Shamsul Huda Stadium, also known as Jessore Stadium, is a football and cricket stadium located near municipality park in the
Jessore city,
Bangladesh
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. It has become a venue of first class and list A cricket since 2000.
History
The stadium most notably hosted the
Pakistan National Football Championship from 9 February to 3 March 1968.
On 24 March 2014, the stadium, which has a capacity of 12,000 was filled with more than 30,000 viewers during a friendly match against
Sri Lanka
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, where the hosts won 1–0.
[ It also hosted games during the 2016 Bangabandhu Cup.]
International football
See also
* 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 ...
* Tangail Stadium
* 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 ...
* List of cricket grounds in Bangladesh
This is a list of cricket grounds in Bangladesh. The stadiums included in this list have held first-class, List-A and Twenty20 matches. Additionally, some have hosted Test matches, One Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals.
Intern ...
References
Cricket grounds in Bangladesh
Football venues in Bangladesh
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