AIFF National Center of Excellence
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The National Center of Excellence (or National Center of Excellence - India Football Campus)[3] by All India Football Federation is an under construction football complex, in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It serves as the one of the home base for India national football team and India women's national football team. It includes India’s first ever roof top pitch. Built on a 15 acres (650,000 sq ft) land behind Eco Park and beside a proposed deer park, in Action Area II, Rajarhat, New Town.
Location
The National Center of Excellence is located on Plot No. AA-IIE/57/A, Street Number 787, Action Area-II (E) of New Town. It is surrounded by Eco Park golf arena on two sides and proposed deer park on another side. Convention centre metro station of Kolkata Metro Line 6 will serve National Center of Excellence.[4][5][6]
History
Back in 2014, after the Kolkata-based club Atlético de Kolkata (ATK) won the first season of Indian Super League (ISL), Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee proposed and offered the club owners, plot in Rajarhat NewTown area, to build an international standard football stadium. She said, "We have the Salt Lake Stadium for football and the Eden Gardens for cricket. So, I would urge Atletico to develop an international stadium in Rajarhat where we are ready to provide you land" and "You have made entire Bengal proud by winning the ISL. I take this opportunity to urge you for developing the new stadium. Come to us with all the relevant documents and we will ensure the procedures are formalised as early as possible,"[7][8][9] During that time, the preparations for 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup had also started. Government of West Bengal handed over Rabindra Sarobar Stadium to host U-17 World Cup matches and asked them to develop it into a world-class football stadium.[10] In 2017, the quarter shareholder of ATK, Atlético Madrid exited[11] and the plan of building an international standard football stadium never materialised. And the U-17 World Cup venue silently shifted from Rabindra Sarobar Stadium to Salt Lake Stadium.[12] Later that year, during the U-17 World Cup, All India Football Federation President Praful Patel, with the presence of FIFA President Gianni Infantino and Mamata Banerjee announced National Centre of Excellence in Rajarhat, New Town.[13] It was a part of U-17 World Cup legacy.[14] Mamata Banerjee said that the Government of West Bengal would provide 15 acres (650,000 sq ft) land on lease at ₹1 (1.2¢ US) for 90 years.[15] A two-year deadline from inception of work was given.[16][17] The works started in late 2018–early 2019[14] with an estimate of ₹100 crore (equivalent to ₹134 crore or US$16 million in 2023), which doubled later.[13][18] From beginning, the project has faced hurdles which led to delays. When work started, the region was hit by severe monsoon. Then in 2020, the Super Cyclone Amphan; COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown hampered the work.[19]
Details
The Center of Excellence is being set up by the All India Football Federation with the technical and financial help from FIFA and Asian Football Confederation.[3][17] It will cater the India national football team and India women's national football team, and will be their home base.[15][16] It will have technical centre for the national teams, coach and referee education, youth and grassroots development, hotel for the national teams, futsal development, medical centre, an artificial pitch, a natural pitch, a stadium, dressing rooms and centre for sports management, sports science and sports law.[14] The centre will also feature India’s first ever roof top pitch.[20] It is being built in multiple phases. The first phase includes the technical centre, artificial and natural fields.[3] It is being designed by a Mumbai-based firm Collage Design Pvt. Ltd., at a cost of ₹200 crore (equivalent to ₹268 crore or US$32 million in 2023).[13][21] The total site area is 15 acres (650,000 sq ft), where the development area is 5.75 acres (250,000 sq ft). The centre will also feature India’s first ever roof top pitch.[20]
See also
References
- ^ "National Centre of Excellence in Football @Rajarhat, Kolkata" (PDF). the-aiff.com. 28 September 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 August 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ "National Centre of Excellence in Football @Rajarhat, Kolkata" (PDF). the-aiff.com. 28 September 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 August 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ a b c "National Center of Excellence". www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ "New Town Kolkata, Action Area II" (PDF). wbhidcoltd.com. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ Proposed Works of Dressing Room & Allied Works (Phase-2) for AIFF National Center of Excellence Kolkata, West Bengal, India (PDF). AIFF. 4 July 2019. p. 10.
- ^ "Eco Park Guide Map" (PDF). ecoparknewtown.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ "West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee offers land to build international football stadium". www.sportskeeda.com. 25 December 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ "Ready to provide land to develop new football stadium in Kolkata: Mamata". Business Standard India. 24 December 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ "Mamata Banerjee agrees to handover Rabindra Sarovar Stadium for U-17 World Cup". The Economic Times. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ "Mamata agrees to handover Rabindra Sarovar Stadium for U-17 World Cup". The Times of India. 24 December 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ Quadri, Abreshmina S. (31 July 2017). "Atletico Madrid CEO reveals reason behind split with two-time ISL champions Atletico de Kolkata". India Today. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ "FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017: Kolkata's Salt Lake Stadium handed over to Local Organising Committee". Firstpost. 10 September 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ a b c "National Centre of Excellence in Football @Rajarhat, Kolkata" (PDF). the-aiff.com. 28 September 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 August 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ a b c Invitation of Bids for (Boundary Wall & Allied Works) (PDF). AIFF. 5 January 2019. p. 9.
- ^ a b "Centre of Excellence: AIFF to receive 15 acres for ₹1". Sportstar. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ a b "India to have Centre of Excellence with FIFA help: AIFF". Zee News. 26 October 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ a b "AIFF given 15 acres of land by Mamata Banerjee for National Centre of Excellence". Hindustan Times. 28 October 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ "AIFF: Indian football set to get national centre of excellence". The Times of India. 26 September 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ "Launch of ISL has changed landscape of Indian football: AIFF general secretary". The Times of India. 17 July 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ a b "National Centre of Excellence – Football". collagedesign.net. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ "AIFF in talks with corporates for building National Centre of Excellence". The Indian Express. 20 December 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
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