙ্গাইল স্টেডিয়াম | |
| Former names | Tangail Zilla Stadium |
|---|---|
| Location | Club road, Tangail, Bangladesh |
| Coordinates | 24°15′11.36″N 89°54′44.74″E |
| Owner | National Sports Council[1] |
| Operator | National Sports Council[1] |
| Capacity | 25,000 |
| Field size | 185 × 140 m (607 × 459 ft) |
| Field shape | Oval |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 1938 |
| Tenants | |
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Football
Different local teams play among each other and it's a venue of inter district football matches. National football also played here from 2014.[2][3]
Cricket
The stadium is used mostly for cricket, the most popular sport in Bangladesh. The stadium has become a venue of inter district cricket events as well as local events.[4][5][6][7]
See also
References
- অন্যান্য সকল. National Sports Council (in Bengali). Retrieved 2013-11-24.
- টাঙ্গাইলে ফুটবল-দর্শন. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 3 June 2012. Archived from the original on 7 June 2012.
- প্রধানমন্ত্রীকে টাঙ্গাইল ক্রীড়া সংস্থার অভিনন্দন. Banglanews24.com (in Bengali). 5 January 2011.
- "The Home of CricketArchive". cricketarchive.com.
- "The Home of CricketArchive". cricketarchive.com.
- টাঙ্গাইল স্টেডিয়ামে ৩য় জাতীয় মহিলা ক্রিকেট চ্যাম্পিয়নশীপ : ঢাকা জেলা দল বিজয়ী. abnews24. 1 December 2012. Archived from the original on 12 October 2013.
- টাঙ্গাইলে প্রথম বিভাগ ক্রিকেট শুরু. The Daily Sangram (in Bengali).