Muktijuddho Smriti Stadium is a stadium located at
Rajshahi
Rajshahi (, ) is a metropolis, metropolitan city and a major Urban area, urban, administrative, commercial and educational centre of Bangladesh. It is also the administrative seat of the eponymous Rajshahi Division, division and Rajshahi Distr ...
, Bangladesh. It is also known as Rajshahi District Stadium. Formerly a venue for international play, it currently hosts domestic football matches.
There are 3 multi-purpose sporting venue in the Rajshahi city. Rajshahi Divisional stadium and Rajshahi University Stadium being the other two.
On 12 May 2005, the stadium witnessed a record attendance of over 40,000 fans during the final of the Independence Day Football Tournament between
Abahani Limited Dhaka
Abahani Limited Dhaka (), also referred as Dhaka Abahani or Abahani Limited, is a Bangladeshi professional Association football, football club based in the Dhanmondi area of Dhaka, Bangladesh. The club currently competes in the Bangladesh Pr ...
and
Sheikh Russel KC
Sheikh Russel KC ( Bengali: শেখ রাসেল ক্রীড়া চক্র) is a professional football club based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Founded in 1995, the club currently competes in the Bangladesh Premier League. They won Feder ...
.
International matches
On 27 October 2014, the stadium hosted a friendly football match between
Bangladesh
Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...
and
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...
. The match drew a crowd of almost 30,000.
See also
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Stadiums in Bangladesh
Various types of sports are played in different districts of Bangladesh. The following locations (Absolute location) are sporting grounds (specially association football, football and cricket) of different districts in Bangladesh. A minimum capaci ...
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List of football stadiums in Bangladesh
The following is a list of Association football, football stadiums in Bangladesh, Stadiums with a capacity of 5,000 or more are included.
Current stadiums
See also
*List of Asian stadiums by capacity
*List of association football stadiums by ca ...
References
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Football venues in Bangladesh
Cricket grounds in Bangladesh
Rajshahi
Sports venues in Rajshahi
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