Salt Lake stadium (Yuba Bharati Krirangan)

Salt Lake Stadium, officially Stadium of the Indian Youth (Yuva Bharati Kridangan), is a multi-use stadium in Salt Lake City, a district of Kolkata, India. It was built in 1984 and holds 120,000 in a three-tier configuration.

The Salt Lake stadium hosts the home games of local clubs East Bengal FC, Mohun Bagan AC and Mohammedan SC, three of the big clubs in Indian football. The traditional Kolkata derbies between East Bengal and Mohun Bagan AC take place in this stadium accompanied by much fanfare, feverish emotions (and on a few occasions outbreaks of violence). Most of these matches are attended by capacity crowds of vociferous, partisan supporters of both teams (traditionally East Bengal Fans celebrates their win by eating Hilsa fish and Mohun Bagan fans celebrate wins by eating prawns).

Many of the home games of the India national football team are also played in Salt Lake, as are many important games in major stages of national tournaments as well as cricket.

The stadium is also a major stadium for hosting of athletic events, including the (SAF Games ) in 1987 and various national athletics events in India.

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