Sahid Rangasala ( ne, सहिद रंगशाला) is a

multi-purpose stadium A multi-purpose stadium is a type of stadium designed to be easily used by multiple types of events. While any stadium could potentially host more than one type of sport or event, this concept usually refers to a specific design philosophy tha ...

Biratnagar Biratnagar () is a metropolitan city in Nepal, which serves as the capital of Province No. 1. With a population of 242,548 as per the 2011 census, it is the largest city in the province and also the headquarters of Morang district. As per the ...

Province No. 1 Province No. 1 (proposed names: Kirat, Limbuwan, Khambuwan, Sagarmatha, Birat and Koshi) is the easternmost of the seven provinces established by the new constitution of Nepal which was adopted on 20 September 2015. The province covers an ...

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is ma ...

. It has a capacity of 15,000 spectators. It was renovated for hosting the

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in 2019. The stadium is home to

Morang XI Morang XI is a Nepali football club which played the National Football League in Nepal. This club was formed in Biratnagar. They reached the semi-finals of the Birat Gold Cup in February 2016. Ground The club official home ground is Sahid Rangsa ...

and

Biratnagar City F.C. Biratnagar City FC is a Nepali professional franchising, franchise association football, football club based at Biratnagar. Biratnagar city club competes in the Nepal Super League, the top flight football in Nepal, football league in Nepal. H ...

History

The stadium has organised Mahendra Gold Cup (presently

Birat Gold Cup Birat Gold Cup (Nepali: विराट गोल्डकप, previously called the Mahendra Gold Cup) is an annual football tournament held in Biratnagar, the second largest metropolitan city of Nepal. It has been held at the Sahid Rangsala s ...

) for the first time in 1961 A.D. It held the opening ceremony of Seventh National Games by the president of

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. In preparation of the

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, Biratnagar metropolitan city invested NRs. 10 million into the renovation of the stadium. Sahid Rangasala-

Hosted events

* Seventh National Games (2016) *

* regular matches of

Nepal National League The National League (also known as Red Bull National League) is a club-level association football competition in Nepal. The champions secured qualification to a continental cup, previously the AFC President's Cup (now AFC Cup). It took place for ...

* Final Stage Games of

Province 1 League Qualifier A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outsi ...

References

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